AND THE CHARLES A. FRUEAUFF FOUNDATION.

AMERICA'S IMMIGRANT POPULATION IS CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.

YOU MAY SEE THE CHANGES IF YOU LOOK AROUND IN BIG CITY TRAIN STATIONS, IN SHOPPING MALLS, OR ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

THE CHANGE IS DUE TIE MAJOR SHIFT IN THE SOURCE OF NEW ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTRY.

MORE, BETTER-EDUCATED IMMIGRANTS FROM ASIA ARE IMMIGRATING IN SUCH HUGE NUMBERS THEY ARE DISPLACE BE PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA WHO HAVE BEEN THE DOMINANT INCOMING POPULATION FOR DECADES.

THIS MAJOR CHANGE OF NEW OR WOULD-BE AMERICANS IS CREATING A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION.

THIS INSABAN FLUX IS TRANSFORMING U.S. PUNCH AND IMPACT CHAPEL THOUGH NO SINGLE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DOMINATES, THE LARGEST GROUPS OF PEOPLE COME FROM CHINA, INDIA AND THE PHILIPPINES.

HERE COME SOME NUMBERS, SO PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY.

NEW IMMIGRANTS ARE DESCRIBED AS PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 65 WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE U.S. LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.

62% OF RECENT ASIAN ARRIVALS WERE COLLEGE EDUCATED COMPARED WITH 40% FROM AFRICA AND 23% FROM LATIN AMERICA.

AND 86% OF IMMIGRANTS FROM INDIA HELD COLLEGE DEGREES OR BETTER.

>> RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION THAT THE MORE EDUCATION YOU COME WITH, THE BETTER YOU DO, AND THAT'S STILL TRUE TODAY.

THE MORE EDUCATED DO BETTER THAN THE LEAST DEPUTY THERE'S NO QUESTION.

>> BUT DESPITE ASIAN IMMIGRANTS' EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, CAMAROT,'S LATEST RESEARCH IS SHOWING THAT HIGHER EDUCATIONAL LEVELS HAVE NOT IMPROVED THE STANDARD OF LIVING FOR RECENT ASIAN ARRIVALS.

>> IMMIGRANTS ARE STARTING OUT TODAY AS FAR BEHIND AS THEY DID IN THE PAST.

WHAT'S SURPRISING IS IF YOU LOOK AT POVERTY OR WELFARE USE OR LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, THAT IS, THE SHARE WITH THE JOB ORAT LEAST LOOKING FOR ONE, ALL THESE TYPICAL MEASURES OF ECONOMIC WELL-BEING, THE NEW IMMIGRANTS TODAY AREN'T DOING ANY BETTER THAN THE ONES TWO DECADES AGO.

>> WHAT IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY AND ON SOCIETY?

>> THE POVERTY RATE OF NEW IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BACK IN 2000 WAS 21%.

ABOUT DOUBLE THE RATE FOR NATIVES.

WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT ADULTS HERE.

IF WE LOOK AT NEWER ARRIVALS TODAY, SAY FROM THE 2017 DATA, IT'S ABOUT 21%, THE POVERTY RATE.

>> CAMAROTA'S RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS A RISE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF IMMIGRANTS WHO RELY ON MEDICAID.

FROM 6% IN 2007 AND 17% IN 2017.

AND IT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF IMMIGRANTS ON FOOD STAMPS HAS TRIPLED IN THE LAST DECADE.

>> ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF ALL THE CHILDREN IN POVERTY IN AMERICA COME FROM AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY, SO THAT'S CREATED AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGES, NOT JUST FOR SCHOOLS BUT FOR SOCIAL SERVICES IN GENERAL.

>> THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MAY MAKE IT HARDER FOR IMMIGRANTS WHO USE ANY FORM OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO BECOME U.S. CITIZENS.

THE GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY PENALIZING IMMIGRANTS WHO GO ON WELFARE, CONSIDERING THEM A, QUOTE, PUBLIC CHARGE.

THIS FACTOR MAY BE USED AGAINST THEM WHEN THEY APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS TOO BROAD TEIN CATEGORY OF BENEFIT THAT IMMIGRANTS WILL BE PENALIZED FOR USING TO INCLUDE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT AND IS FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDIES.

THE PROPOSAL WAS DESIGNED TO SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY, BUT SOME SAY IT WILL ALSO DETER NEW ENTRANTS TO THE U.S. >> THERE'S BEEN A HUGE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT FROM LESS EDUCATED HISPANIC PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COUNTRY AND NOW MORE EDUCATED ASIANS, AND YET THEY, TOO, ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING WORK.

WHY IS THAT?

>> IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE ECONOMY IS JUST NOT ABSORBING IMMIGRANTS AS EASILY OR AS WELL IT DID IN THE PAST.

MAYBE NOW WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM LESS AB EPIDEMICALLY RIGOROUS INSTITUTIONS, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN GETTING E HEAT CHINESE AND INDIA STUDENTS IN THE PAST BUT TODAY WE'RE GETTING STUDENTS WHO ARE MUCH MORE FROM THE MEDIOCRE UNIVERSITIES.

>> ACCORDING TO THE MIGGIST RATION POLICY INSTITUTE, IF EDUCATED IMMIGRANTS AREN'T USING THEIR TRAINING AND IMPROVING THEIR ECONOMIC STANDING, THIS HARMS THE ECONOMY.

PROGRESSIVES SAY IMMIGRANTS FORCE NEED LOWER-SKILLED JOBS MISS ON THE ON NEARLY $40 BILLION IN EARNINGS, AND THAT TRANSLATES TO ABOUT $10 BILLION IN LOST TAX REVENUE.

>> A FAIR IMMIGRATION PLAN.

LESS IMMIGRATION.

>> BUT THOSE OPPOSED TO MASS IMMIGRATION COUNTER SAVINGS FOR THE TAXPAYER ARE GREATER IF THE U.S. CUTS BACK ON THE FLOW OF PEOPLE IN POVERTY INTO THIS COUNTRY.

THE FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM LOBBIES FOR LOWER IMMIGRATION TARGETED TO FILL GAPS IN THE U.S. ECONOMY.

PRESIDENT DAN STEIN SAYS ADMITTING MORE HIGHLY EDUCATED IMMIGRANTS SHOULD HELP THE ECONOMY IN PRINCIPLE, BUT RIGHT NOW THE MARKET FOR THOSE SKILLS IS SATURATED.

>> WE DO STILL HAVE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING BECAUSE THEIR PEOPLE REFERENCE PREFERENCE ARE LESS SKILLED BUT WE ALSO HAVE MORE HIGHLY SKILLED, HIRE EDUCATED IMMIGRANTS COMING INTO THE U.S. ECONOMY.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE HIGHLY SKILLED IMMIGRANTS OR HIGHLY EDUCATED IMMIGRANTS VERSUS UNSKILLED BECAUSE THEY WILL EXPAND THE PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF ECONOMY.

HOWEVER, YOU CAN GET TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING, AND THE PROBLEM IS IN THE AGGREGATE THE SIZE OF IMMIGRATION FLOW IS MISS MATCHED TO THE ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY.

WE NEED TO REDUCE THE FLOW, MOVE TO A MERIT SYSTEM AND TRY TO ASSURE THAT THE IMMIGRANTS COMING MORE NARROWLY FIT THE LABOR MARKET NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY.

>> DR. AHMED MOMAND IS HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING WORK AS A DOCTOR.

AFTER HELPING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN, HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE GIVEN SPECIAL VISAS TO LIVE IN THE U.S.

HE SPECIALIZED IN ANESTHESIA IN AFGHANISTAN BUT THE U.S.

DOES NOT RECOGNIZE HIS DEGREE OR HIS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

DR. MONAND IS CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED AND HIS STANDARD OF LIVING HAS BEEN LOWERED.

>> IN AFGHANISTAN, I DID HAVE A BIGGER HOUSE AND AT SOME POINT IN MY LIFE I HAD A VERY GOOD JOB ADVISING MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS, AND THEN MY FAMILY AND I THOUGHT IF WE WENT TO THE UNITED STATES, THEN, OF COURSE, THINGS WILL GET MUCH BETTER.

>> AHMAD GEORGIA AD SPENDS 35 HOURS EACH WEEK SEARCHING FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR TRI ENTER LEVEL JOBS, AND SHE'S HE'S STILL NOT FINDING WORK.

>> DID ENTRY LEVEL FOGS FOR A DOCTOR LIKE ME SPECIALIZING IN ANESTHESIOLOGY, THE ANESTHESIA TECHNICIAN POSITION WHERE YOU WOULD JUST CLEAN THE INSTRUMENTS AND DO SOME INTERVENTION AND ASSIST THE NURSES TO MOVE THE PATIENTS AND PREPARE THE EQUIPMENT.

>> AHMAD IS SEEK CANNING HELP TO FIND EMPLOYMENT THROUGH RELATIVES, A NOTE NETWORK OF OTHER DOCTORS AND FROM A PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED UPWARDLY GLOBAL.

>> WE TEACH THEM BOTH HOW TO SEARCH FOR U.S. JOBS, WE CULTUREATE NEM CAN BE GIVE THEM PRACTICE TO DO IT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HELP THEM RECONNECT WITH A PROFESSIONAL NETWORK THAT CAN SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR JOB SERVES.

>> CYSTER ACRES,NE SAID MANY NEW ASIAN IMMIGRANTS EXPECT UNEXPECTED BARRIERS WHEN SEARCHING FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE U.S. THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY MANY ARE FORCED TO TAKE LOWER WAGE JOBS AND RELY ON GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS FOR FOOD AND HEALTH CARE.

>> BOTH NOT KNOWING ENOUGH OF THE CULTUR AND THE NUANCE AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS NECESSARY TO EFFECTIVELY JOB SUCH, BOTH ARE A BARRIER.

THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE ODD TIS OF WHAT WE EXPECT IN AMERICAN CULTURE THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FROM ANOTHER.

LOOKING ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE JOB, LEANING IN, SMILING, ACTING EXCITED, HAVING QUESTIONS QUESTIONS PREPARED.

ALL OF THESE MAY NOT TO BE NORM IN ANOTHER CULTURE.

>> UPWARDLY GLOBAL REPORTS ITS TRAINING PROGRAM HAS HELPED MORE THAN 5,000 SKILLED IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES FIND WORK IN THE U.S..

EVEN WITH EXTRA TRAINING AND SUPPORT, UPWARDLY GLOBAL HAS PLACED JUST MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE IT TRAINED INTO PROFESSIONAL JOBS, AND THAT AS FAR OUT AS 15 MONTHS AFTER THEY COMPLETED THE PROGRAM.

BUT MANY IMMIGRANTS FIND WHAT ARE CALLED SURVIVAL JOBS DRIVING CABS, WORKING AS JANITORS, AND THEY BECOME MORE LIKE PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT.

AS WELL AS ECONOMIC ISSUES, THERE ARE SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES RAISED BY THIS NEW INFLUX OF ASIAN IMMIGRANTS.

>> IT ALWAYS TAKES COURAGE TO SPEAK UP AGAINST INJUSTICE.

>> IMMIGRANTS AND U.S. CITIZENS OF ASIAN DESCENT ARE STARTING TO SPEAK UP ABOUT WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS DISCRIMINATION, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THEIR CHILDREN WHEN APPLYING TO THE COUNTRY'S LETE SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES.

12 YEARSAL JEAN LEE THOUGHT HOE WAS BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WHEN HE WA APPLIED TO PRINCESTONIN'TON.

>> TOWARD IF END OF MY JUNIORER YOO OF SHALL PRINCE-TO-YOU HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTED RESEARCH PRINCETON SOCIOLOGISTS HAD DONE ON COLLEGE ADMISSIONS.

ACCORDING TO THIS RESEARCH WHICH WAS BASED ON A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONFIDENTIAL ADMISSIONS DATA, ASIAN AMERICANS HAVE THE SCORE UP TO HUNDREDS OF S.A.T.

POINT HIGHER THAN OTHER STUDENTS IN ORDER TO HAVE THE SAME CHANCE OF BEING ADMITTED.

>> HE WHAT IS THE FIRST ASIAN STUDENT TO FILE A COMPLAINT AT THE JUSTICE DEPUTIES OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.

IT TOOK TEN YEARS FOR AN ANSWER.

>> THE OCR WROTE WHY "PRINCETON CONE SEEDS THAT IT DOES CONSIDER THE RATES AND NATIONAL ARE EVER ON ARE SOMEONE OF APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION BUT THESE ARE ONLY TWO OF THE MANY FACTORS THE UNIVERSITY MAY CONSIDER."

I WAS RANKED SECOND OF ALL IN MY CLASS OF 1,002 STUDENTS.

>> SIX YEARS AFTER JEAN LEE FILED THAT COMPLAINT MICHAEL YANG, A CHILD OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS, APPLIED TO TEN OF AMERICA'S BEST UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES WITH A 4.76 GRADE AVERAGE, A NEAR.

PERFECT S.A.T.

SCORE, AND A PERFECT ACT SCORE, HE WAS CERTAIN HE'D BE ACCEPTED TO MULTIPLE IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS.

HE WASN'T.

HE WAS EITHER TURNED DOWN OR WAIT-IT.

>> IN MY HEAD AT LEAST I THOUGHT AMONG THE TOP FOYER THAT I WOULD GET INTO TWICHELL.

I WAS DEFINITELY DISAPPOINTED, NOT TO SAY THE LEAST.

IT DEFINITELY WASN'T THE RESULT I WAS EXPECTING.

>> WHEN HE LEARNED HIS LATINO AND LATIN-AMERICAN FRIENDS WERE ACCEPTED TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS WHERE HE WAS DENIED ENTRY, HE STARTED TO QUESTION WHY.

>> SO IN MY HEAD I WAS QUESTIONING AS TO 11, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID THEY HAVE THAT I DON'T HAVE OR WHAT DID THEY DO THAT I DIDN'T DO THAT ALLOWED THEM TO GET INTO THESE SCHOOLS ASSEMBLIES CONCLUSION: AS AN ASIAN-AMERICAN HE WAS BEING HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN OTHER MINORITY STUDENTS.

HE REACHED OUT TO ADMISSIONS OFFICES TO QUESTION THEIR POLICIES, THEN FILED COMPLAINTS WITH YALE, STANFORD AND PRINCETON.

>> I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THERE'S BLATANT RACISM.

I CAN'T POINT THAT OUT 100%.

BUT I'M WILLING TO SAY THERE IS SOME BIAS IN HOW THEY JUDGE STUDENTS AND THAT ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE JUDGED ON A HIGHER STANDARD COMPARED TO OTHER STUDENTS, WHICH IS NOT FAIR.

>> HIS COMPLAINTS WERE IGNORED.

HE DROPPED THEM AND WAS EVENTUALLY ADMITTED TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE WHERE HE SAYS HE RECEIVED AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A ZERO SUM GAME REGARDLESS.

FOR SOMEONE TO WIN, SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO LOSE.

AND MY ONLY ISSUE IS THAT I'M FINE WITH -- I'M FINE IF WE'RE NOT THE ONES WINNING.

IF ASIAN AMERICANS AREN'T THE ONE WHO BENEFIT FROM THE ACTION.

AT THE VERY LEAST I DON'T THINK ASIAN AMERICANS SHOULD BE HURTING FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

>> BUT JEAN AND MICHAEL AND MANY OTHER ASIANS BELIEVE THAT IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS DO HOLD ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS TO A HIGHER STANDARD, SINCE MICHAEL'S COMPLAINT MANY OTHER ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS QUESTIONING HOW AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS APPLIED.

>> I HAVE A MESSAGE TO EVERY SINGLE ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENT IN THE COUNTRY WHO IS APPLYING TO COLLEGE.

YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED AND YOU MUST SPEAK UP IN DEFENSE THEM.

IN 2015, THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COALITION FOR EDUCATION A NON-PROFIT COALITION OF MORE THAN 60 ASIAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS, FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION AND JUSTICE.

THEY ASKED FOR A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION AGAINST HARVAR, BROWN, DARTMOUTH AND YALE UNIVERSITY FOR THEIR ALLEGEDLY DISCRIMINATORY ADMISSIONS PRACTICES AGAINST ASIAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN.

>> RACIAL CODE HAS BEEN BANNED BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT SINCE 1978 AND ALSO -- IT'S AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION, U.S. CONSTITUTION 14th AND 17th AMENDMENT.

IT'S AGAINST THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT TITLE 6.

AND ALSO VERY IMPORTANTLY IT'S AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN DREAM.

AMERICAN DREAM SAYS EVERY U.S. CITIZEN HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS AND PARITY THROUGH HARD WORK, INITIATIVE.

REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND.

>> THE AACE'S COMPLAINT TRIGGERED AN INVESTIGATION INTO HARVARD'S ADMISSIONS PRACTICES BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION AND JUSTICE.

>> AFRICAN-AMERICANS MAKES UP I THINK 13% OF THE COUNTRY.

LATINOS, HISPANICS ABOUT 17%.

AND THEY JUST WANT REPRESENTATION OF THEIR MINORITY AS THE PERCENTAGE IT IS OF THE U.S. POPULATION.

SO WHY NOT JUST 6% OF ASIAN AMERICANS IF THAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION?

>> WE ARE NOT ENGAGED IN ANY ZERO SUM GAME WITH ANY OTHER REGIONAL GROUP.

WHAT WE WANT IS EQUAL TREATMENT, AND ALSO WITH SUPPORT ECONOMIC-BASED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION THE PERSON GREW.

POOR COMMUNITY, IN POOR FAMILIES, SHOULD GET FAVORABLE TREATMENT.

>> THERE IS NO PROOF THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE CHANGED HARVARD'S ADMISSIONS POLICIES.

THAT SAID, THE PERCENTAGE OF ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS ADMITTED TO HARVARD HAS RISEN DURING THE LAST DECADE FROM 17% TO AN ESTIMATED 22% IN 2017.

AND THE PRESSURE ON IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS IS GETTING MORE INTENSE.

STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION, FILED A LAWSUIT IN BOSTON FEDERAL COURT AGAINST HARVARD.

THE LAWSUIT STATES "HARVARD'S ADMISSIONS POLICIES HAVE DISADVANTAGED HIGHLY QUALIFIED ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS AND SENTENCED PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO OTHER MINORITIES."

AN OCTOBER TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET UP.

STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS ALSO FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST TUFT OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL.

>> STUDENT FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS BELIEVES THAT THE USE OF RACE AND ETHNICITY IS UNFAIR AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

WHAT WE BELIEVE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SHOULD IMPLEMENT AND IMPLEMENT AGGRESSIVELY IS OUTREACH AND REALLY A HELPING HAND TO THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE APPLYING WHO HAVE COME FROM DISADVANTAGED SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.

HARVARD'S RESPONSE TO THE LAWSUIT STATES "THE COLLEGE'S ADMISSIONS POLICIES FULL COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW AND ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PEDAGOGICAL OBJECTIVES THAT UNDERLIE ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION.

IN FACT, WITHIN ITS HOLISTIC ADMISSIONS PROCESS AND IS AS PARTS OF THETH EFFORT TO BUILD A DIVERSE ABC HARVARD CHALLENGE WAS DEMONSTRATED A STRONG RECORD OF ADMITTING AND ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS.

WE WILL VIGOROUS I. RUSSLY DEFEND THE RIVED HARVARD AND OTHER EDUCATION TO CONTINUALLY SEEK THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS THAT COME FROM A CLASS THAT IS DIVERSE ON MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS."

PROVING DISCRIMINATION IS TOUGH.

STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS HELPED FIGHT FISHER V. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN AND LOST IN THE SUPREME COURT.

THE COURT STATED RACIAL PRESENCE OF USED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WERE CONSTITUTIONAL UNDER THE FEDERAL EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE BUT BLUM IS CONTINUING TO FIGHT.

>> IN 1992, 15% OF HARVARD'S INCOMING FRESHMEN CLASS WAS ASIAN.

IN 2013, THE YEAR BEFORE WE FILED OUR LAWSUIT, ABOUT 16% OF HARVARD'S INCOMING FRESHMEN CLASS WERE ASIANS.

SO DURING THIS LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME, YEAR AFTER YEAR, HARVARD SEEMED TO ADMIT ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF ASIANS YEAR AFTER YEAR.

HOWEVER, DURING THIS SAME PERFECTED TIME THE NUMBER OF ASIANS APPLYING TO HARVARD BETTER THAN DOUBLED.

NOW, HOW IS IT THAT THIS COULD NOT BE A QUOTA?

>> HOWEVER, ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE, A NON-PROFIT LOBBYING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, SAYS IT SEES NO DEFINITIVE PROOF THAT SCHOOLS ARE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ASIANS AND HAS FILED A MEEK US BRIEFS IN SUPPORT OF HARVARD'S POSITION.

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF ASIAN AMERICANS BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AT IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS OR ELITE SCHOOLS, AND LET ME BE CLEAR.

IF ASIAN AMERICANS WERE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, CERTAINLY MY, AND A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE SUING AND TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST QUOTAS OR AGAINST THAT SORT OF OVERT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.

>> AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CERTAINLY BE BENEFITS EVERYONE, INCLUDING ASIAN AMERICANS, BIKING SURE WE HAVE A DIVERSE CAMPUS.

AGAIN, OUR WORKFORCE IN THE UNITED STATES IS CHANGING.

THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THIS COUNTRY IS CHANGING.

AND IN SUPPORT BEHALF OF THESE COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE A EXPERIENCE THAT REFLECTS THAT DIVERSITY IN AMERICA AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION HEPATITIS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

>> YANG SAYS HIS ORGANIZATION BELIEVES ASIAN SHOULD NOT BE FOCUSING ON THIS NAIR TOW POINT BUT ON OTHER ADMISSIONS ISSUES.

NARROW POINT.

>> IF IS A THAN AMERICANS ESPECIALLY THIS PARTICULAR GROUP THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS CONCERNED ABOUT ASIAN AMERICANS GETTING INTO COLLEGE, THEN THEY REALLY SHOULD BE FOCUSING EYE BROADER SET OF ISSUES SUCH AS LEGACY ADMISSION, SUCH AS SAID MISSIONS TO WEALTHY DONORS TO THE COLLEGE, SUCH AS ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS.

PERHAPS ALL OF THOSE DO HAVE A PLACE IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS, BUT THOSE ADMISSIONS MAKE UP A FAR LARGERRER PERCENTAGE OF ADMISSIONS THAN THIS NARROW CARTING THAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON RELATED TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

>> TOP-RANGED UNIVERSITIES HAVE CLAIMED THEY DO NOT DISCRIMINATE GAYS BASTE ODD RACE AND DEFINE THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS AS HOLISTIC WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT MANY FACTORS OTHER THAN TEST SCORES AND GRADES.

BUT WITH MORE EDUCATED ASIANS APPLYING TO IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS AND ADMISSION RATES PLUMMETING OVERALL, IT WILL BE FAR MORE DIFFICULT FOR APPLICANTS OF ANY RACE TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE.

FOR EXAMPLE, COLUMBIA ACCEPTED 12% OF APPLICANTS IN 2007, BUT THE CLASS OF 2020 INCLUDES A MERE 6% OF THE STUDENTS WHO APPLIED.

CORNELL ACCEPTED ALMOST 31% OF APPLICANTS IN 2007.

IN 2020, ONLY 14% OF APPLICANTS WILL BE ADMITTED.

STANFORD IS THE MOST SELECTIVE ACCEPTING ONLY 5.1% OF APPLICANTS, WHICH MEANSSTONFORD OPPORTUNITY DOWN 19 EVERY 20 STUDENTS SEEKING ADMISSION.

EXCITED THE RECENT RISE IN EDUCATION LEVELS OF IMMIGRANTS, AMERICANS DISAGREE ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOULD BE ADMITTED AND WITH WHICH QUALIFICATIONS.

>> THE FLOW OF PEOPLE NOW INTO THE UNITED STATES LOOKS TO BE AT BACK TO THE RECORD IT WAS MAYBE IN 1999 WHEN AGAIN THE CENSUS BUREAU DATA SUGGESTS ABOUT 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE SETTLED IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> SO ASIDE FROM THE POPULATION GROWTH, WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM, IT'S THE TYPE OF GROWTH THAT YOU HAVE.

THESE ARE MOSTLY LOW-SKILLED WORKERS THAT ARE NON-CONTRIBUTORY TO THE SYSTEM AND ACTUALLY ARE A DRAIN ON THE SYSTEM IN MANY RESPECTS.

WHAT TOM COTTON SI ARE DOING IS CALLING THIS OUT AS A CRISIS.

>> TO DECREASE AND REGULATE THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS, SENATORS PURDUE AND COTTON WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT WANT TAX TO CHANGE TIE MERIT-BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM LIKE THOSE USED IN CANADA AND AUSTRALIA.

>> THE RAISE ACT R-A-I-S-E. >> SENATORS PURDUE AND COTTON SPONSORED THE REFORMING AMERICAN IMMIGRATION FOR A STRONG KNORR RAISE ACT THAT WOULD RETIRIZE HIGHLY SKILLED IMMIGRANTS AND LIMIT FAMILY UNIFICATION OR WHAT IS CALLED CHAIN MIGRATION.

>> TODAY IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM WE BRING IN A LITTLEMORE 1 MILLION PEOPLE.

OF THAT 140,000 ARE DESIGNATED AS WORKERS AND SO THEY ARE LOOKED AT THAT THEIR SKILLS TO SOME DEGREE, THEIR ABILITY TO WORK.

THE PRACTICAL NATURE OF THAT IS ONLY 70,000 COME IN BASED ON THEIR SKILLS TO WORK.

THE OTHER 70,000 OF THE 140,000 ARE PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATE FAMILY.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE LETTING HISTORICAL IMMIGRANTS DETERMINE WHO FUTURE IMMIGRANTS ARE GOING TO BE UNDER THIS SYSTEM, 950,000 PEOPLE AER YOO, AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT'S JUST NOT CONTRIBUTORY TO AN ECONOMY IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN TODAY.

AND SO THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT ABSOLUTELY IS SCREAMING TO BE REFORMED.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.

FUTURE IMMIGRATION WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF AMERICA BY 2065.

AMONG THE PROJECTED 441 MILLION AMERICANS IN 2065, 78 MILLION WILL BE IMMIGRANTS AND 81 MILLION WILL BE PEOPLE BORN IN THE U.S. TO IMMIGRANT PARENTS.

ASIANS ARE PROJECTED TO BECOME THE LARGEST IMMIGRANT GROUP IN THE COUNTRY, SURPASSING HISPANICS BY THE YEAR 2055.

DESPITE CONGRESSIONAL INACTION SO FAR ON THE RAISE ACT, RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IMMIGRATION IS EVOLVING ON THE OWN.

PROJECTED CHANGES IN POPULATION MAKE-UP WILL HAVE HUGE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NOW 18 ASIAN AMERICANS AND SPECIFIC ISLANDERS PACIFIC IRELAND NECESSARY CONGRESS.

AS ASIANS CONTINUE ZO TO SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY FAST GROWTH IN COMMUNITIES IN NEVADA, ARIZONA, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA AND GEORGIA, AND AS THEY START TO VOTE IN GREATER NUMBERS, THEIR POWER COULD CHANGE POLITICAL OUTCOMES.

>> IMMIGRATION IS FUNDAMENTALLY REMACKING THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IN THE UNITED STATES.

I HAVE PROJECTED THAT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, IMMIGRATION, LEGAL IMMIGRATION BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, WILL ADD ABOUT 15 MILLION POTENTIALLY NEW VOTERS.

>> THESE ARE PROJECTIONS BY EXPERTS, BUT EXPERTS AREN'T ALWAYS RIGHT.

DAN STEIN SAYS THE IMMIGRATION FLOW JUST ADJUSTS ON THE REALITY OF U.S. JOB MARKET.

>> WE HAVE VAST EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE THAT THE IMMIGRATION FLOW DOES RESPOND TO CHANGES IN OUR LABOR MARKET NEEDS.

AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION IN 2007 WE SAW A BIG DROP IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM MEXICO.

IT STILL HASN'T RESUMED AT THE SAM LEVEL AND PAST THE REASON IS THE U.S. LAIR MARKET NEED FOR UNSKILLED LABOR IS ACTUALLY FINITE.

HIGH GROWTH.

IN A HIGH GROWTH POST INDUSTRIAL SUPER POWER INFORMATION SOCIETY, THE NEED FOR UNSKILLED LABOR IS NOT UNLIMITED.

THERE ARE GREAT CONNECTIONS, NETWORKS BETWEEN IMMIGRANT GROUPS TALKING TO RELATIVES BACK HOME.

IF THE LAIR MARK IS SATURATED, THERE ARE NO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, PEOPLE MAKE THE RATIONALE DECISION NOT TO COME.

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