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December 02, 2009 Immigration and Employment Report Fails the Acid Test With the economy in the state it is, the Migration Policy Institute has issued a report arguing that amnesty would be economically beneficial. "Illegal immigration's overall impact on the U.S. economy is negligible, despite clear benefits for employers and unauthorized immigrants and slightly depressed wages for low-skilled native workers, according to a report by a University of California, San Diego economist released today by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI)," says MPI in a press release. (Read the full entry for video) What is most interesting is that even this study, which claims that there is an overall economic benefit to illegal immigration, finds that U.S. workers lose when immigrant workers take jobs here. "Small losses are felt, however, by native-born low-skilled workers who compete with unauthorized immigrants," MPI admits. There is one word missing from MPI's release - unemployment. Take a look at this Youtube video showing unemployment from June 2007 (when the last amnesty bill was debated) to this year. The amnesty lobby has gone dangerously around the bend when they think that - in the face of 10 percent unemployment, and almost 20 percent underemployment - they can put out a study that basically says all the gains from illegal immigrant labor go to those illegal workers and their employers and expect to have a policy impact. Will all of the legal workers now trying to get day labor jobs be as accepting of MPI's reasoning that their unemployment is a net benefit for the economy?
Why Health Reform Must Include Verification Homeland Security Today covers the debate about verifying eligibility for health care benefits under legislation being debated in Congress. HST notes the debate centers around not just direct benefits, but access to the health care exchange, which would allow people to buy insurance policies at the best price possible. "The bill has matured to a point now where allowing the illegal aliens access is not an administrative oversight. It is clearly a deliberate attempt to include them," FAIR communications director Bob Dan told HST.
Hispanic Voters Want Illegal Aliens to Get Free Health Care? A new poll released this week shows growing support among registered Hispanic voters for expanded public health care coverage, including free health care for illegal aliens.
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