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The Economic Impacts of Immigration

By immigrationprof

Angela M. Kelley of the Immigration Policy Center writes “Most studies claiming to calculate the net “costs” of immigration to the U.S. economy suffer from one or more fatal flaws.”  To find out what they are, click here.  Recall that too consider the net economic impacts of immigration, a study must consider the economic benefits as well as the costs of immigration.  Too many sensationalistic studies focus on costs without any attempt to calculate the benefits.

And do not forget that immigrants are taxpayers too, which Blog Emperor reminds us of here.  For a summary of state and local studies demonstrating the net contribution of undocumented immigrants to the economy (dated 12/28/07), click here.

Thanks to Francine Lipman (Chapman) for the tips!

KJ