Jacob Vigdor, professor of public policy and economics at Duke University and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, discusses the importance of assimilation among the United States’ immigrant population. Vigdor offered these remarks during a May 10, 2010, presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of John Locke Foundation events, click here.
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