Communities all over the country are having their own conferences, trying to solve immigrant problems in their own place and their own way. Little by little, we will fix these problems. Read this whole article, very interesting! - - Donna Poisl
By Harold Reutter
One sign that Grand Island's two-day secondary migration conference may have been successful was that people did not stop talking at the end of Friday's community forum.
Sudanese immigrants stood talking with Somali immigrants, while Anglos talked with Latinos. Then groups would re-arrange so a whole different mix of ethnic groups were talking with each other.
Those informal conversations mimicked the much more structured dialogue that had taken place for the preceding three hours during a community forum on secondary migration conducted by the Spring Institute of Denver.
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This country was built by immigrants, it will continue to attract and need immigrants. Some people think there are enough people here now -- people have been saying this since the 1700s and it still is not true. They are needed to make up for our aging population and low birthrate. Immigrants often are entrepreneurs, creating jobs. We must help them become Americans and not just people who live here and think of themselves as visitors. When immigrants succeed here, the whole country benefits.
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