Jake, you know Virginia pretty well. We were one out of 100 foreign born when I was born in 1958. We're one out of nine foreign born now. And Virginia... We've gone from bottom quarter per capita income to top quarter per capita income because our immigrant communities... have been a source of great richness and innovation. It's like the transfusion in the nation's bloodstream at 250 that's kept us young. So don't use the broad brush to go after all Somalis and say they contribute nothing. (03:49–04:12)
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Asserts that Virginia's rise in per capita income is due to contributions from immigrant communities.
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