Baltimore puts out welcome mat for immigrants, hoping to stop population decline

Here is another city that recognizes the need for more immigrants to keep their city thriving.    - - Donna Poisl

By Carol Morello and Luz Lazo

The fate of Baltimore may rest with immigrants like Alexandra Gonzalez.

A native of Puebla, Mexico, Gonzalez feels more at home in Baltimore with every passing year. She attends city-run nutrition and exercise classes in Spanish and takes her two young children to a Spanish-language storytelling hour at her neighborhood library. She plans to earn a GED and become a teacher.
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