One of the fears raised in the immigration debate is that foreign-born workers take American jobs. A recent study released by the Pew Hispanic Center, "Growth in the Foreign-Born Workforce and Employment of the Native Born," shows this is not the case.

American College Testing scores from the high school class of 2006 — 1.2 million graduating seniors, 7 percent of the identifying themselves as Hispanic — show an increase in students who are prepared for college, but with room for improvement in science and math.

Miami-based Brightstar Corp., the cell-phone distributor fast expanding into Asia and the Middle East, has a new investor: Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Trade and manufacturing group Mitsui invested $50 million in Brightstar, becoming its second-largest shareholder.

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The geographic dispersion of the U.S. Hispanic population continues. States with small Hispanic populations have shown the greatest growth in the last decade — with seven of the 10 fastest-growing states in the South.

2006 Fastest-Growing 100® Companies. Five-year revenue growth for companies on the Hispanic Business 100 Fastest-Growing Companies® list jumped more than 35 percentage points between 2005 and 2006, recording higher productivity rates as measured by number of employees.

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