Why we can't afford to turn away immigrants (Opinion)
Why we can't afford to turn away immigrants (Opinion)
- November 25, 2014
- Research by Ruben Rumbaut, sociology professor, is featured in Talking Points Memo Nov. 25, 2014
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From Talking Points:
University of California, Irvine Professor Rubén G. Rumbaut…. analyzed data on adult
children of immigrants in a particular region – Southern California. And he found
that young bilingual adults in that region earn between $2000 and $3000 more per year
than their peers who had lost their home language and become monolingual in English.
For the full story, please visit http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/why-we-can-t-afford-to-turn-away-immigrants.
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