The Rust Belt Needs Legal Immigration [citylab.com]
A new study finds that the Midwest is heavily dependent on this “demographic lifeline.” The Rust Belt states that tipped the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump could be among the biggest losers from the proposed reductions in legal immigration that he has endorsed, according to a new study released Monday. The study, from the nonpartisan Chicago Council on Global Affairs, concludes that immigration has been “a demographic lifeline” that has helped several Midwestern cities partially...