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Immigration Myths Debunked

Originally Published at NewcomersNYC.com

Immigration is a hot button issue in both the U.S. as a whole, and in New York City specifically, at the moment, as Mayor De Blasio hands out ID cards and the president debates immigration reform. Here are a few “facts” about NYC immigrants that you might want to reconsider (with handy dandy graphs!)

MYTH: Immigrants All Vote Democrat

In a speech during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in Maryland this March, billionaire and reality TV embarrassment pundit, Donald Trump, made the argument that  a vote for immigration reform was a vote for liberals.

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Straight, Asian American and Alone

Originally published at: Newcomers of New York

It’s 2014, and the dating habits of New Yorkers, always cosmopolitan, are now more visibly diverse than ever. While Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda were once the (white) faces of big apple romance on the small screen, a new generation of fictional daters are making multiracial love mainstream – like OB/GYN Mindy Lahiri, played by South Asian actor Mindy Kaling on Fox‘s Manhattan-based comedy, “The Mindy Project”.

With over 50 percent of New Yorkers unmarried, and approval ratings of interracial dating at an all-time high, it seems like it’s going to be a good year for the newest non-white New Yorkers looking for love.

Unless, that is, you’re an Asian man, says Vietnamese American, former engineer and current dating coach, JT Tran.

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