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The Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform: A Factsheet (2010)
The Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform: A Factsheet
This factsheet summarizes the report
Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
released by the Immigration Policy Center, together with the Center for American Progress, and conducted by Dr. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda of UCLA. The report finds that comprehensive immigration reform that includes a legalization program for the roughly 12 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. and enables a future flow of legal workers would benefit U.S. workers and generate much needed economic growth.