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By N. Peter Antone
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Our country faces unprecedented challenges: increasing deficits,
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An overlooked remedy is a liberalization of immigration policies.
Luckily, Congress finally seems to be considering major immigration
reform that takes those issues into consideration.
Immigration favors the young, the risktakers, the hardworking and the highly qualified. It increases the tax
base, generating revenue needed to support programs for the
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Using immigration to scare the public has done this country great
disservice. Unfortunately, immigration issues are susceptible to
demagoguery and fear tactics, including claims that foreigners are
taking U.S. jobs. What often is lost in the heated exchanges is the
recognition that immigrants do not simply occupy jobs; they also
become part of the consuming public, stimulating the economy. A
larger population itself creates more jobs.
It is unfortunate that in Michigan, we regret the departure of
Michiganders while at the same time putting hurdles in front of
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those who wish to immigrate here.
Reputable studies analyzing the relationship
between immigration and unemployment
have found that the more immigration, the
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more employment for local workers. Scarcity
of people does not lead to more jobs.
Skilled immigrants possess high levels of
education, representing the top achievers in
their home countries. Their technological
skills improve our productivity. Others arrive
with diverse skills, creating a wide range of
products and jobs for complementary labor
and a wider variety of goods than if the work
force were limited to U.S. workers.
Even unskilled workers improve our
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More immigration reduces the incentive for
U.S. firms to invest overseas. Instead of
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Researchers have compared states that
accept more immigrants to those that accept
fewer, allowing for variables. A study
conducted by the University of
California-Davis on "The Effect of Immigration on Productivity"
yielded no evidence suggesting that immigrants crowded out
employment or hours worked by U. S. workers. Rather, robust
evidence showed that productivity and total employment increased.
In addition, every increase in employment of 1% due to immigrants
led to an increase in income per worker of 0.5% in that state.
Similar results were found in studies done in Europe.
Advocates of immigration reform do not argue for open borders or
for rewarding illegal behavior. But when millions of immigrants and
U.S. employers are in violation of immigration laws, we need to
face the possibility that those laws are simply unworkable.
Congress seems to finally recognize that laws are unenforceable
when they force someone to choose between being illegally
present with family or being separated. Amnesty is not a desirable
solution. And it's important to remember that not every solution is
amnesty.
For ours to be a nation of laws, the laws must be reasonable, taking
into account individual circumstances and the needs of U.S.
businesses while preserving family unity. Achieving these goals
eliminates the incentive for illegal immigration. We hope Congress
will now take the necessary steps so that we continue to be a
nation of laws as well as one of great immigrants.
N. Peter Antone is an immigration attorney in Farmington Hills and
a former adjusct professor of immigration law at Michigan State
University's College of Law.
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