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Undocumented Immigrants in Utah as Observed in the Utah Population Database: Demographics, Residence, and Geographic Mobility
Abstract
Using a data source that allows us to directly observe the undocumented and to track them over time, we examine the change over time in the neighborhood conditions of the undocumented in Salt Lake County. While our results should be treated as preliminary, they suggest that the undocumented have gained ground on legal immigrants and natives in terms of neighborhood characteristics between 1999 and 2007. These gains appear somewhat greater in the cross-section than in longitudinal data, which may indicate that improved conditions of initial settlement are driving some of these gains.
... Legislators who favor allowing undocumented to drive legally invoke civil rights and public safety arguments while their opponents argue that allowing undocumented immigrants to drive legally would sanction their "illegal" presence. The literature focuses on the legal context and consequences of DPLs, the benefits of driver licenses for undocumented immigrants, and the effectiveness of DPLs in improving national security (Mounts 2003;Johnson 2004;Lopez 2004;Lipman 2006;Lee 2008;Maloney, Kontuly, and Hanks 2008;Odegaard 2008;Korinek and Smith 2011). 7 3 By early 2014, California had decided to allow undocumented to drive once again, although they had yet to decide on what forms of documentation would be required. ...
Proponents of issuing driver licenses to undocumented immigrants argue that the number of uninsured motorists and car accidents would decrease, thus improving public safety and lowering costs associated with car insurance. This study gives an overview of competing cost reduction and public safety arguments and examines the issues surrounding undocumented immigrants and driver licenses. It empirically assesses the effect on the average cost of auto insurance of restricting undocumented access to legal driving documents. We use a fixed effects model for panel data to test the effects on real average insurance expenditures of restricting undocumented immigrants' access to driver licenses, while controlling for other relevant factors suggested in the literature. Our main finding is that on net such restrictions raise the average annual cost of auto insurance by an estimated 2009) across states that have enacted such restrictions.
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