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高中英语 VOA常速听力2012年08月合辑（文本）South-Asians-Fuel-Asian-Population-Boom-in-US素材 CHICAGO — A recent study by the Pew Research Center reveals that, for the first time, Asians outpaced Hispanics as the fastest growing immigrant population in the United States. Job seekers of South Asian origin make up the bulk of Chicagos new immigrant community, filling a critical demand for highly skilled technology workers. Despite the sluggish economy, hiring manager Pete Tapaskar is having difficulty filling empty chairs at his suburban Chicago technology firm ProSoft. 揥e don抰 get enough resources locally. We have to depend on the resources from Asia - India, Pakistan aobnd other countries -- anywhere resources are available,?said Tapaskar. Tapaskar said that about 80 percent of ProSoft抯 workforce comes from outside the United States, mostly from India. The increased demand for skilled workers in information technology, or IT, is forcing companies like ProSoft to recruit more employees from countries - like India - where engineering degrees and experience are plentiful. This trend is changing the U.S. landscape. Chicago has the third largest Indian American community in the United States, and its growing. Shoji Matthew came to Chicago from India more than 10 years ago. 揘inety percent of the (work) visas are used by Indians,?said Matthew. 揂 lot of the immigration is driven by employment-based visas, more so than other communities,?said Tuyet Le, executive director of the Asian American Institute. Le said the Pew study should change long-held stereotypes about Asian immigration to the United States. 揑n Illinois, Indian Americans are actually the largest Asian ethnic group for the second census in a row, surpassing the Chinese and Filipino communities. I think that sort of surprises a lot of people,?she said. It doesnt surprise Matthew, who came to Chicago shortly before the 2000 census, working to prevent the expected computer glitch known as Y2K. I came on an H1-B Visa. That is w