Costs of Immigration

“The share of immigrant-headed households (legal and illegal) with a child (under age 18) using at least one welfare program continues to be very high. This is partly due to the large share of immigrants with low levels of education and their resulting low incomes — not their legal status or an unwillingness to work. . ."

- Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research at CIS

Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

Social Security

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Canadian Study: Among Migrants, Refugees and the Lightly Educated Are More Likely to Pay Income Taxes Than Those with Graduate Degrees

Topics: Canada, Costs of Immigration

Usually We Write about Immigration — This Is about Emigration and Why It Should Be Increased

Social Security benefits could encourage emigration

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Why Are So Many Working-Age Men Not in the Labor Force?

Population aging explains relatively little of the decline in overall labor force participation

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

Biden Admin. Admits Its ‘Asylum Officer Rule’ Will Further Impoverish Struggling U.S. Workers

. . . In one paragraph buried deep in a 155,000-word document

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Wages, Jobs, and Poverty, Asylum

New Report Shows Increase in Foreign Students, but Downplays Subsidy

A near-$1 Billion Tax Break for Employers Who Hire Alien Alums

Topics: Optional Practical Training Program (OPT), Costs of Immigration

Some Foreign Workers Pay Payroll Taxes, Some Do Not: A Puzzling Pattern

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Nonimmigrant Visas

Op-ed: Steven Camarota: Illinois Has Plenty Potential Workers

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

$13.6B Biden Request for Border Security Lacks One Element: A Commitment to Enforcing the Law

Topics: Biden Border Crisis, Costs of Immigration

Steven Camarota: Illinois has plenty potential workers

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty, Illinois

CFPB, DOJ Issue Confusing, but Ominous, Warning to Creditors Who Deny Aliens Credit

‘Creditors should be aware’ – of what?

Topics: Costs of Immigration