[untrained skeptic]

Some of our neighbourhoods are much improved because of that; it's the standard process of immigrants settling in the cheapest part of town then sprucing it up once they start making money.

That's a standard process of skilled and motivated immigrants. They tend to be of benefit not only to their neighborhoods, but to our society as a whole, as long as they make reasonable efforts to assimilate into American society.

Other immigrant populations tend to not improve their communities, and those that become successful end up moving out of those communities.

[Squawk 8888]

I’ve seen that side of the coin here as well. The successful immigrants from the Caribbean tend to get out of the “hood” as soon as they can afford to.