For immigrant families with members eligible for safety net programs, experiences of discrimination, limited language access, immigration concerns, and eligibility confusion compound the barriers all program applicants face.
The Urban Institute convened research and advocacy leaders to discuss the intersection of race and racism with the immigrant experience and immigration policy.
An updated tool shows how the patchwork of state policies shaping immigrants’ lives has changed from 2000 to 2020 and how state-level innovations spread as more states adopt new approaches.
Multilingual interviews with workers who applied to the New York State Excluded Workers Fund highlight how the fund affected their ability to make ends meet and enhanced their sense of worker recognition, power, and dignity.
This brief provides a snapshot of characteristics of nonelderly immigrants with disabilities to underscore the structural challenges this population faces.
Efforts to help immigrant households access the expanded child tax credit emphasize the importance of trusted messengers and addressing unique language, cultural, and administrative barriers.
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