Title: Immigration and the U.S. Economy
Headings: Immigration and the U.S. Economy
Immigration and the U.S. Economy
Prepared for House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law
Introduction
Immigration and the Size of the U.S. Economy
Benefits to Natives
Immigrant and Native Job Competition
Deterioration at the Bottom of the Labor Market
Fiscal Impact of Immigration
Conclusion
End Notes

Content: 5 In fact, immigration may increase your wages as demand for your occupation rises. In contrast, if you are a nanny, maid, bus boy, cook, meat packer, or construction laborer, the negative wage impact is likely to be large because immigration has increased the supply of workers in these sectors quite a bit. But overall the gain to some workers, businesses, and consumers is still slightly larger than the loss suffered by the losers; hence the tiny net benefit reported above. Immigrant and Native Job Competition
Some may feel that there is no job competition between immigrants and native-born workers. The argument is often made, mostly by non-economists, that immigrants only do jobs Americans don’t want. But analysis of all 465 occupations defined by the Department of Commerce shows that even before the cu