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Myths and Facts about Immigration to the United States

  • Writer: Andrew Lewis
    Andrew Lewis
  • Jan 10, 2022
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 11, 2022

1. The United States is not being flooded with mass migration, but rather comparatively low compared to other western countries.


2. There are no significant evident that immigration lowers wages and increases unemployment.


3. Immigrants commits crime at a far lower rate than native-born Americans.


4. Immigrants are not a fiscal burden on taxpayers, but instead contributes more to taxes than the benefits they receive.


5. Immigrants are assimilating into the American culture and speak the English language at a very fast rate, comparable to immigrants in the past.


Source: Griswold, Daniel. “The Benefits of Immigration: Addressing Key Myths.” Mercatus Center, 15 Sept. 2019, https://www.mercatus.org/publications/trade-and-immigration/benefits-immigration-addressing-key-myths.



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