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The New York Times today reported Census Bureau’s findings that 40% of immigrants settle directly in the suburbs upon arrival in the US.  In Chicago, like so many places these days, we’re seeing this more and more - but it doesn’t mean that the suburbs are at all equipped to handle the influx.  This is not just Latino immigrants, but immigrants of all backgrounds.  From a language perspective, the more prepared the suburbs can be to accommodate these new residents’ needs, the better for everyone.

About 4 in 10 immigrants are moving directly from abroad to the nation’s suburbs, which are growing increasingly diverse, according to census figures released yesterday.

The Census Bureau’s annual survey of residential mobility also found that after steadily declining for more than a half-century, the proportion of Americans who move in any given year appears to have leveled off at about one in seven.