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Join us for IRI’s Annual Celebration!
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New Data Analysis: Who is Being Arrested by ICE?
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Mass Deportations Are Wrong For New York Farms & Communities
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Immigrants Pay Taxes But Are Excluded from Many Benefits
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Responding with Courage: How Spanish-Speaking Immigrants Report Being Impacted by the New Deportation Regime
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Immigrant Heritage Month: Data Snapshot
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The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Mass Deportation: What’s at Risk in Your State?
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Broadening the Base, Changing the Immigration Narrative: Lessons from the Ellis Island Initiative
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The Working Families Tax Credit: A Sustainable Solution for Millions of New Yorkers
Immigration Research Initiative is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank on immigrant integration, looking at issues of economic, social, and cultural inclusion of immigrants in the United States.
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Economic Integration & Growth
How America’s diverse receiving communities fare as the demographic mix changes
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Inclusive Social Supports
Improving unemployment compensation, Medicaid enrollment, and other social supports
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Welcoming Communities
Ways government, nonprofit groups, and private actors can help immigrants
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Building Worker Power
Laws, policies, and analysis that support workers organizing efforts and worker rights
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State Immigration Project
IRI supports state-based groups across the country in immigration research and policy work, providing 50-state data analysis, and working closely with the State Priorities Partnership and EARN networks.
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In The News
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IRI’S Senior Policy Analyst Featured in New York Amsterdam News
IRI’s Senior Policy analyst, Shamier Settle, wrote an op-ed featured in Amsterdam News. Shamier ties her own experience as a descendant of African American migrants from the south, during the… Read more
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Women Entrepreneurs: Spotlight on New York City Street Vendors
For Immediate Release: Wednesday March 26, 2025 Media Contact: Shamier Settle, Senior Policy Analyst, [email protected], (347) 834-5760 To celebrate Women’s history month, Immigration Research Initiative is putting a spotlight on… Read more
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