Immigrants key to economy's revival
By JOEL KOTKIN | 3/24/10 5:27 AM EDT


In Washington on Sunday, the tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding immigration reform looked like the opening round of the last thing the country needs now: another big debate on a divisive issue.


Yet Congress seems ready to take on immigration, which has been dividing Americans since the republic was founded.


But identifying immigrants as a “them,â€