Take THAT, xenophobic wingnuts (and Lou Dobbs)
markos brandishes a study reported by the la times...
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i find this remarkably affirming news... as someone who has spent (and continues to spend) a great deal of time in latin america, i have seen both sides of the immigration issue... i know just how serious these folks are when they sacrifice family, their way of life, their culture, their traditions, their language, and their countries to take a shot at having a better life... they don't go to the u.s. to fool around, they go to work hard, earn some money, and send it back home...
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A study released Tuesday by the Public Policy Institute of California found that immigrants who arrived in the state between 1990 and 2004 increased wages for native workers by an average 4%.
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Another study released Monday by the Washington-based Immigration Policy Center showed that immigrant men ages 18 to 39 had an incarceration rate five times lower than native-born citizens in every ethnic group examined.
i find this remarkably affirming news... as someone who has spent (and continues to spend) a great deal of time in latin america, i have seen both sides of the immigration issue... i know just how serious these folks are when they sacrifice family, their way of life, their culture, their traditions, their language, and their countries to take a shot at having a better life... they don't go to the u.s. to fool around, they go to work hard, earn some money, and send it back home...
Labels: Illegal immigrants, immigration
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posted by profmarcus at
2/28/2007
