GEOG 4 Lecture 7: Singer - Immigration
Document Summary
N in trends immigration are ew changing communities across the. The movement of immigrants from abroad to the heart of. America"s largest cities is no longer the dominant pattern as it was in the past. The restructuring of the u. s. economy and the accompanying decentralization of cities and growth of suburbs as major employment centers have shifted immigrant settlement to a new class of metropolitan areas. Emerging destinations tend to be metropolitan areas with more recent development histories, largely suburban in form. Many of the newest destination areas have little history or identity with immigration. This brief highlights the recent trends in immigration, including the new geography of immigration and changes in the demographic characteristics of immigrants. In some new destination areas, the pace of immigration has aroused social conflict and anxiety over immigrants" legal status and the costs of providing services such as healthcare and education to the children of immigrants.
