Immigration Linked to Rural Economic Gains

A new Daily Yonder study shows that rural counties with more immigrants also tend to be performing better economically. Rural America’s foreign-born residents may be moving to counties that have more jobs, but immigrants also create more economic opportunity when they get there, economists say.

By Tim Marema

Full Story: http://www.dailyyonder.com/immigration-linked-rural-economic-gains/2015/04/19/7817