Economics

Economics

Immigrant Workers Enhance and Expand the U.S. Economy

Immigrant Workers Enhance and Expand the U.S. Economy

Over the years, more and more economists have come to the conclusion that immigrant workers “complement” the native-born majority of the labor force by bringing different sets of skills and different demographic profiles with them, both of which enhance and expand the economy as a whole. Immigration restrictionists, in… Read More

Why Broadening U.S.-Mexico Cooperation is Good for America

Why Broadening U.S.-Mexico Cooperation is Good for America

The U.S.-Mexico border is not simply the dividing line between two separate nations. It is a vast expanse of communities that span both sides of the border, integrating the United States and Mexico economically and socially. In other words, it is impossible to capture the reality of El Paso without… Read More

States Will Need Immigrants to Counter Aging of the Labor Force

States Will Need Immigrants to Counter Aging of the Labor Force

New population projections from the University of Virginia’s Demographics Research Group show that in many states in the Northeast and Midwest, growth of the working-age population is slowing due to aging, lower fertility rates, and people moving out of the state. The aging of the workforce in the… Read More

Trump's Mass Deportation Plan Would Seriously Damage the U.S. Economy

Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Would Seriously Damage the U.S. Economy

Donald Trump’s approach to immigration seems to rest on three pillars: the construction of a big wall across the entire U.S.-Mexico border, the banning of all Muslim immigration to the United States, and the deportation of every man, woman, and child found to be in the country… Read More

Celebrate National Small Business Week With These Facts About Immigrant Economic Contributions

Celebrate National Small Business Week With These Facts About Immigrant Economic Contributions

This week is National Small Business Week, which recognizes “the impact of outstanding entrepreneurs, small business owners, and others from all 50 states and U.S. territories.” This provides a special opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of immigrant entrepreneurs and immigrant-owned small businesses. Here are five facts that illustrate the tremendous… Read More

What Everybody Ought to Know About Undocumented Immigrants and Taxes

What Everybody Ought to Know About Undocumented Immigrants and Taxes

Most Americans pay taxes dutifully with the hope that they will be put to the best uses possible—and with the knowledge they will one day collect benefits from those contributions. However, undocumented immigrants who pay their taxes each year know full-well they may never actually receive many of the benefits… Read More

Is It Time to Change the H-1B Visa Cap?

Is It Time to Change the H-1B Visa Cap?

On April 1, employers will submit their petitions for H-1B visas for high-skilled temporary workers. The start of the H-1B season, when U.S. employers turn their attention toward hiring foreign talent, provides an opportunity for policymakers to consider whether it is time to change the cap on the… Read More

Why Foreign-Born Healthcare Workers Are Needed to Fill Gaps in the Midwest

Why Foreign-Born Healthcare Workers Are Needed to Fill Gaps in the Midwest

As baby-boomers age and retire and the demand for medical professionals grows, the U.S. is facing a crisis in the healthcare sector finds a recent report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The report highlights healthcare as a critical part of the Midwestern economy and the important ways… Read More

How a Border Wall Would Hurt the U.S. Economy

How a Border Wall Would Hurt the U.S. Economy

When Donald Trump speaks of the Great Wall he would build between the United States and Mexico, he fails to account for a few inconvenient facts. For instance, there are millions of men, women, and children who live in communities that fall on both sides of the international boundary. Read More

Jeff Sessions Affirms in Hearing He’s Against Any Type of Immigration

Jeff Sessions Affirms in Hearing He’s Against Any Type of Immigration

Proving that there is no kind of immigrant he thinks is good for America, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) called a hearing on immigration in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, where he attempted to make the case that even immigrants with valid documentation are bad… Read More

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