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Understanding America today: immigrants have long come to America to live "the American dream." Now, that dream is becoming more difficult to attain. To reinvigorate America, we must understand the problem.(SPECIAL REPORT: WHAT'S WRONG)
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America has long been known as a land of opportunity--not just for a powerful few but for all citizens. Here in America, an impoverished individual willing to work hard could pursue what became known as the American dream. And that dream, enjoyed by a large and growing middle class, included home ownership and a standard of living enjoyed only by a privileged few in other countries. It also included upward mobility, with each new generation enjoying a higher standard of living than their parents.
But in America today, that dream is being eroded. For the first time in our nation's history, many young Americans realize that they ...
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