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What’s at Stake for the State:
Acknowledgements
We thank Maria Blanco and Carolina Briones from the California Community Foundaon for suggesng this project in the rst place – well, we sort of thank you as it turned out to be much more work and many more weekends and late nights than we ever thought possible. We also thank Anthony Perez for his policy research, Jusn Scoggins for his advice during the esmaon process, and Jackie Agnello for her usual experse at design (and so much more); special thanks to Vanessa Carter and Jared Sanchez who drove the process of generang tables, maps and text. We also thank the funders for this eort, the California Community Foundaon, the Silicon Valley Community Foundaon, the Y&H Soda Foundaon, and the James Irvine Foundaon, a combinaon that was quickly put together in order to make sure that as much of the state as possible would get covered by an analysis originally suggested just for Los Angeles.Finally and most signicantly, we thank all the immigrant rights acvists and other concerned civic leaders, including those from business, labor, and philanthropy, who have helped to move forward the conversaon on comprehensive immigraon reform. As we suggest below, we believe that all of us in California have a stake in this turning out well.
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Undocumented Californians, Immigration Reform, and Our Future Together
Contents
Executive Summary ........................................................................................... 4Introduction ........................................................................................................ 6Documenting the Undocumented .................................................................... 7Who are the Unauthorized? .............................................................................. 9
The Diversity of the Population
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9Interwoven Households, Economic Challenges
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9Regional Variations
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California’s Stake in Reform ...........................................................................13
Potential Economic Gains
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14Securing the Future of the State
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The Day After Reform ...................................................................................... 17Conclusion ........................................................................................................20Technical Notes................................................................................................21References .......................................................................................................26Appendix ...........................................................................................................30