The poorest and least-skilled in America suffer the most from legal and illegal immigration as competition for jobs reduces wages, according to a new report by a leading immigration economist.
Harvard economist George Borjas spoke about his report on immigration and its effects on the U.S. worker in a Tuesday conference call with reporters. He said the focus of his report was to answer “what happens when immigrants come into the labor market,” one of the central questions in the debate over immigration reform.
“The biggest winners from immigration are owners of business that employ a lot of immigrant labor and other users of immigrant labor,” according to the report. “The other big winners are the immigrants themselves.” Full story
