I, for one, would like a definitive unbiased answer to the question “Are illegal immigrants an asset or a liability?”. I think all our laws should be time-stamped to expire every 5 to 7 years and re-enacted/discarded based on whether or not the objective evidence shows that the law added value.
The thehill.com site offers this moderate opinion …
" According to the Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project, there were 8.4 million unauthorized immigrants employed in the U.S.; representing 5.2 percent of the U.S. labor force (an increase from 3.8 percent in 2000). Their importance was highlighted in a report by Texas Comptroller Susan Combs that stated, “Without the undocumented population, Texas’ work force would decrease by 6.3 percent” and Texas’ gross state product would decrease by 2.1 percent. Furthermore, certain segments of the U.S. economy, like agriculture, are entirely dependent upon illegal immigrants. "
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I, for one, would like a definitive unbiased answer to the question “Are illegal immigrants an asset or a liability?”. I think all our laws should be time-stamped to expire every 5 to 7 years and re-enacted/discarded based on whether or not the objective evidence shows that the law added value.
The thehill.com site offers this moderate opinion …
" According to the Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project, there were 8.4 million unauthorized immigrants employed in the U.S.; representing 5.2 percent of the U.S. labor force (an increase from 3.8 percent in 2000). Their importance was highlighted in a report by Texas Comptroller Susan Combs that stated, “Without the undocumented population, Texas’ work force would decrease by 6.3 percent” and Texas’ gross state product would decrease by 2.1 percent. Furthermore, certain segments of the U.S. economy, like agriculture, are entirely dependent upon illegal immigrants. "
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/203984-illegal-immigrants-benefit-the-us-economy