The Benefits Of Immigration

"What's important about the report is that by deflating numerous myths about illegal immigration it underscores the genuine issues and points us toward the best policies to address them. Chief among its findings is this: Immigration, legal or illegal, while imposing net fiscal costs on this state, produces a net economic benefit for the country.

...The imbalance between national economic gains and local fiscal costs reminds us that the federal government's evasion of its responsibility to help states and municipalities with the staggering costs of hosting illegal immigrants â€" especially in the education, healthcare and criminal justice systems â€" is inexcusable.

...The virtue of the center's analysis is that, unlike most other surveys, it's not a snapshot of immigration's near-term effect. It shows that, on average, immigrants rise on the socioeconomic scale the longer they're in the country, as do subsequent generations. The more successful they are, of course, the better it is for the general economy."