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Who is Afraid of the Foreign-Born Among Us?(attitudes towards foreign-born residents in the...

By Sharav, Itzhak
Publication: Midstream
Date: Thursday, February 1 2001

Newly released 2000 census figures, which show a significant increase in the percentage of foreign-born residents of the United States (9.5 percent is the latest figure compared with 7.9 percent in 1990), are not unprecedented. This country has experienced similar, and even higher, proportions of non-natives in the past -- including the early decades of the 20th century. Nevertheless, it should be noted that the latest data have provoked numerous expressions of anxiety regarding the consequences of America's hosting so many new immigrants.

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