In 2005-2006, one in every two children in California had at least one parent who is an immigrant, compared to a national average of less than one in four.
According to estimates by the Urban Institute, one in every two children in California had at least one parent who is an immigrant, compared to a national average of less than one in four.[i]
[i] KARINA FORTUNY, THE URBAN INSTITUTE, CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS: NATIONAL AND STATE CHARACTERISTICS 17 (2009), available at http://www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/411939_childrenofimmigrants.pdf.
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