Cities and Immigrants: The Local in Anti-Immigration Federal Policies

Abstract

Few Americans would guess that from 2014 to 2017, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Greenville, South Carolina, were among the top ten metropolitan areas where population growth was attributable to immigrants (New American Economy [NAE] [27]) New York City, home to at least 3 million immigrants (Office of Immigrant Affairs [28]), is still the dominant end destination for immigrants and refugees, but not for refugees in their first placement Table 1 shows the placement of refugees by New York State metropolitan areas, the number of refugees settled in each city, and how the cities were ranked nationally by the number of refugees resettled in each from 2007 to 2016 The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 will continue to slow the number of refugees entering Buffalo;the combined reaction of the federal government regarding refugee policy and the coronavirus will be felt for decades at the local level [Extracted from the article] Copyright of City & Community is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )