Poor Children by Parents’ Nativity: What Do We Know?

Immigration has played an important role in shaping U.S. society. Currently, 17.2 million children have a parent who is foreign-born, and 4.2 million with immigrant parents that are low-income. This issue brief is from the National Center for Children in Poverty and examines differences between children with native-born parents versus children of immigrant parents across socio-demographic measures such as material hardship and public assistance use. Findings reveal that immigrant families are more likely to be in lower- wage jobs and have barriers to accessing work supports.