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VATANDAŞ LIK, GÖÇ, MÜLTECI VE YABANCILAR NIJKUKUNDAK İ GÜNCEL GELiŞMEI.ERschooling). As immigration changes the composition of the VS ARTIIİEBYpopulation and dual nationality spread, American voters are re- PHIUPMRTINducing protections and preferences for minorities.The VS population of 305 million includes four major racial/ethnic groups; 68% whites, 15% I-lispanics, 13% Blacks, and 4%Asians. The economic success ladder has whites and (immigrant)Asians on top foilowed by (immigrant- and US-born) Hispanics;mostiy US-bom Blacks are at the bottom. For example, theHispanic unemployment rate (11%) is usually 1.5 times the white-Aslan rate (7%); the Black rate (14%) is twice the white-Aslan rate.California has 37 miillion residents and they are 43% white,36% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 14% Asian. California voters, who approvedProposition 187 in 2004 denying state-funded services tounauthorized foreigners, approved propositions ending minoritypreferences, Proposition 209 in 1996, and encouraging Englishlanguageteaching, Proposition 227 in 1998.Market-oriented integration means getting immigrants intojobs - 63% of foreign born US residents 16 and older were employedin 2007, versus 60% of the US born. Work has several advantagesfor immigrant integration, including:• Giving migrants what most want, jobs at higher wages• Enlisting employers as advocates for migrants and reducinganti-immigrant feelings that arise from weifaredependence (politicians often say —we welcome thoseseeking a hand up the economic ladder, nota hand outfor social benefits)• AlIowing children to see the importance of work, perhapsinspiring them to get the education needed to findbetter jobs than their parentsIn short, the number one US integration instrument is employment,not necessariiy naturalization.193