Immigrants assimilate quicker today, study shows – (same Manhattan Institute study cited but quite a different headline) From: ocregister.com

Immigrants are assimilating faster today than in generations past and whether they speak English may not be the key to how well they integrate into the U.S. economy and civic life, according to a study published Tuesday.

Jacob Vigdor, an associate professor of public policy at Duke University, comprised an index to measure the degree to which immigrants mirrored U.S.-born residents’ labor trends, cultural habits and civic participation. What he found was that immigrants have been assimilating more quickly since 1990 than in years past despite higher levels of immigration to the United States.

“The fact that assimilation is occurring rapidly, what that’s saying is these immigrants are making up the difference,” Vigdor said, adding that an economic boom over the last 25 years and improved communications have made more opportunities available to immigrants.”*

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