Asians Surpass Hispanics As Biggest Immigrant Wave

By KIRK SEMPLE, New York Times
Mon, 06/18/2012 - 9:32pm

Asian immigrants have pushed the United States’ population of Asian descent to a record 18.2 million and helped make Asians the country’s fastest-growing racial group, a study says.

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