Foreign-born residents, who now account for one in eight Americans, are boosting job growth, raising home prices and more broadly helping to revive thousands of economically distressed communities, according to a new report by the Americas Society/Council of the Americas and the Partnership for a New American Economy.
Read more about this and other recent studies on the benefits of immigration here: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505143_162-57602552/can-immigration-speed-the-economic-recovery/