Immigration in the Philadelphia region

    Seventy-five percent of job growth in the Philadelphia region can be attributed to the employment of immigrants. The 500,000 foreign born residents living in the area’s 11 counties come from countries throughout the globe and their diversity presents enormous opportunities and challenges for government and employers. We talk with University of Pennsylvania professors MICHAEL KATZ and DOMINIC VITIELLO about the face of immigration in the Philadelphia suburbs. Listen to the mp3

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