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Immigration


Get some insight into Harrisonburg's demographics...
July 10, 2008     Filed In:  harrisonburg, immigration

From two articles from this past Monday's (7/7/2008) Daily News Record...
 
City No. 2 In Foreign-born

Of all of Virginia's metro areas, Harrisonburg ranks #2 for its percentage (9%) of foreigh-born residents, following Washington/Arlington/Alexandria (20%) and followed by Charlottesville (6%), Richmond (6%), Virginia Beach (6%), and Winchester (6%).   [ read the article ]
 
Schools Eye Classes in English, Spanish

The Harrisonburg City School Board discussed adding a "dual-immersion" program whereby "Spanish-speaking students and native English speakers would be taught in the same classroom, with half the class in one language and the other half in another."   [ read the article ]
 

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The Effect of Immigrant Buyers
January 29, 2008     Filed In:  immigration, market, news, npr, radio
National Public RadioNPR's All Things Considered ran an interesting story today about immigrant buyers.

Per the story (listen here) . . .
  • 12% of the U.S. population is foreign born.
  • An increasing share of first time buyers are immigrants.
  • In 2005, 10% of all homeowners were immigrants.
  • In 2005, 18% of first-time home buyers over the previous four years were immigrants.
Additionally, some lenders offer loan programs to residents without social secuirty numbers. 
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