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Fear & Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News |
Findings show that when it comes to immigration, cable news overflows not just with vitriolic rhetoric, but also with a series of myths that feed viewers' resentment and fears. (May 21, 2008)
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Pope Benedict XVI Calls for Compassion For America's Newcomers |
During his first trip to the United States in April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI emphasized the importance of treating immigrants in the U.S. in dignified and humane manner, including calling on U.S. bishops to "continue to welcome the immigrants who join your ranks today, to share their joys and hopes, to support them in their sorrows and trials and to help them flourish in their new home." Without missing a beat, anti-immigrant voices, including CNN anchor Lou Dobbs and U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton), took the occasion to push their rhetoric to a new level, lambasting the Pope for his comments. (April 2008)
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E-Verify and Arizona: Early Experiences Portend a Rough Road Ahead |
This fact check looks at the experiences of Arizona’s employers and employees with E-Verify, and early signals of its impact on the state’s economy. (Updated May 2008)
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The Importance of Latinos and Immigrants to the Economy and Electorate |
During the presidential primaries, candidates and the media focused a great deal of attention on the debate over how immigrants affect state economies and the fiscal balance of state treasuries. At the same time, political pundits and pollsters speculated on the electoral influence of immigrants and Latinos at the voting booth. Below are fact sheets that analyze the impact that both Latinos and immigrants have on the economy and electorate of key primary states. (April 2008)
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Assessing the Economic Impact of Immigration at the State and Local Level |
Recent studies have found that undocumented immigrants, and immigrants in general, are net contributors to the public treasuries and economies of many states and localities. (Updated April 2008)
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Does the "SAVE Act" Save Anything? The Real Price of "SAVE" |
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released an estimate of the costs of the “Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act” (“SAVE Act,” HR 4088), and concluded that the “SAVE Act” would decrease federal revenues, increase government spending, and create an unfunded mandate for states and private employers. (April 2008)
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It's Tax Time! Immigrants and Taxes: Contributions to State and Federal Coffers |
Tax Day would seem to be an appropriate time to inject some bottom-line reality into the long-running debate over whether or not immigrants in the United States “pay their own way” as taxpayers. A forthcoming IPC report by Stephen Moore, Senior Economics Writer at the Wall Street Journal and former director of Fiscal Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, and Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Ohio University, finds that immigrants not only pay their own way in taxes, but play a hefty role in shoring up the teetering Social Security system, and provide a fiscal windfall to U.S. taxpayers by tending to come to the United States during their prime working years—after the costs of their education and upbringing have been borne by their home countries. (April 2008)
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