All this drama has diverted attention from another big change in recent years: the largely peaceful absorption of a huge number of migrants, both legal and illegal.

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On average, these companies, with 26, 709 employees today, doubled the number of people they employed through hiring efforts (not absorption through acquisition) while increasing sales 26% in the midst of a financial crisis.

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