Title: 5 Theories About The Economic Effects Of Illegal Immigration You Shouldn't Trust | HuffPost
Headings: 5 Theories About The Economic Effects Of Illegal Immigration You Shouldn’t Trust
5 Theories About The Economic Effects Of Illegal Immigration You Shouldn’t Trust
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Undocumented immigrants are stealing American jobs. Bloomberg via Getty Images
Fact: As the U.S. Chamber of Commerce pointed out in a 2013 paper, undocumented immigrants generally offer different skill sets than native-born workers, meaning they often aren’t competing for the same jobs. Additionally, as entrepreneurs, consumers and taxpayers, undocumented immigrants also create jobs that wouldn’t exist without them. “The U.S. economy does not contain a fixed number of jobs for which immigrants and native-born workers compete,” the report says. Rather than opening up job opportunities for native-born workers, if all undocumented workers in the United States were deported, the U.S. would lose jobs, the report says. Calling all HuffPost superfans! Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost’s next chapter
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Roque Planas
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