Title: The Rights of Immigrants -ACLU Position Paper | American Civil Liberties Union
Headings: The Rights of Immigrants -ACLU Position Paper
The Rights of Immigrants -ACLU Position Paper
"This country has grown and prospered in a climate of constant refreshment by the introduction into our midst of adventurous spirits willing to leave the security and predictability of what they knew in the lands and rulers they adjured for the hope of full equality of rights and opportunities within our borders."
IMMIGRATION: MYTHS AND FACTS
Myth: U.S. Borders are Out of Control
Myth: Immigrants take jobs away from American Workers
Myth: Immigrants Drain our Social Services
TROUBLE AT THE BORDER
THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS
What's Wrong With "English Only" Laws?
IN SEARCH OF ASYLUM
Stay Informed

Content: But according to the 1997 report issued by the Binational Study on Migration and commissioned by the U.S. and Mexican governments, the annual average is closer to 105,000 Ð only one-tenth of Buchanan's figure. The total number of people from all countries who entered illegally or overstayed their visas in 1996 was estimated by the INS to be 275,000, again a fraction of Buchanan's claim, and less than one-tenth of one percent of the U.S. population. Myth: Immigrants take jobs away from American Workers
Fact: Most economic experts who have studied the relationship between immigration and U.S. employment report that immigrants create more jobs than they fill. They do this by forming new businesses, raising the productivity of already established businesses, investing capital and spending dollars on consumer goods. A 1994 study by Ohio University researchers, for example, found "no statistically meaningful relationship between immigration and unemployment.... [I]f there is any correlation, it would appear to be negative: higher immigration is associated with lower unemployment." Studies by the Rand Corporation, the Council of Economic Advisors, the National Research Council and the Urban Institute all came to the conclusion that immigrants do not have a negative effect on the earnings and the employment opportunities of native-born Americans. Myth: