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May

19
2010

12:30 pm EDT - 1:30 pm EDT

Past Event

The State of Metropolitan America: A Live Web Chat with Audrey Singer

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

The Brookings Institution
Online Only

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC

Tensions surrounding the new Arizona immigration law reflect the changing demographics across the country as a younger, multi-cultural population moves in with the aging baby boomers. A new report published by the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, “The State of Metropolitan America,” discusses these new trends in advance of the 2010 Census results and shows a society undergoing a dramatic transformation.

In this week’s web chat, Audrey Singer discussed the new report and its policy implications, particularly on the emerging immigration debate. POLITICO assistant editor Seung Min Kim moderated the discussion.

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