Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy by George J. Borjas Details
The United States received more than a million immigrants a year in the late 1990s, more than ever in history. For humanitarian reasons and for other reasons, this may be…
The United States received more than a million immigrants a year in the late 1990s, more than ever in history. For humanitarian reasons and for other reasons, this may be good news.
But as George Burgas shows in the door of paradise, mixed news about the US economy is undoubtedly the bad news for the country's poorest citizens. Burgas, widely regarded as a leading immigration expert in the country, is the most comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date account of the economic impact of recent immigration to America.
It reveals that the benefits of migration are greatly exaggerated and that if we allow migration to continue unabated and unaltered, we support the astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, disproportionate minorities, to the rich. In the context of the book, Burgas analyzes carefully the skills of immigrants, national origins, the use of social welfare, economic mobility, and influence in the labor market, and uses the pioneering use of new data to track current trends in ethnic segregation.
It also assesses the implications of evidence on the type of immigration policy that the United States should follow. Some of his findings are dramatic: despite estimates ranging from hundreds of billions of dollars, net annual gains from immigration are only about $ 8 billion.
With wages falling, migration now translates into about $ 160 billion a year from workers to employers and migrant service users. Migrants today are less skilled than their predecessors, and are more likely to return public assistance and are more likely to have children who remain in isolated, poor communities.
Burgas considers the moral arguments against immigration restriction and eloquently writes about his past as an emigrant from Cuba. But he concludes that in the current economic climate - less favorable to the mass migration of unskilled labor than in the past two decades - it would be fair and prudent to return immigration to the 1970s (about 500,000 per year) and the Institute's policies.
For more skilled immigrants.
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