University of North Texas Economics Department and the Immigrant Research and Policy Center

University of North TexasEconomics Department and

the Immigrant Research and Policy Center

David J. Molina

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Its provisions called for Mexico to cede 55% of its territory in exchange for fifteen million dollars in compensation for war-related damage to Mexican property. For a total of 525,000 square miles. Hence, $28.57 the square mile or $555.41 in 2006 prices

About 80,000Mexicans stayed and took on US residence

U.S. – Mexico Background

José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz (1830-1915) President 1876-1911(1880-1884) Pobre Mexico tan lejos de Diostan cerca de lasEstados Unidos

Circa 1918

Remittance Receipts % of Mexican GDP

Remittance Receipts % of Italian GNP

Immigration

Percent of U.S. Population Foreign-Born

Baby Boomers

Census Counts and Population Estimates for Hispanics, April 1, 2010 (U.S. total some states)

(source: Hispanic PEW Center)(thousands)

HISPANIC POPULATION CENSUS COUNT DIFFERENCEFROM CENSUS ESTIMATE

Official Latest Census Census Count Estimate Amount Percent Alabama 186 160 +25 +15.9% Louisiana 193 170 +22 +13.2%

South Dakota 22 25 -2 -10.1% Arizona 1,895 2,076 -180 -8.7%

California 14,014 13,916 +97 +0.7% Texas 9,461 9,375 +86 +0.9%

States with Largest Unauthorized Immigrant Populations, 2010 (source: Hispanic PEW Center)

(thousands) Estimated Population Range Percent of Pop

U.S. Total 11,200 (10,700 - 11,700) 3.7%California 2,550 (2,350 - 2,750) 6.8%Texas 1,650 (1,450 - 1,850) 6.7%Florida 825 (725 - 950) 4.5%

Cost/Benefit Analysis:Federal vs. State and Local

State and Local Level (C.B.O, Dec 2007) Education Cost, Education, Law

Enforcement▪ State and local governments incur costs

for providing services to unauthorized immigrants and have limited options for avoiding or minimizing those costs.▪ The amount that state and local

governments spend on services for unauthorized immigrants represents a small percentage of the total amount spent by those governments to provide such services to residents in their jurisdictions.

Cost/Benefit Analysis:Federal vs. State and Local▪ The tax revenues that unauthorized

immigrants generate for state and local governments do not offset the total cost of services provided to those immigrants.▪ Atlanta

▪ Federal aid programs offer resources to state and local governments that provide services to unauthorized immigrants, but those funds do not fully cover the costs incurred by those governments.▪ Census “ADJUSTMENT”

Children of at least one Unauthorized Immigrant Parent

With About 8% of US Births to at least one Unauthorized Immigrant Parent in 2008

Cost/Benefit Analysis:Federal vs. State and Local

Cost/Benefit Analysis:Federal vs. State and Local

Do Immigrants Impact Society in a Positive Way

Attitudes toward Immigrants:A Cross-Country Perspective

R. Todd JewellUniversity of North Texas

Denton, Texas, USANatalia Melgar

University of the RepublicMontevideo, Uruguay

David J. Molina*University of North Texas

Denton, Texas, USA Maximo Rossi

University of the RepublicMontevideo, Uruguay

Do Immigrants Impact Society in a Positive Way

Variableculture economy jobs social

services crime illegal

male -0.0300 0.0699*** -0.0046 0.0043 -0.0950*** -0.0854***

married -0.0724*** -0.0351* -0.0120 -0.0368* -0.0356* -0.0801***

separated -0.0856*** -0.0767*** -0.0515** -0.0911*** -0.0537* -0.0698**

urban 0.0540** 0.0472** 0.0514** 0.0659*** 0.0096 0.0121

not a citizen 0.0670 0.1915*** 0.1420** 0.1930*** 0.1545*** 0.0986

neither parent a citizen 0.4090*** 0.4406*** 0.4414*** 0.4242*** 0.3767*** 0.0893*

union -0.0228 -0.0286 -0.0332 -0.0676*** -0.0332 -0.0100

decile 2 -0.0310 0.0578 -0.0318 0.0282 0.0415 -0.0144decile 3 0.0129 0.0819** -0.0165 0.0283 0.0439 -0.0308decile 4 0.0074 0.1160*** 0.0349 0.0653 0.0851* -0.0029decile 5 -0.0062 0.0926** 0.0444 0.0877 0.0677 -0.0119decile 6 0.0091 0.0979** 0.0540 0.1153* 0.0540 -0.0353decile 7 0.0098 0.1039** 0.1007 0.1335** 0.0485 0.0224decile 8 0.0588 0.1484*** 0.0924 0.1240* 0.0675 -0.0442decile 9 0.0436 0.2375*** 0.0583 0.0862 -0.0114 0.0035decile 10 -0.0013 0.1442** 0.0341 -0.0120 -0.0216 -0.0127

Do Immigrants Impact Society in a Positive Way

Variable culture economy jobs social services crime illegal

Catholic -0.0996*** -0.0921*** -0.0866** -0.1144*** -0.1381*** -0.1212**

Protestant -0.1305*** -0.0987*** -0.1147*** -0.1044** -0.1288*** -0.1272***

Orthodox -0.0399 0.0391 0.0527 0.0546 0.0501 -0.0536

Jewish 0.2064*** 0.1584* 0.4564*** 0.4842*** 0.3860** 0.0784

Buddhist 0.0277 -0.0842* -0.0788*** -0.0197 -0.0851*** -0.0262

other eastern -0.0055 -0.1620*** -0.0664** 0.0039 -0.1387*** -0.0708*

other Christian -0.1358 -0.0868 -0.0473 0.0517 -0.0641 0.0402

Islam 0.3321*** 0.1233 -0.0942 0.0151 -0.1192 0.0917

far left 0.2733*** 0.2244*** 0.2446*** 0.3037** 0.2900*** 0.2979***

left 0.1669*** 0.1596*** 0.1840*** 0.2593*** 0.1706*** 0.1743***

center 0.1160*** 0.0893** 0.1082*** 0.1791*** 0.0688** 0.0279

right -0.0323 0.0008 0.0273 -0.0556 -0.1052*** -0.1723***

far right -0.2752* -0.1868* -0.2293** -0.3315* -0.3693** -0.3619***