This report examines the intersection of increasing immigration and growing concentrations of poverty, defined as census tracts where at least 40 percent of the population is poor. Two focus areas of the study are (1) the effects of immigration on the composition of the poor urban population and (2) the characteristics of immigrants living in concentrated poverty and their implications for the debate over the "quality" of immigrants and their prospects for integration. Using the Urban Institute's Underclass Database, the study analyzes the changes in the concentrated poverty population due to immigration and explores the implications of these changes for policy.
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