Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Research changes immigration debate, to a degree

By JEANNIE KEVER
Copyright 2011 Houston Chronicle

June 9, 2011, 5:37AM

A report set for release today seeks to reshape the national immigration debate and notes that for the first time, immigrants with college degrees outnumber those who haven't finished high school.

"There's more high-skilled (immigrants) than people believe," said Audrey Singer, senior fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution and co-author of the report, which contends that the economic contribution of immigrants has been overshadowed by the rancorous debate over illegal immigration..........

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