Who gains?
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Immigration appears to be beneficial for the US, and this can be measured in terms of skills brought by immigrants, their business start-ups, and the value of goods and services that they produce. Legal immigrants benefit from the system, while some workers may earn less due to competition from immigrants. This may include well-paid workers, as well as the unskilled. Immigrants benefit from education services, but these children go on to be taxpayers. A drive to increase the skill requirements for immigrants would reduce numbers from Latin America, though legal immigrants tend to be more highly educated than native citizens and previous immigrants. They also contribute different skills to those available in the US.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2000
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A raw deal
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Bilingual education is being abandoned in the US, and test scores seem to improve as a result. Immigrants tend to live in cities where school bureaucracies absord too much in resources. School vouchers could help the children of immigrants. Affirmative action programs for universities have been abandoned in California and Texas, and this has affected Latinos over the short term, though there may be benefits over the longer term. There are benefits for children who start school young, though not enough is spent on pre-school education. Immigrants have one advantage in wanting to learn.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2000
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Oh, say, can you see?
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Immigration is havinga major impact on US society. Latinos account for some 12% of the population and will become the largest minority group. Around a million new immigrants arrive annually and they tend to have more children than the average for the US. They have come to an established economyand many are closer to former homelands than were former migrants. Immigrants play an important role in harvesting food, providing domestic service, driving taxis, and working in hotels. Rich countries need immigrants if their populations are not to age.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2000
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