Toward a Common Good: Maximizing Economic Opportunity, Access to Education, and the Contributions of New Americans in Texas

Toward a Common Good: Maximizing Economic Opportunity, Access to Education, and the Contributions of New Americans in Texas

Texas's changing demographic landscape presents ripe opportunities to strengthen the state's economy and bolster the well-being of its communities, which include a diverse mix of native-born Texans, longtime residents, and newcomers. Texas is home to the third largest foreign-born population in the United States (16.4 percent) after California (27.2 percent) and New York (22.2 percent). Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston are among six metropolitan areas nationally that experienced the most significant growth in new immigrants between 2000 and 2010. And immigrants make up 20.9 percent of the...

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