“Sometimes change is hard to accept, especially here in Oklahoma. Change is a positive thing. It’s good for Oklahoma. We cannot stay the same as in the late ‘40s or ‘50s. We have a new community now, and we need to learn how to accept that community. By learning about each other, I think it will make it easier for the immigrant community and the nonimmigrant community as well.”
– Francisco Trevino, president of the Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, reacting to a study showing that Tulsa’s growing immigrant population is responsible for significant economic gains (Source)
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