economics – ImmigrationReform.com https://www.immigrationreform.com The Official Blog of FAIR Fri, 28 Dec 2018 20:13:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 https://www.immigrationreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-IR-Favicon-100x100.png economics – ImmigrationReform.com https://www.immigrationreform.com 32 32 AP Flunks Economics 101 https://www.immigrationreform.com/2018/02/28/ap-flunks-economics-101/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2018/02/28/ap-flunks-economics-101/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:12:19 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=16543 Paul Wiseman’s recent AP piece loses sight of the true economic issues facing immigration.

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2017/07/20/using-weasel-words-depict-supposed-benefits-immigration/feed/ 6 Obama’s Threatening Amnesty is Killing Americans’ Economic Outlook https://www.immigrationreform.com/2014/10/10/obamas-threatening-amnesty-is-killing-americans-economic-outlook/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2014/10/10/obamas-threatening-amnesty-is-killing-americans-economic-outlook/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:53:37 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=7823 Only 1 in 4 Americans feel confident about President Obama’s plan for the economy, according to a new CNBC All-America Economic poll. That number is down nearly 10 points since last summer to a record-low 24 percent. The new decline is evidence of workers’ fear of losing jobs if the White House grants 12 million [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2014/10/10/obamas-threatening-amnesty-is-killing-americans-economic-outlook/feed/ 12 Misleading Report from Economic Policy Institute https://www.immigrationreform.com/2014/08/13/misleading-report-from-economic-policy-institute/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2014/08/13/misleading-report-from-economic-policy-institute/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:20:09 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=7437 The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has issued a new report extolling the economic benefits of illegal immigration. It asserts that, “Unauthorized immigrants are good for state and federal budgets.” The Economic Policy Institute makes clear its policy focus on its website: “EPI proposes public policies that protect and improve the economic conditions of low- and [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2014/08/13/misleading-report-from-economic-policy-institute/feed/ 16 Has the Earth Shifted on Its Axis? https://www.immigrationreform.com/2014/02/07/has-the-earth-shifted-on-its-axis/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2014/02/07/has-the-earth-shifted-on-its-axis/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2014 17:12:19 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=5874 Quick question – what publication wrote this yesterday: “[T]he Senate bill and House principles offer no protection for the wages and employment status of existing workers. This fact, often overlooked by critics of comprehensive reform, is its greatest weakness.” If you guessed Mother Jones, you’d be wrong. Instead, the Weekly Standard’s Jay Cost lays out [...]

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