Study disputes tie between immigration and unemployment
May 20, 2009
Contrary to conventional wisdom -- and anti-illegal immigration rhetoric -- immigration rates have no direct effect on unemployment rates, according to a study released Tuesday.
The Center for Immigration Policy, the research arm of the pro-immigration American Immigration Law Foundation, compared rates of unemployment with immigration rates in states across the nation, and found no direct correlation.
'The level of unemployment in the U.S. is painful, sometimes scary and very difficult for those directly impacted,' said Dan Siciliano, executive director of the Program in Law, Economics and Business at Stanford Law School and a research fellow for the Washington, D.C.-based center. 'But the notion that immigration is causally related to unemployment belittles and questions the challenges of unemployment.'
The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City)
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