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If you live in a big city, like I do, then you should be thanking your local immigrants for keeping the city thriving this according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released last Thursday.

Immigrants long have flocked to major metropolitan areas and helped them grow. But increasingly, native-born Americans are moving from those areas and leaving immigrants to provide the only source of growth.
The New York metro area, which includes the suburbs, added 1 million immigrants from 2000 to 2006. Without those immigrants, the region would have lost nearly 600,000 people.
Without immigration, the Los Angeles metro area would have lost more than 200,000, the San Francisco area would have lost 188,000 and the Boston area would have lost 101,000.

It is important to note that the Census bureau doesn’t distinguish between undocumented immigrants and those with legalized status (maybe we shouldn’t either). The growth of the immigrant population has been credited with boosting the housing market and economy in general.

Via / MSNBC