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Monday, April 27, 2009

Lawyer makes case against immigrant myths

This article lists several myths about immigrants and immigration and introduces an author whose book dis-spells many of them. - - Donna Poisl

By MERCEDES OLIVERA / The Dallas Morning News

While politicians may debate the merits of immigration reform, many economists and researchers have already made up their minds: Immigrants contribute far more to the U.S. economy than they take.

It's a view expressed most recently in the book – Hispanic Heresy: What Is the Impact of America's Largest Population of Immigrants? –released in January and written by a Dallas lawyer and two Texas Tech University business professors.

The authors' research, filled with graphs and data from professional and scholastic journals, federal agencies and news reports, works to dispel many of the myths thrown about by cable TV talk shows and radio hosts.
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