“We are going to have an immigration system that works, but one that works for the American people,” Donald Trump < /span > < a style="line-height: 1.3em;" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974#ixzz4FAroQ08B" > told < /a > < span style="line-height: 1.3em;" > the Republican..."> “We are going to have an immigration system that works, but one that works for the American people,” Donald Trump < /span > < a style="line-height: 1.3em;" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974#ixzz4FAroQ08B" > told < /a > < span style="line-height: 1.3em;" > the Republican..." /> “We are going to have an immigration system that works, but one that works for the American people,” Donald Trump < /span > < a style="line-height: 1.3em;" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974#ixzz4FAroQ08B" > told < /a > < span style="line-height: 1.3em;" > the Republican..." />

Why Unemployment Is Lower When Immigration Is Higher

< p > < span style="line-height: 1.3em;" > “We are going to have an immigration system that works, but one that works for the American people,” Donald Trump < /span > < a style="line-height: 1.3em;" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974#ixzz4FAroQ08B" > told < /a > < span style="line-height: 1.3em;" > the Republican National Convention last week. “Decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens.” But the candidate is wrong in two respects. First, the United States has not seen “record” immigration in recent years, and second, higher immigration is not associated with higher unemploymen t. Immigrants are heralds of growth, not portents of economic disaster.  < /span > < /p > < p > < strong > Recent immigration is no record < /strong > < /p > < p > The amount of immigration to the United States can be measured in two ways. The most obvious is the absolute number of people receiving permanent residency in the United States. By this measure, the peak year < a href="https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics" > was < /a > 1991 with 1.8 million. Even by this measure, Trump is wrong. Rather than “decades of record immigration,” out of the top ten highest levels of all time, five occurred since 1990 and five before 1915 < span style="line-height: 1.3em;" > . < /span > < /p > < p > But measuring immigration in terms of the absolute ...
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