The Center for Immigration Policy has released a study comparing unemployment with immigration rates and does not find that they have anything to do with each other. - - Donna Poisl
State economist questions study's methods, but agrees with some conclusions
By Sheena Mcfarland, The Salt Lake Tribune
Contrary to conventional wisdom -- and anti-illegal immigration rhetoric -- immigration rates have no direct effect on unemployment rates, according to a study released Tuesday.
The study was conducted by the Center for Immigration Policy, the research arm of the pro-immigration American Immigration Law Foundation. It compared rates of unemployment with immigration rates in states across the nation, and found no direct correlation.
"The level of unemployment in the U.S. is painful, sometimes scary and very difficult for those directly impacted," said Dan Siciliano, executive director of the Program in Law, Economics and Business at Stanford Law School and a research fellow for the Washington, D.C.-based center. "But the notion that immigration is causally related to unemployment belittles and questions the challenges of unemployment."
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This country was built by immigrants, it will continue to attract and need immigrants. Some people think there are enough people here now -- people have been saying this since the 1700s and it still is not true. They are needed to make up for our aging population and low birthrate. Immigrants often are entrepreneurs, creating jobs. We must help them become Americans and not just people who live here and think of themselves as visitors. When immigrants succeed here, the whole country benefits.
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I would argue that immigration rates, in some cases, DO have an impact on unemployment rates - for the positive. As I have mentioned here before, the eb5 green card has been handed out in record numbers recently, and all of the4se visas bring new jobs to the American economy...Just shining a light on the positive!
While I do support the rights of immigrants, and believe that everyone should have a fair shot, this seems like a study that immigration opposition would have to doubt. Because was the goal of the study to find impartial scientific data and identify trends? What if this data went against the organization's mission? I do although agree wholeheartedly with mikefrizzi that teh eb5 green card creates orders of magnitude more jobs than it "uses up."
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