But to the extent that each presents real policy challenges — how to integrate foreigners, what to do about struggling places — cities and immigrants are intertwined. “There’s this symbiotic relationship that immigrants need cities in order to acclimate to a new society, and cities need new immigrants,” said Jacob Vigdor, a professor of public policy at the University of Washington. The accelerating arrival of Hispanic immigrants in the 1970s came at a fortunate moment for many cities. In booming cities like Los Angeles and Houston, Hispanic population growth has explained the entirety of the boom. This Hispanic growth in cities has mattered all the more as African-Americans have increasingly moved to the suburbs, too.

Source: bd News24 October 20, 2019 05:03 UTC