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

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Mexico Will Screen Migrants for Coronavirus

Announcement came after confirmation of new caravans headed north

Topics: Migrant Caravans, Health Care

Dr. Fauci: Trump China Restrictions Slowed Spread of the Wuhan Flu

The known unknowns, and the constant known known

Topics: Health Care

Opportunists and Simplistic Solutions: Grasping at the Coronavirus Pandemic Like a Straw

Topics: Health Care

The Fiscal Impact of Refugee Resettlement

No Free Lunch for Taxpayers

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Refugees

The Public Charge Rule Is Hardly a 'Wealth Test'

It's a self-reliance test

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Media Coverage of Immigration Policy

A Final Response about USCIS Public Charge Policy Guidance

Topics: Welfare, Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Trump’s Blind Spot on Immigration

A more moderate level of immigration is both good policy and good politics. Cheap foreign labor is cheap foreign labor, whether it’s legal or illegal, permanent or temporary, blue-collar or white-collar.

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty

The Implications of the Non-Delegation Doctrine for Immigration Control and Enforcement

Part I: The Immigration Examinations Fee Account

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Oklahoma Still Shows the Way on Collecting Taxes from Illegal Aliens

Topics: Costs of Immigration

'All You Americans Are Fired'

When hiring illegal aliens was outlawed 33 years ago, Democrats feared legal immigrants would face job discrimination. It’s turned out quite the opposite.

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty