“Securing the Future seeks to define what policymakers and scholars mean by integration while attempting to sketch the contours of US integration policy. The volume reviews evidence of immigrants’ integration by examining the progress of the second generation, as well as trends in education, health, the workforce, and citizenship. The book concludes by discussing key elements of a national integration policy, noting several issues raised by current debates over immigration reform. The volume is a synthesis of research prepared for the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future, convened by MPI in cooperation with the Manhattan Institute and the Division of United States Studies and the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The volume is also the first publication for MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy.” – Publisher’s description TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Doris Meissner Chapter 1 Immigrant Integration and Comprehensive Immigration Reform: An Overview Michael Fix Part I: Defining the Integration Vision Chapter 2 Immigrant Integration: The American Experience Tamar Jacoby Chapter 3 From Immigrant to Citizen Janet Murgu??a and Cecilia Mu??oz Chapter 4 Today’s Second Generation: Getting Ahead or Falling Behind? Roger Waldinger and Renee Reichl Part II: The Current State of Rights and Services Chapter 5 Immigrant Rights, Integration, and the Common Good Donald Kerwin Chapter 6 Federal Spending on Immigrant Families? Integration Julia Gelatt and Michael Fix Part III: Key Policy Issues Chapter 7 Access to Health Care and Health Insurance: Immigrants and Immigration Reform Leighton Ku and Demetrios G. Papademetriou Chapter 8 Improving Immigrant Workers? Economic Prospects: A Review of the Literature Amy Beeler and Julie Murray Chapter 9 Educating the Children of Immigrants Julie Murray, Jeanne Batalova, and Michael Fix Chapter 10 Designing an Impact Aid Program for Immigrant Settlement Deborah L. Garvey Appendix I Major Legislative Milestones in US Immigration History Appendix II Access to Health Care after Immigration Reform: Lessons from New York Adam Gurvitch Appendix III New Americans: Selected Facts on Naturalization and Birthright Citizenship Mary Helen Ybarra Johnson, Michael Fix, and Julie Murray
