Are Immigrants Taking Your Job? A Primer
There are a lot of competing studies (and pundits), but the general takeaway from conservative and liberal economists is that immigration is good for native workers' living standards over the long run.
View ArticleImmigration and Innovation
America's role as an innovation leader is strongly tied to the talented foreigners it attracts to study and work, and immigration policy should foster their risk-taking, an economist writes.
View ArticleThe Challenge of Securing the Border
The immigration legislation in the Senate recognizes that trying to make the Mexican border impermeable to illegal entry is unrealistic. But opponents may yet challenge that premise.
View ArticleHow Immigration Reform Would Help the Economy
The United States has always benefited from immigration and will continue to do so, an economist writes.
View ArticleTightening the Border
An economist says that even those seeking a progressive approach to an immigration overhaul have reason to support stronger border security.
View ArticleImmigration and the Labor Market
By the accounts of many economic studies, an increase in immigration is likely to leave most American workers better off.
View ArticleImmigration and Fiscal Policy
Analysts are split on how a change in immigration law would affect the federal budget, though the Congressional Budget Office has concluded it would reduce the deficit.
View ArticleStronger U.S. Growth Ahead
Four forces -- immigration reform, expanded energy production, a housing upturn, and clarity about financial regulation -- are shaping up to support stronger growth and job creation, an economist writes.
View ArticleImmigration and Entrepreneurship
There are plenty of high-profile examples of immigrant inventors and entrepreneurs, and research affirms that immigrants form businesses at a higher rate than native-born Americans.
View ArticleImmigration and Social Security
Economists who have studied the issue tend to agree that more immigration is better for the Social Security system, at least for many years to come, but that the effect is small.
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