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Immigrants Thrive in Long Island
Immigrants Thrive in Long Island - Former Tension Hotspot, Report Says
Written By Andrew O'Reilly
Published October 27, 2011
Fox News Latino
Before controversial immigration laws in Alabama, Arizona and Georgia made headlines, there was Long Island, New York. But a new study released on Thursday shows that this former hotspot of tension over immigration has quietly become a haven for successful immigrants.
The report, released by the Fiscal Policy Institute, found that 54 percent of white-collar jobs on Long Island were held by immigrants and that 22 percent of small businesses in the area were owned by immigrants. Besides many immigrants holding white-collar jobs, about half the immigrants on Long Island live in households where the annual income is over $80,000.
“I think it’s time to turn the page on the immigration debate on Long Island,â€
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