Costs of Immigration | Center for Immigration Studies

“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

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The Employment Situation of Immigrants and Natives in the Fourth Quarter of 2018

Labor force participation remains low for the less educated across the country

Topics: Unemployment/Underemployment Rates and Immigration

Cheating Our Way to 4 Percent Growth

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

Administration Takes a (Commendable) Baby Step Toward Taxing Aliens

Plus other ideas for collecting (or saving) money from immigration

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Infectious Diseases Making the Border Crisis Worse

Topics: Migrant Caravans, Health Care

Will "Universal" Health Care for Illegal Aliens in NYC and California Hurt the Shrinking Middle Class?

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Can a Wall Pay for Itself?: An Update

Topics: Border Wall, Costs of Immigration

Our Immigration Policy Ignores the Social Utility of Tight Labor Markets

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

Ocasio-Cortez's View of Immigration and the Economy

Bad signs for the 116th Congress

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty, Politics

No Billion-Dollar Immigration Slush Fund? It Already Exists

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Politics

Legitimizing the Public Charge Determination

Comment on "Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds," DHS Docket No. USCIS-2010-0012

Topics: Costs of Immigration