Immigration Represents A Springboard for California’s Rebo

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Immigration Represents A Springboard for California’s Rebound

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by Andrea Nill
Immigration Policy Center

Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported that analysts across the country have been worried that the economic crisis has fueled an increase in hate groups and racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric. With its large immigrant population and current economic woes, California is in the belly of the beast. Yet, while many restrictionists and anti-immigrant groups are exploiting the recession and using immigrants as scapegoats, an undeniable truth lies beneath their feeble facts: California’s immigrants and their children climb up the socioeconomic ladder over time and most Californians have economically benefited as a result.

California exemplifies not only the enormous political and economic clout of immigrants, but also accounts for innumerable stories of immigrants who experience remarkable upward mobility over time, master English, and own their own homes, according to a new Immigration Policy Center (IPC) report . Immigrant workers and entrepreneurs make up a large part of taxpayers and are vital when it comes to the success of California’s new budget . Rob Paral, demographer and Principal of Rob Paral & Associates, also points out that “California is a state quite apart from other states, in the sense that the presence of immigration is not an option: it’s a reality. The question is how to leverage it.â€

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The Zogby poll was commissioned by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that seeks to reform immigration policies. 87 percent of Legal American citizens said they "favor legalization or amnesty for illegal immigrants"

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