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Second generation immigrants in Massachusetts have among the highest incomes in the country
By the second generation, immigrants in the U.S. have incomes that surpass their parents, and resemble those of native born Americans.
www.bostonindicators.org
"second generation immigrants are successfully climbing the economic ladder, with incomes that surpass those of their foreign-born parents, and sometimes even surpass the incomes of native-born Americans. In fact, it appears that recent waves of immigrants are even more economically mobile than prior ones."
This report is a few years old (before the pandemic), but recognizes trends that are, and almost always have been true of immigrants to America.
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The process of immigration and assimilation to American political, economic, and social culture has for the most part remained consistent over many, many generations. The assimilative nature of many aspects of American culture is one of the things that distinguishes America from, say, Europe. Recent events demonstrate the consequence of this distinction.
