juan lake Wrote:
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> America is neither less safe because of illegal
> immigration nor is it worse off economically. In
> fact, in the regions where immigrants have settled
> in the past two decades, crime has gone down,
> cities have grown, poor urban neighborhoods have
> been rebuilt, and small towns that were once on
> life support are springing back.
> For example, in rural counties that experienced an
> influx of immigrants in the 1980s and ’90s,
> crime rates dropped by more than they did in rural
> counties that did not see high immigrant growth.
> Higher immigration was associated with reductions
> in homicide rates for white, black and Latino
> victims. In both Hazleton, Pa., which has a recent
> history of hostility toward immigration, and St.
> James, Minn., a much more welcoming community,
> migrants have also bolstered dwindling populations
> and helped to reverse economic decline.
>
>
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/opinion/the-bene
> ficial-impact-of-immigrants.html?_r=0
Makes sense.