Critical Care: The Role of Immigrant Workers in U.S. Health Care (December 2009). The Immigration Policy Center reports that lost in the health care debate is the simple demographic fact that immigrants are a critical component of the health care workforce at both the high-skilled and less-skilled ends of the occupational spectrum. Most notably, immigrants comprise more than one-quarter of all Physicians and Surgeons in the United States, and roughly one-fifth of all Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides.
African Born Women's and Children's Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (August 2009) The Minnesota African Women's Association in collaboration with Wilder Research and funded by ClearWay MN carried out an African Born Women's and Children's Exposure to Second-hand Smoke Study over an 18-month period.
Immigrants and Health Care Reform: What's Really at Stake? (October 2009). By Randy Capps, Marc R. Rosenblum, and Michael Fix
In a new report, MPI's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy offers the first-ever estimates of the size of uninsured immigrant populations in major immigrant-destination states, the number of immigrant workers covered by employer-provided plans, and the share of immigrants employed by small firms likely to be exempted from employer coverage mandates.
Sharing the Costs, Sharing the Benefits: Inclusion is the Best Medicine (July, 2009) As Congress debates health care, and decides who to include in their sweeping reform package, it is important to review the basic facts about immigrant participation in health care.
Asylee Eligibility for Resettlement Assistance: A Short Guide (February, 2008). Gives service providers the information needed to address the resettlement needs of asylees. The guide contains crucial and timely information about the benefits and services for which asylees are eligible, including job placement assistance, English language classes, health screening cash assistance, social security cards, adjustment of status, travel authorization, petitioning for immediate relatives and federal student financial aid.
Facts about Immigrants' Low Use of Health Services and Public Benefits (September, 2006). National Immigration Law Center.
The Contribution of Legal Immigration To The Social Security System (February, 2005). Stuart Anderson, National foundation for American Policy.
Immigrants and Health (March, 2004). Greater Twin Cities United Way. Part three of a series of reports on immigrants in the Twin Cities.
The Government Response to Domestic Violence Against Refugee and Immigrant Women in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Neighborhoods (2004). The Advocates for Human Rights. The report highlights the progams and initiatives that protect refugee and immigrant women from domestic abuse in Minnesota and examines the serious obstacles they face in accessing protection, government services, and accountablity for their abusers.
Immigrants and Welfare Use (2002). Amanda Levinson. Migration Policy Institute. This report documents immigrant eligibility and use of welfare benefits.