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When ICE Ramped Up Enforcement, US‑Born Workers Didn’t See Any Economic Gains

US natives did not see wage gains from ICE crackdowns. But the story looks more complicated than some suggest.

Excerpt: The Employment Effects of Immigration Enforcement: An Initial Assessment

Based on our view of the data, the theorized benefits of reduced immigration, such as drawing more low-skill natives back into the labor force, may be beginning to emerge. But in o...

The Labor Market Effects of Immigration Enforcement Under Trump

In order to produce substantial mobility-enhancing effects, immigration reductions have to be long-lasting enough to change the behaviors of employers and employees alike.

Shooting Ourselves in the Foot on Immigration

Xenophobia's cruel wages.

Jobs and Workers Are In Balance. Nobody Is Happy About It.

Lower immigration has brought labor supply in line with shaky demand, but economists worry that such a slow-moving job market is at risk of toppling over.

Trump Claims Mass Deportation Helps Americans. The Facts Reveal A Far Different Truth

“We see no evidence that employers increase wages to attract U.S.- born workers to fill these jobs in the face of immigration enforcement,” one study said Donald Trump has his prio...

Migrant Income and Long-Run Economic Development

We study how international migrant income prospects affect long-run development in origin areas. We leverage the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis exchange rate shocks in a shift-share i...

When ICE ramped up enforcement, US‑born workers didn’t see any economic gains

When ICE ramped up enforcement, US‑born workers didn’t see any economic gains By Chloe N. East, University of Colorado Boulder and Elizabeth Cox, University of Colorado Boulder   P...

Why Hardline Immigration Policies Are Shrinking the U.S. Labor Pool

A new study warns that negative net migration is hitting consumer spending and weakening workforce reserves.

Trump's Migration Rules Force Wage Gains in Meatpacking

President Donald Trump's migration cutoff is pressuring a huge meatpacking firm to offer better wages to President Joe Biden's last wave of low-wage migrants. The post Trump’s Migr...

ICE has not improved U.S. labor markets

We provide the first causal, national empirical analysis of the labor market impacts of heightened immigration enforcement during the second Trump administration. Enforcement incre...

The economic chilling effect of Trump's immigration crackdown

New research finds that ICE raids and deportation fears disrupted local economies, reduced work among undocumented immigrants, and may have hurt some U.S.-born workers too.

Proposed Rule Would Raise Wage Levels for Certain Visa Programs

The Department of Labor rulemaking presents an important opportunity to increase the integrity of employment-based immigration programs and ensure that they operate in a manner con...

One American loses their job for every 6 immigrants removed from the workforce as researchers see ‘no evidence’ that ICE...

“If anything, job opportunities for U.S.-born workers are going down as a result,” the University of Colorado Boulder’s Chloe East said.

Undocumented Immigrants Paid $3 Trillion In Taxes. Why Are They Still Called A Burden?

12 things they never told you about immigrants – and why it matters

Headlines have a way of making immigration feel distant, like a fight happening somewhere else, to someone else. The numbers tell a very different story. The Pew Research Center fo...

America Is Losing Its Allure for the World's Migrants

The U.S. economy continues to outstrip the competition but takes a hit from declining immigration.

Trump’s immigration crackdown could cost up to $479bn in lost taxes over 10 years

Proposed IRS data sharing with immigration authorities and ICE raids have made filing risky for those who are undocumentedThe Trump administration’s immigration crackdown could cau...

Your Tax Day Reminder That Immigrants Pay Billions In Taxes Every Year

Immigrants regardless of legal status contribute their share – and then some It bears repeating every Tax Day: our immigrant neighbors regardless of legal status are not only essen...

Why don’t all immigrants support progressive parties?

Why don’t all immigrants support progressive parties with pro-immigration policies? Korinna O. Lindemann and António Valentim present new evidence suggesting this puzzle can be exp...

Pro-Migration Economists: Migrants with Quasi-Amnesty Generate $20 Billion for Investors

President Donald Trump cannot end President Joe Biden's award of the quasi-amnesty Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to migrants because they expand U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP...

Pro-Migration Economists: Migrants with Quasi-Amnesty Generate $20 Billion for Investors

President Donald Trump cannot end President Joe Biden's award of the quasi-amnesty Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to migrants because they expand U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP...

DOL Proposes Increase of $14,000 to Wage Levels for H-1Bs and Other Sponsored Workers

Our Immigration Team reviews a proposed Department of Labor (DOL) rule that would significantly increase prevailing wage requirements for employers sponsoring foreign workers, impa...

Scott Mayer: America can’t ignore immigrant labor shortage

America’s immigration debate often gets framed as a choice between security and compassion. It doesn’t have to be. We can secure our border while also recognizing a simple economic...