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STUDY: NO LINK BETWEEN IMMIGRATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

By Greg Siskind

From Business Week: A report released on Tuesday makes the case that increased immigration is not a cause of increased unemployment in the U.S. The study, ?The Unemployment Disconnect: Untying the Knot,? was issued by the Immigration Policy Center, the research arm of the American Immigration Law Foundation, an association of immigration lawyers that generally supports pro-immigration policies. The study sets out with the assertion that if immigrants are taking jobs away from native-born workers, ?one would expect to find high unemployment rates in those parts of the country with large numbers of immigrants.? Examining state, county, and metropolitan area...

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on May 20, 2009 (boomark / email).