Immigration, poverty linked

” No longer does the word “immigrants” conjure up images of boats docking at Ellis Island full of Europeans looking for a bright future. They have been replaced by visions of men and women risking their lives to illegally cross the nation’s southern border to begin a new life under the radar of authorities and often in the most impoverished situations.

“Any discussion of poverty in the United States would have to deal with immigration … it doesn’t make sense to import poverty,” which is what is happening now, said Steven A. Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, an organization that advocates stricter immigration limits and enforcement. “

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