Politicized places: When immigrants provoke opposition
2011 study in American Political Science Review on the societal conditions that spur anti-immigrant sentiment.
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Religion and immigration policy attitudes
2009 study by the University of Iowa published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion on the attitudes of religious voters toward immigration reform and the role of religious leaders’ positions.
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Networks of opportunity: Gender, race and job leads
2009 study in Social Problems journal on how access to employment information differs by ethnicity and sex.
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Potential of microinsurance to help migrants cope with risks
2010 study by the Inter-American Development Bank on the economic circumstances of new immigrants and the need for insurance safety nets.
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Hispanics trail other groups in Web usage, confidence
2011 poll by the Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health on Internet usage among Latinos.
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State and local immigration enforcement in the United States
2011 study by the Migration Policy Institute on the state and local enforcement of the federal 287(g) section of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Epidemiology of HIV infection in large urban areas in the United States
2010 study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others on HIV/AIDS trends and ways to improve prevention and treatment programs.
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Disparities in obesity patterns among adolescents
2010 study by researchers from UCSF, the University of Oklahoma and UC Berkeley on the prevalence of obesity among California public school students.
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Unauthorized immigrants and their U.S.-born children
2010 report by the Pew Hispanic Center on the characteristics of unauthorized immigrants’ families, parenting status and their children.
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Disparities faced by boys and men of color in California
2009 RAND Corporation study on the disparities between Latino and African-American males and their white counterparts in California.
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