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DAVE GARRISON: Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the Brookings Institution. We're pleased to see such a great crowd out here today for this event. I did want to tell those of you who are here to pick up your autographed copies of Hillary's book that that event was yesterday. (Laughter.)
I'm Dave Garrison, a senior fellow here at Brookings and the deputy director of the Brookings Greater Washington Research Program. As many of you know, Alice Rivlin heads our program. She would be with us today but for the fact that she's recovering at home, nicely, I'm glad to say, from hip replacement surgery, and she sends you all her very best greetings.
We, along with our colleagues at the Brookings Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy, are pleased to have you join us today for this important forum on immigration trends in the metropolitan Washington area. My job this morning is to say thanks to a few people and then get out of the way so we can get on with the presentation.
Now I assume you all picked up a copy of the report on the way in, which is the basis for the presentation that Dr. Audrey Singer is going to make here in a few minutes. I want to say how much those of us in the Urban Center and Greater Washington Research program appreciate the leadership and insight which Audrey has provided this critical topic of immigration. As you'll shortly hear, Audrey has a rich and insightful story to tell us about our region. We're indeed fortunate to have such a gifted demographer in our midst. Thank you, Audrey.
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