This article from the Migration Policy Institute takes a look at Nebraska’s foreign-born population. While the state has not always received as many immigrants as the coasts, its foreign-born population grew faster than that of any other Midwestern state between 1990 and 2000, including many children. Most of the research on second generation immigrants has been conducted in traditional immigrant gateways, but this report begins to shed some light on what immigrant incorporation and the second generation’s journey to socioeconomic adaptation may look like in the country’s heartland. – Publisher’s description
