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What are the economic effects of immigration?

Benjamin Waddell (Adams State): Migrant Remittances: An Untapped Resource for International Development? Chris Dillow on how immigration is a great way of reducing poverty. You're only an “economic migrant” if you’re poor and brown. Michael Clemens on why today’s migration crisis is an issue of global economic inequality. What are the economic effects of immigration? An interview with Ian Goldin. The surprisingly simple economic case for giving refugees cash, not stuff. There is a trade-off between citizenship and migration: Immigration threatens to diminish the premiums enjoyed in rich countries, writes Branko Milanovic. “Do not come to Europe”, Donald Tusk warns economic migrants.

Sarah Horton (Colorado): Ghost Workers: The Implications of Governing Immigration Through Crime for Migrant Workplaces. Michelle Chen on how undocumented immigrants contribute over $11 billion to our economy each year: The notion that they do nothing but drain public coffers is a myth. Immigration isn’t that bad for native workers. In defense of immigrants: Richard V. Reeves on why America needs them now more than ever.