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Of course, those who advocate an enforcement-only approach also offer economic arguments to support their position. One of their key sources has been Harvard professor George Borjas, who has argued that cumulative immigration over the previous 15 years contributed to a 3 percent decline in the wages of U.S. workers. This spring, however, Borjas revised his previous research to conclude that the effect on the average wages of U.S. workers from all immigration, documented and undocumented, was exactly zero percent. An immigration policy that continues to obsess over an impact that may be close to zero is one that has lost perspective.
If you were to coolly assess the economic impact of immigration,
you'd think that more significant facts and figures would inform the debate
Good propaganda, typical of the uber pro-illegal Wash Post. One would have to be brain dead not to realize the deleterious impact of illegal immigration on our economy and our country in general.
An article by a Latina, challenging the vague statistics people base their argument off of? On the Washington Post?
Dont be a hero, Blacknight. You can bet nobody's even going to read it before they start belting out their catchphrases(like above).
Seriously though, good post.
The anti-illegal crowd will agree with ANYTHING a person says that they agree with, but if that person ends up saying he/she was wrong, they won't accept it and will ignore it. Happens all the time in this debate.
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An immigration policy that continues to obsess over an impact that may be close to zero is one that has lost perspective.
If you were to coolly assess the economic impact of immigration, you'd think that more significant facts and figures would inform the debate
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