I’m an immigrant and I’ve done the math. Here’s how to fix our immigration system

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Is immigration bad for America? Americans seem to increasingly agree it is. The U.S. southern border’s record-breaking immigration crisis has — for the first time in decades — led the majority of Americans to tell pollsters they would like to reduce both legal and illegal immigration. But the presidential debate focused more on whether immigrants eat dogs than on their effect on the economy. My new research answers the question of whether immigrants impose a net burden on the federal government or help us reduce the budget deficit. 

No human’s worth should be measured by their effect on a federal budget, but public policy decisions should be based on measurable facts — not stereotypes — and the effect of immigrants on government finances should factor into any decision to admit them.  

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