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Immigrants in California

California is home to nearly 11 million immigrants, accounting for a quarter of the foreign-born population in the US. PPIC’s research builds understanding of important immigration trends in California and highlights key issues in immigration policy at the state and federal levels.

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Blog Post · February 15, 2023

Human Trafficking in California

Heather Harris

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Blog Post · January 30, 2023

California’s Highly Educated Immigrants

Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Cesar Alesi Perez, Hans Johnson

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Blog Post · January 26, 2023

California’s Plunging Birth Rates

Hans Johnson

Fact Sheet · January 2023

California’s Population

Hans Johnson, Eric McGhee, Marisol Cuellar Mejia

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Fact Sheet · January 2023

Immigrants in California

Cesar Alesi Perez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Hans Johnson

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Blog Post · December 7, 2022

Video: English as a Second Language at California’s Community Colleges

Mary Severance

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Report · November 2022

English as a Second Language at California’s Community Colleges

Olga Rodriguez, Laura Hill, Daniel Payares-Montoya

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Policy Brief · November 2022

Policy Brief: English as a Second Language at California’s Community Colleges

Olga Rodriguez, Laura Hill, Daniel Payares-Montoya, Mary Severance

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Fact Sheet · October 2022

Poverty in California

Caroline Danielson, Patricia Malagon, Sarah Bohn

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Blog Post · October 5, 2022

California’s Hispanic Community

Eric McGhee

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Blog Post · June 29, 2022

Video: Health Care Access among California’s Farmworkers

Stephanie Barton

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Fact Sheet · June 2022

Public Health Insurance in California

Paulette Cha

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Blog Post · June 17, 2022

Broad Support among Californians for Admitting Ukrainian Refugees

Dean Bonner

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Blog Post · June 16, 2022

Health Risks Persist for Older Farmworkers as COVID Lingers

Paulette Cha

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Blog Post · May 24, 2022

California’s AAPI Community

Eric McGhee

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Report · April 2022

Health Care Access among California’s Farmworkers

Paulette Cha

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Policy Brief · April 2022

Policy Brief: Health Care Access among California’s Farmworkers

Paulette Cha, Stephanie Barton

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Blog Post · March 11, 2022

How Did the Pandemic Transform California’s Safety Net?

Caroline Danielson

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Blog Post · March 10, 2022

Ukrainian Immigrants in California

Hans Johnson

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Blog Post · February 17, 2022

Medi-Cal Expansion Has Reduced Financial Barriers to Needed Health Care

Paulette Cha

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Blog Post · January 11, 2022

California’s Children Offer a Window into a More Diverse Future

Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch, Vicki Hsieh

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Blog Post · August 20, 2021

Applications for Dream Act Financial Aid Have Fallen

Kevin Cook, Jacob Jackson

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Blog Post · June 30, 2021

Video: Health Coverage and Care for Undocumented Immigrants in California

Stephanie Barton

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Report · June 2021

Health Coverage and Care for Undocumented Immigrants: An Update

Paulette Cha, Shannon McConville

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Fact Sheet · May 2021

Immigrants and Health in California

Paulette Cha

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Blog Post · April 26, 2021

California’s Stalled Population Growth

Eric McGhee, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Hans Johnson

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Blog Post · March 26, 2021

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Could Diversify California’s Electorate

Eric McGhee

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Fact Sheet · March 2021

Immigrants and Education in California

Hans Johnson, Cesar Alesi Perez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia

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Blog Post · January 21, 2021

Creating a Safety Net for Immigrant Communities

Shannon McConville

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Blog Post · June 19, 2020

The DACA Ruling and California’s Dreamers

Joseph Hayes, Laura Hill

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Blog Post · February 21, 2020

Medi-Cal Expansion for Undocumented Seniors

Paulette Cha, Shannon McConville

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Blog Post · November 6, 2019

Proposition 187 and a Changing California

Dean Bonner

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Blog Post · June 17, 2019

Skills-based Immigration and California’s Workforce

Joseph Hayes

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Blog Post · May 22, 2019

Health Care Access for California’s Immigrants

Paulette Cha, Mary Severance

Blog Post · May 1, 2019

Immigrants Are Key to California’s Health Workforce

Paulette Cha

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Blog Post · March 20, 2019

Californians’ Views of Immigration Policy—Now and Then

Dean Bonner