JUST LIKE YOUR GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, ONLY MORE AMERICAN:

Home Ownership, Education Rates of Immigrants in U.S. Projected to Shoot Up (Amrutha Gayathri, November 17, 2011, IB Times)

Panning across all nationalities and ethnic groups, immigrants to the U.S. are assimilating into American life, at higher rates than their predecessors. The overall progress of the people who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1990s shows that various aspects like home ownership and higher education are set to grow from 2000 to 2030 despite their current financial setback due to the economic meltdown.

A study conducted by the Center for American Progress, a research and educational institute, found that the percentage of immigrants who own their homes is projected to rise from 25.5 percent in 2000 to 72 percent in 2030.

Furthermore, the percentage of immigrants speaking English well or very well is projected to rise from 57.5 percent to 70.3 percent and the percent living in poverty is projected to fall from 22.8 percent to 13.4 percent.

But their grandkids won't do construction work, so we'll need to import builders from somewhere else. And, naturally, they'll oppose those immigrants.

Posted by oj at November 17, 2011 6:25 AM
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