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Component in the mosaic project. an ambitious plan to make this area much more inviting to immigrants. >> st. louis wants to be an open and welcoming community. >> reporter: so the city is helping immigrant groups connect with loans, opportunity, education. this is not just a feel-good measure. a study found immigrants are more likely to open businesses, create jobs, raise wages and pursue higher degrees than the general population. as for jason jans, he may make it permanent, hes applied to bec...

>> reporter: that is a message local leaders are desperate to get out. ever since a study found this area lags far behind other cities in attracting immigrants. the nonprofit international institute here serves 7,000 a year. but thats half as many as expected in a town this size. >> we want to welcome you. >> reporter: the institute is now a key component in the mosaic project. an ambitious plan to make this area much more inviting to immigrants. >> st. louis wants to be an opening and welcoming...

States with similar voting laws like alabama, kansas and georgia. joining us now from the supreme court, nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, thanks for being here. >> reporter: you bet. >> walk us through this ruling today. >> reporter: what the supreme court said is what arizona tried to do is preempted by federal law. that is to say, federal law is supreme on this question of how federal elections are conducted. it said that this arizona law runs contrary to a two-decade-old la...

Dissertation which said the average iq of immigrants in the united states is substantially lower than that of the white native population. its a lack of socioeconomic assimilation among low-iq immigrant groups, more underclass behavior, less social trust, and nn kraan increase in proportion of unskilled workers in the american labor market. he has decided that immigrants are just not as smart as whites, but the fact they will have b h low-iq children and grandchildren is difficult to argue again...

Requesting asylum. so they arrested him. his medication was taken away and he died in shackles in a prison ward of a hospital five days later. >> not to crassly move this conversation to politics but it is an important part of the discussion. i came across an interesting piece in the nation from rick perlestein this week. he would understand if democrats should want immigration given that historically immigrant groups once discriminated ten to move right ward. what if they start becoming italian...

Are high latino populations, a swing of 3 or 4 percentage points could turn this election. >> the latino vote has always been under its potential, as often the case with new immigrant groups. its grown substantially. a lot of latinos sought citizenship in the 90s and 2 0 2000, and theyre a growing group in the electorate. the question is do they mobilize to grow to be a significant portion of the electorate? you know, to go back to these twin cases of arizona and the health care bill, we have un...

you might think that hispanics are the fastest growing immigrant group in the country but youd be wrong. a new pew studies shows that asians have surpassed them. 31% for hispanics. 10 years ago asians made up 19% of new immigrants. the number has almost doubled in just a decade. let me bring in deborah faye err rick. a lot of people are talking in our morning meeting about what this means politically, what it means economically. asian immigration way up. it still only makes up 5% of th...

the new ipad competition. will it actually give apple a run for its money and it happened in a matter of seconds. this guy walked up to a picasso in texas and then he does that. spray paints the masterpiece. what did he write? and is it permanent? and good morning to you. im carol costello. thank you so much for being with us today. we begin with a story that really has us buzzing this morning. you are about to see why. but first, a warning. some of you might find the next image ...

Latino vote goes the way of the black vote and permanently 90% democrat or goes the way of other immigrant groups. >> bill: i agree with you. did you see rubio on the program last week? >> i did. >> bill: total change in demeanor. >> very good. >> bill: the first time he was on no way im doing it. >> there is a problem with him, though. he is so im getting complaints from all over that nobody can meet with him. nobody can talk to him. nobody returns calls. a little bit of presidentiality going o...

Latino vote goes the way of the black vote and permanently 90% democrat or goes the way of other immigrant groups. >> bill: i agree with you. did you see rubio on the program last week? >> i did. >> bill: total change in demeanor. >> very good. >> bill: the first time he was on no way im doing it. >> there is a problem with him, though. he is so im getting complaints from all over that nobody can meet with him. nobody can talk to him. nobody returns calls. a little bit of presidentiality going o...