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  1. The Benefits of Immigration: Addressing Key Myths

    The most cost-effective policy for reducing illegal immigration remains the expansion of opportunities for legal entry and work. Five Myths and Realities of Immigration. 1. Myth: America is being flooded with mass immigration. Reality: The rate of US immigration today is well below its historical average and below that of many other advanced ...

  2. Eight Brilliant Student Essays on Immigration and Unjust Assumptions

    Students had a choice between two writing prompts for this contest on immigration policies at the border and in the "Constitution-free zone," a 100-mile perimeter from land and sea borders where U.S. Border Patrol can search any vehicle, bus, or vessel without a warrant. They could state their positions on the impact of immigration policies ...

  3. Pros and cons of Immigration

    A good example is Ireland. In the boom years, pre-2007, the economy attracted many construction workers from the EU. When the property market collapsed many construction workers went home - limiting the rise in Irish unemployment. Immigration helped the labour market be more flexible. 8. Solves a skills shortage. If an economy has a shortage ...

  4. Why immigrants are America's superpower

    So, population growth critically important for its effect on the aggregate economy. And generally speaking, immigrants are far more likely to work than people who are born in the U.S. They have ...

  5. How immigration has changed the world

    A solution needs to be found through policies that allow the benefits to compensate for the losses. Around the world, there are an estimated 230 million migrants, making up about 3% of the global population. This share has not changed much in the past 100 years. But as the world's population has quadrupled, so too has the number of migrants.

  6. Do Immigrants and Immigration Help the Economy?

    There's this view among some people that all immigration is good and should be encouraged, and there's this other view that all immigration is terrible. There's not much interest in listening to each other." ... Quite the essay… Your rebuttal of Sam's comments above clearly seem to be coming from a particular political viewpoint ...

  7. Is Immigration Good or Bad for Democracy

    Instead of asking whether immigration is good or bad for democracy, I thus advocate analyzing what kind of immigration policies are democratic and which are not. Addressing this question requires defining the contours and substance of a democratic governance of immigration. In doing so, I provide a critical evaluation of two main common ...

  8. The Effects of Immigration on the United States' Economy

    Economists generally agree that the effects of immigration on the U.S. economy are broadly positive. 18 Immigrants, whether high- or low-skilled, legal or illegal, are unlikely to replace native-born workers or reduce their wages over the long-term, though they may cause some short-term dislocations in labor markets.

  9. The Hard Truth About Immigration

    Immigration can be wonderful, but good things are rarely free, as Jordan said. The post-1965 immigration wave has had large benefits. Most important, it has helped lift millions of people out of ...

  10. The Economic Argument for Increasing Immigration

    The consensus among economists is that increasing immigration is good for the U.S. economy: Unauthorized immigrants pay billions of dollars each year in taxes and would earn more and therefore pay more in taxes if they had some kind of legal status. Immigration raises the GDP, reduces the federal deficit, increases consumer buying power, and ...

  11. In 'The Good Immigrant,' New Americans Grapple With Their ...

    The Good Immigrant is a sequel of sorts to a book of the same name published in the U.K. in 2016. The co-editor of the U.S. version, Chimene Suleyman says the title is a nod to the constant ...

  12. Why the United States Needs More Immigrants

    Why the United States Needs More Immigrants. With the native white population aging rapidly, the U.S. economy and fiscal system are in need of other groups to pick up the slack. Photograph by ...

  13. Immigration Is Great for Jobs, Actually

    Not quite. Since President Biden took office, the United States has gained 15.7 million jobs. Trump, however, has been dismissing the good news on employment, claiming that all the job gains are ...

  14. How to convince sceptics of the value of immigration?

    Opponents of immigration whip up fear and hate. As well as appealing to compassion for immigrants, supporters could tap into patriotism, arguing how openness makes a country great. * Emphasise ...

  15. How Immigrants Are Saving the Economy

    It's an exaggeration, but one with some truth, to say that immigrants are saving the U.S. economy. About that economy: Despite sharply rising interest rates, the labor market remains stubbornly ...

  16. A more equitable distribution of the positive fiscal benefits of

    Immigration is good for the U.S. economy and for the fiscal picture at the federal level, but some local areas experience adverse fiscal impacts when new immigrants arrive. Wendy Edelberg and Tara ...

  17. Global Opinions of Immigrants

    In the U.S., the nation with the world's largest number of immigrants, six-in-ten adults (59%) say immigrants make the country stronger because of their work and talents, while one-third (34%) say immigrants are a burden because they take jobs and social benefits.Views about immigrants have shifted in the U.S. since the 1990s, when most Americans said immigrants were a burden to the country.

  18. The U.S. Immigration Debate

    Immigrants composed an estimated 13.9 percent of the U.S. population in 2022, amounting to roughly 46 million people out of a total of almost 335 million, according to U.S. Census Bureau data ...

  19. 417 Immigration Topics to Write about & Essay Examples

    Immigration essay is a popular type of assignment in various topics, including politics and social sciences. In a globalized world, people can migrate from one country to another for work, study, and other reasons. This post will discuss some points that you could include in your essay on immigration to earn a high mark!

  20. Key findings about U.S. immigrants

    The U.S. foreign-born population reached a record 46.1 million in 2022. Growth accelerated after Congress made U.S. immigration laws more permissive in 1965. In 1970, the number of immigrants living in the U.S. was less than a quarter of what it is today. Immigrants today account for 13.8% of the U.S. population.

  21. Immigration and Catholic social teaching: how Trump and Harris's

    The difference between the GOP and Democratic party platforms is acute on the hot-button topic of immigration, an issue on which the U.S. bishops have weighed in consistently over the last 20 years.

  22. Migration

    Migration to OECD countries is at record levels, with migrants arriving for diverse reasons - to reunite with their families, to address labour shortages, or to flee conflict. Effective policies are necessary to make the most out of international migration, to help migrants integrate and build inclusive and cohesive societies.

  23. Benefits of Immigration Outweigh the Costs

    The Bush Insttitue hosted a naturalization ceremony honoring 20 new citizens from 12 countries, July 10, 2013. (Grant Miller / George W. Bush Presidential Center) Yes, there are downsides. Immigration changes factor prices — it lowers the wages of competing workers, while raising the return to capital and the wages of complementary workers.

  24. The State of the American Dream

    The Resilience of Immigrants is Rebuilding America An Essay by Rebecca Shi, Executive Director of the American Business Immigration Coalition; Unfinished Dreams: A Family's Hardships in America An Essay by Julissa Arce, Author of My (Underground) American Dream and Co-founder of the Ascend Educational Fund