Economic Report of the President 2005

The Economic Report of the President, which was transmitted to Congress last February, includes an interesting section on immigration (pp. 93-116).  Part of the section seems geared to selling the President’s proposed temporary worker program.  The report highlights two other “key points” about immigration being (1) “[t]he flexibility of the U.S. labor market helps immigrants succeed.”; and (2) “[a] comprehensive accounting of the benefits and costs of immigration shows that the benefits of immigration exceed the costs.” (p.93).  For those interested in immigration reform, the Economic Report is well worth a look.

KJ