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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by tathougies on Thursday February 06, 2020 @01:13PM (#22258523)
> and they have to bring enough to the table to convince U.S. immigration to let them in.

Eh... my parents came with zero dollars to this country as part of family migration (zero due to currency export restrictions from their original country).

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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by vikramkr on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:51PM (#22260768)
did they come as refugees or did they bring skills that suggested they would likely get employed/be able to contribute to the economy/would use welfare benefits etc?
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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by tathougies on Thursday February 06, 2020 @05:13PM (#22260994)
Family migration means a family member who is a citizen guarantees their ability to support themselves. They did.
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