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Immigrant influx is helping to fill an economic gap in New Jersey

April 1, 2015

“New Jersey has always been an immigration destination,” said James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers. “That goes back to the first wave of immigrants from Europe well over 100 years ago.”

NJ101.5.com, April 1

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