"Must" Reading for Donald Trump: Immigration and America's Urban Revival

Why are Los Angeles and New York thriving economically with low crime rates?  Immigrants!  

In this article ("Immigration and America's Urban Revival") in the American Prospect, Professor Robert Sampson (Harvard) explains how the evidence favors a hypothesis many Americans reject: Immigration has helped reduce crime and revitalize city economies. Read the article and weep Mr. Trump!

KJ

 

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