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IPC: 1986 amnesty was good (just not great) for those amnestied - 11/05/2009

The Immigration Policy Center has released a report called "Economic Progress via Legalization: Lessons from the Last Legalization Program" [1] which points out that the 1986 amnesty helped those amnestied improve their situations. However, there's little in their report that's remarkable and they don't take into account the balance between the benefits and costs of the a...

Federal Reserve to unemployed millions: massive immigration is great for you (Tobias Madden) - 9/22/2009

Tobias Madden - a Regional Economist for the Federal Reserve in Minneapolis - offers an "Economic Myth Busters" sales job asking, 'should policymakers curb immigration to “protect American jobs”?' (minneapolisfed.org/publications_papers/pub_display.cfm?id=4277) In a nutshell, no. This myth stems from the idea that the number of jobs in America is fixed, and every job taken ...

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