Most immigrants lived in California illegally, study says

Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | June 5, 2008

More than half of new California immigrants who are permanent legal residents lived in the state illegally before getting green cards, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California. The study suggests that the conventional notion of a legal immigrant as a brand-new arrival who has waited in a home country to get a green card is not the norm. “The idea (is) you sit at home, you wait, you get the green card,” said research fellow Laura Hill. “That’s certainly an experience for immigrants, but it’s not the most common.”

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