. Counteracting these trends, however, is the continued influx of immigrants from abroad. As a result, foreign-born residents play an …

portrait of New England’s immigrants. It is the latest in a series of publications from the Center on the movement of people … the region’s immigrants, and explores how these have changed in recent decades. It then describes the demographic … immigrants’ socioeconomic status and reliance on public assistance as well as their civic contributions. Throughout the report …

Since the 1600s, immigrants have been drawn to New England, and even now parts of the region would be losing population …