Having lived here my whole life, I am not at all surprised that a new study found that immigrants in Minnesota (legal and illegal) are a net benefit to the state, not a burden. Duh!
Interestingly, a recent article in the St Paul Pioneer Press notes that immigrants here do not mirror the national immigrant population – they are better educated, tend to be younger, and are more likely to be from Asia or Africa than South America.
Which does not explain why our governor seems to be more conservative & hard-line on immigration than our President…
The article also notes that the report released earlier by the Pawlenty administration “failed to take into account the ‘magnitude of state revenues generated by illegal immigrants’… something Pawlenty's communications director Brian McClung admits.”
Interesting how that works!
Read it all: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/14669195.htm
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