Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History – NYT
“…academic research suggests that the immigrants of recent decades, who have come primarily from Asia and Latin America, are climbing the economic ladder and assimilating into American society. Their children and grandchildren have made progress at a pace similar to that of the predominantly European immigrants of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
“But high levels of immigration do have downsides, including the pressure on social services and increased competition for jobs. The Congressional Budget Office has concluded that wage growth for Americans who did not attend college will be lower than it otherwise would have been for the next few years because of the recent surge. On the flip side, higher immigration can reduce the cost of services and help Americans, many with higher incomes, who do not compete for jobs with immigrants
“Bernard Yaros Jr., a lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, a research firm, described the recent increases as ‘something that we really haven’t seen in recent memory.’ Mr. Yaros said that they had “helped cool wage growth…”
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