Rhetoric vs. Research: The Success of Immigrant Integration




Only in America with Ali Noorani show

Summary: Harvard Professor Mary C. Waters talks with Ali about the progress made by immigrants learning English and integrating into U.S. society. Despite the current rhetoric surrounding immigration, Waters says that native-born Americans have a more welcoming attitude toward immigrants, and research shows that “Americans agree more about immigration than we do about a lot of issues that divide us.” Ali also discusses the Forum’s SONAW program with Jennie Murray, the Forum’s director of integration progr