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Plan for Detroit: Immigrants bring money  Former state Rep.
Steve Tobocman argues immigration is the key to repopulating and
reviving Detroit. Now director of Global Detroit, Tobocman
recently wrote The Global Detroit Study, which outlines a plan
to help Michigan regain economic prosperity by encouraging more
immigrants to move here.  Bridge Magazine’s Jo Mathis caught up
with the voluble Tobocman recently to talk about the global
strategy and how to revive Detroit and Michigan.  Bridge: If
there aren’t enough jobs now for current Michiganians, how will
the immigrants you hope to attract here find work?  A:
Immigrants create jobs; they don’t take jobs. That’s the core
message in a clear, documented, factual reality chronicled in
the Global Detroit Study.  The study looked at the impact that
immigrants and international connections have on the region.
Even those of us who had an open ear and