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Dreams Deferred: The Costs of Ignoring Undocumented Students |
The political debate over undocumented immigrants in the United States has largely ignored the plight of undocumented children who, for the most part, have grown up and received much of their primary and secondary education in this country. (September 2007)
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Immigration and Unemployment in Georgia: Inaccuracies in CIS Report on Immigrant Workers in Georgia |
A report released on June 20, 2007, by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) argues that the increase in the number of less-educated immigrant workers in Georgia between 2000 and 2006 causedemployment levels among less-educated natives to decline. However, there is no evidence of a direct, negative relationship between employment levels for immigrants and natives in Georgia. Instead, evidence suggests that immigration has had generally positive effects for most native-born workers and that employment levels among less-educated natives have declined for reasons unrelated to immigration. (June 22, 2007)
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Temporary Worker Visas and Wage Pressure |
The debate over how many immigrants should be permitted to enter the country each year under a new temporary worker program is clouded by a common misconception: that the greater the number of temporary workers admitted, the greater the downward pressure on the wages of native-born workers. However, according to an IPC Immigration Fact Check, this assumption is not supported by the facts. (June 5, 2007)
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