The integration of immigrants into American society
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The integration of immigrants into American society
National Academies Press, c2015
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, and the country has a long history of successfully absorbing people from across the globe. The integration of immigrants and their children contributes to our economic vitality and our vibrant and ever changing culture. We have offered opportunities to immigrants and their children to better themselves and to be fully incorporated into our society and in exchange immigrants have become Americans - embracing an American identity and citizenship, protecting our country through service in our military, fostering technological innovation, harvesting its crops, and enriching everything from the nation's cuisine to its universities, music, and art.
Today, the 41 million immigrants in the United States represent 13.1 percent of the U.S. population. The U.S.-born children of immigrants, the second generation, represent another 37.1 million people, or 12 percent of the population. Thus, together the first and second generations account for one out of four members of the U.S. population. Whether they are successfully integrating is therefore a pressing and important question. Are new immigrants and their children being well integrated into American society, within and across generations? Do current policies and practices facilitate their integration? How is American society being transformed by the millions of immigrants who have arrived in recent decades?
To answer these questions, this new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine summarizes what we know about how immigrants and their descendants are integrating into American society in a range of areas such as education, occupations, health, and language.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Legal and Institutional Context for Immigrant Integration
3 Legal Status and Immigrant Integration
4 Political and Civic Dimensions of Immigrant Integration
5 Spatial Dimensions of Immigrant Integration
6 Socioeconomic Dimensions of Immigrant Integration
7 Sociocultural Dimensions of Immigrant Integration
8 Family Dimensions of Immigrant Integration
9 Health Status and Access to Care
10 Data on Immigrants and Immigrant Integration
Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Table of Contents
- 1 Front Matter
- 2 Summary
- 3 1 Introduction
- 4 2 Legal and Institutional Context for Immigrant Integration
- 5 3 Legal Status and Immigrant Integration
- 6 4 Political and Civic Dimensions of Immigrant Integration
- 7 5 Spatial Dimensions of Immigrant Integration
- 8 6 Socioeconomic Dimensions of Immigrant Integration
- 9 7 Sociocultural Dimensions of Immigrant Integration
- 10 8 Family Dimensions of Immigrant Integration
- 11 9 Health Status and Access to Care
- 12 10 Data on Immigrants and Immigrant Integration
- 13 Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
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