cities around the country, in light of the issues raised in discussion about where to place the unaccompanied minor children arriving at the borer, are realizing that immigration is not just a national issue, its a LOCAL issue as well. And its not just a challenge to be solved, its an OPPORTUNITY to harvest: Mayor Jack Hobbie of Nebraska City said that diversity is the word that comes to mind when he thinks of what immigration has brought to the city. He said Nebraska City currently has two Hispanic restaurants, a Hispanic grocery store, two Chinese restaurants and a Vietnamese restaurant that just opened. “They bring businesses to diversify us and commerce to help keep us going,” Hobbie said. “These places weren’t things you saw here 15 to 20 years ago.” Hobbie said in the past 20 years immigrants have come mostly to fill jobs available at one of the three major employers in the area: Cargill, American Meter or Diversified Foods & Seasonings, Inc. “I picture it a lot like our forefathers,” he said. “Our forefathers came and then a brother or sister followed because of job opportunities, and they eventually established themselves in the community.”... The way we look at immigration for our state as a whole is that in some of the rural areas we are looking to attract people to be contributors to the community,” Gould said. “Immigration has been positive in that regards.” Gould said Nebraskans in these smaller communities have a sense of neighborliness who want to build a great community. She said that is why many immigrants are attracted to Nebraska – they can create a community for themselves and their families. She said education is always a positive and a negative whenever a new population arrives in a community, though. Read more: journaldemocrat/article/20140721/News/140729966#ixzz38Bagqh2v Read more: journaldemocrat/article/20140721/News/140729966#ixzz38BZMt7HA
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