Immigration and Poverty

Robert Rector, Heritage Institute, October 2006

Some researchers claim that the poverty rate is artificially inflated due to the massive inflow of low-skilled and less-educated immigrants.

Jeff Chapman and Jared Bernstein, September 2002

Researchers from the Economic Policy Institute claim that the growth of the immigrant population is not the only or most critical contribution to the poverty increase.

George J. Borjas, Fall 2006

In this report, Borjas examines the social and economic mobility of 1st and 2nd generation immigrants, concluding that the historical trend of immigrants catching up to native-born workers fairly quickly is unlikely to continue, due to lack of opportunity and assimilation.

Robert Greenstein, September 2007

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