Ruben Rumbaut

Professor of Sociology at UC Irvine

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Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Irvine and author of Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation

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Immigration will be back on the front burner next week on Capitol Hill, with President Bush urging what he calls "comprehensive reform."  But even an unlikely consensus on new policies…

Immigration and Integration

Immigration will be back on the front burner next week on Capitol Hill, with President Bush urging what he calls "comprehensive reform."  But even an unlikely consensus on new policies…

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