Cato at Liberty: “U.S. Labor Demand Explains Most of the Rise in Illegal Immigration”

There have been many criticisms of the Biden administration’s border enforcement policies, including Republicans claiming that his policies have led to increased undocumented immigration.   In Cato at Liberty (“U.S. Labor Demand Explains Most of the Rise in Illegal Immigration”), Alex Nowrasteh disagrees: “the biggest explanation for the increase in illegal immigration is the attraction of the number of near‐​record number of job openings in the United States.”  Economists would predict that a tight labor market might attract migrants.

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