Category: Economics
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Migration Policy Institute writes this short statement of the debate we need but are not having. They ask: What role can and should immigration have in the US?
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A bill in California would expand the number of doctors by 8000. Mexican doctors would under the direction of American doctors. Read here
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Read article here. “ The mass deportations in Trump 2.0 are not helping the labor market overall and not creating more job opportunities for U.S.-born workers,” East says. In fact, she and her co-author find evidence that, if anything, the clampdown has hurt the employment prospects of U.S.-born workers, particularly working-class men who work in industries…
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National Immigration Forum puts out this article which summarizes the various reasons that businesses should support immigration.
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The CATO Institute’s recent report shows that immigrants pay more taxes than the average American.
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The Migration Policy Institute has issued a short article about the various ways that this administration has reduced legal immigration and how that reduction will affect the total U.S. population and our economic growth and competitiveness.
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A Brookings article describes the positive benefits of immigrants in the economy and suggests that fewer immigrants does not necessarily mean more jobs for US citizens. Because fewer immigrants will cause the economy to shrink so there will be fewer jobs for American citizens.
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This article, “Overtime Pay and Night Vision Binoculars – UC San Diego is among Agencies helping patrol border” explains how University of California at San Diego is using Stonegarden money to patrol the border.
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This article explains why Senator Roger Wicker, R- Mississippi, has opposed the use of a warehouse for an ICE detention center – comparing the economics of two options.
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The Washington Post’s Lauren Kaori Gurley reported that “the Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.” Concerns: Immigration crackdowns are creating instability in the agricultural workforce which threatens (1) the stability of domestic food production and (2) prices for US…
Immigration Insight 