Indians the third largest immigrant group in US

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The US is home to about 1.6 million Indian origin people, making them the third-largest immigrant group in the country after Mexicans and Filipino, a Washington-based think tank has said. Between 2007 and 2008, the number of Indian immigrants surpassed the number of Chinese and Hong Kong-born immigrants for the first time since at least 1960, said the Migration Policy Institute in its latest report. Indian immigration to the US, a fairly recent phenomenon, grew rapidly during the 1990s and 2000s. The Indian immigrant population more than doubled in 10 states between 2000 and 2008. In addition, people with Indian ancestry have also immigrated to the US from the Caribbean, East Africa, Canada, and the United Kingdom, said the report authored by Aaron Terrazas and Cristina Batog. The report said Indians are heavily concentrated in California and New Jersey. Compared to other immigrant groups, the Indian foreign born are much better educated - nearly three-quarters of Indian-born adults have a bachelor's degree or higher. The Indian Diaspora in the United States is relatively small compared to the total population of India (1.1 billion in 2008 according to the World Bank). The number of Indian immigrants in the US (1.6 million) is roughly the same size as the population of the Indian city of Agra, and the Indian Diaspora (2.3 million) is about the same size as the population of Jaipur. About one-quarter of Indian-born men in the labor force work in the information technology industry. Nearly half of all Indian immigrants resided in California, New Jersey, New York, and Texas, it said. I fully agree with this, because about 200 students, both guys and gals, whom I taught in the Engineering colleges; all are IT graduates , now doing job there. I talk with them; they say Americans are very friendly. They feel at home. As most of the Indians live in colonies, with Indians around, they don’t feel homesick. They are not ready to comeback, because of low salary here; they do visit their home cities, villages. Many of them meet me in my home, I feel elevated. Please comment on this. I always meet my teachers here and in nearby states. Many I meet in seminars and workshops. It is due to them I reached this point in my life. What about you? Share your views. Professor