1. The Social and Economic Impacts of Immigration J.S. Onésimo Sandoval Associate Professor and Director of Sociology Saint Louis University Email: jsandov3@slu.edu

2. Five Insights Population Curves of Immigrants Diversity of the Immigrant Population Demographic and Economic Transitions Latino Immigrants Demographic Impacts of S. 744

3. DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY

9. DEFINITIONS

10. Who is a foreign-born person? Foreign-born persons include anyone who was not a U.S. citizen at birth. – This includes respondents who indicated they were a U.S. citizen by naturalization or not a U.S. citizen. – Persons born abroad of American parents or born in Puerto Rico or other U.S. Island Areas are not considered foreign born.

11. Who is a foreign-born person? The foreign-born population includes: – naturalized U.S. citizens – lawful permanent residents (i.e., immigrants) – temporary migrants (e.g., foreign students) – humanitarian migrants (e.g., refugees) – unauthorized migrants (i.e., people illegally present in the United States)

12. POPULATION CURVES OF IMMIGRANTS

13. Source: U.S. Census Bureau 1850- 2000 Decennial Census and 2010 American Community Survey

14. Source: 2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates and 2050 are from the Pew Report entitled, U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050 by Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn

15. Source: 2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates

16. Source: 2012 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

18. DIVERSITY OF THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION

20. Source: 2012 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

23. DEMOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF IMMIGRANTS

24. Population pyramid for foreign-born citizens and native-born citizens Source: 2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates

25. Population pyramid for foreign-born non-citizens and native-born citizens Source: 2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates

26. 2010 population pyramid for U.S. Latino and White populations Source: 2010 U.S. Census

28. Source: 2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates

33. ECONOMIC PORTRAIT OF IMMIGRANTS

34. Source: 2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates

39. LATINO IMMIGRANTS

40. Source: 2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates

41. Source: 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

44. DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACTS OF S. 744

45. Social Impacts of S. 744 Net increase of 10.4 million immigrants residing in the United States – 8 million unauthorized residents – 4 million temporary workers (1.6 million) with their dependents (2.4 million) – 1.6 million decrease of unauthorized residents http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/s744.pdf

46. Economic Impacts of S. 744 (S. 744 will increase GDP)

47. Source: Social Security Administration

48. Five Insights Population Curves of Immigrants – Immigrants will continue to increase – Immigrants will have an indelible impact on the racial structure of the U.S. Diversity of the Immigrant Population – The immigrant population is diverse – Conflation of Mexicans with Immigration Demographic and Economic Transitions – Foreign-born citizens are doing very well Latino Immigrants – The majority of Latinos in the U.S. are native-born Demographic Impacts of S. 744 There are positive social and economic impacts

49. Questions J.S. Onésimo Sandoval Associate Professor and Director of Sociology Saint Louis University Email: jsandov3@slu.edu