Politics

The Case for More Low-Skill Immigration

LET THEM IN

Don’t let the nativists fool you: America is wealthier and better off when low-skill immigrants arrive en masse.

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Whatever one thinks of the legality or propriety of the President Obama’s move to end the threat of deportation for roughly five million illegal immigrants, the correct policy would be to allow more low-skilled workers to either enter legally or remain in the country.

The fact is that low-skilled immigrants, like...

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