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Friday, May 24, 2013

Topics: Immigration

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Economics, U.S. Economy

High-skill immigration spurs US job growth

Brad Wassink | May 22, 2013, 10:45 am

Do visa programs help or hurt US workers? Variations of this simple question sparked several debates in the Senate Judiciary Committee markup up the Gang of Eight’s immigration proposal this week. The issues at play are complex and the amendments … read more >

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Economics, U.S. Economy

A simpler way to think about amnesty’s impact on Social Security

Andrew Biggs | May 9, 2013, 4:59 pm

Proponents of immigration reform are touting a Social Security Administration memo hinting that the reform package as a whole might cut the system’s long-term deficits. But let’s think about the amnesty provision on its own, in which current undocumented immigrants are made legal to work and collect benefits. How would that affect Social Security? read more >

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Pethokoukis, Economics, U.S. Economy

This isn’t the immigration reform you’re looking for — but it could be

James Pethokoukis | May 8, 2013, 2:21 pm

On Earth-2, Election Night 2012 turned out to be a very near thing for the Romney campaign. What was supposed to be a comfortable victory turned into a nail biter. While the campaign team was overjoyed when that 270th electoral … read more >

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Economics

5 things to remember while reading the Heritage immigration report

Andrew Biggs | May 7, 2013, 1:36 pm

The Heritage Foundation has published a controversial paper arguing that “amnesty” for undocumented immigrants will cost the federal budget a net $5 trillion over the long-term, generating a big fight between conservative proponents and opponents of amnesty and higher immigration. … read more >

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Economics

Thoughts on earned legalization and the Heritage immigration study

Madeline Zavodny | May 6, 2013, 4:15 pm

The Heritage Foundation has released a report aimed at scuttling comprehensive immigration reform, much as it helped end the 2007 effort. The report presents overwhelmingly negative estimates of the fiscal cost of granting legal status to unauthorized immigrants. The report … read more >

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Pethokoukis, Economics, U.S. Economy

Isn’t most of the supposed fiscal deficit from undocumented immigrants already baked into the cake?

James Pethokoukis | May 6, 2013, 4:05 pm

Here’s the basic math from the Heritage Foundation study on the fiscal impact of legalizing undocumented workers: In 2010, the average undocumented immigrant household received around $25,000 in government benefits and services while paying roughly $10,000 in taxes. From the … read more >

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Pethokoukis, Economics, U.S. Economy

Would legalizing undocumented workers really cost $6.3 trillion?

James Pethokoukis | May 6, 2013, 12:47 pm

Even if US budgets were deep in the black, it would be perfectly legitimate to examine the fiscal costs of legalizing millions of currently undocumented workers. But such analysis should provide as full an economic picture as possible for policymakers. … read more >

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Politics and Public Opinion, Polls

The polls this week: Obamacare, the sequester, and immigration

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | May 3, 2013, 8:46 am

Support for Obamacare reaches a new low, a majority of Americans are confused by the sequester, and support for a path to citizenship declines. read more >

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Politics and Public Opinion

A political scientist’s take on the immigration process

Michael R. Strain | April 19, 2013, 9:53 am

The vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, Darrell West, has a great essay taking the reader “inside the immigration process.”  Well, at least, inside the immigration process as Dr. West and his wife personally experienced … read more >

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Two cheers for the Rubio-G8 immigration plan: Kind of kludgey but an improvement over the status quo

James Pethokoukis | April 18, 2013, 3:57 pm

The G8 immigration bill may well be as good a piece of legislation as is realistically possible right now. Madeline Zavodny particularly likes that the bill would a) reduce chain immigration, b) increase the number of employment-based green cards and … read more >

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