Immigration in the U.S. Midwest during the1990s: A Decade of Rapid Change

This paper examines immigration trends and economic impacts of immigration on the Midwestover the 1990s, especially for rural and agricultural labor markets and places them in contextrelative to changes in California, Florida, and Texas and the whole United States. The 1990swas a period of rapid change, and it seem likely that new immigrants will not be assimilatedquickly because a majority of them have low education, do not speak English well, or know thelocal culture. The paper concludes that the U.S. should consider a new immigration policy thatgives greater weight to skill and financial capital.[...]