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Excited to talk to Steve Inskeep this morning on NPR's morning edition about the benefits of immigration, especially low skill, for the U.S. economy. tinyurl.com/yb4o2fx3
Ethan G. Lewis
@ethanglewis
Professor of Economics at Dartmouth. I study the impacts of immigration and technological change.
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We are about to amp up expedited removals. As Tara describes in her thread, this will exacerbate such unjust abuse. By the way, interior enforcement has not been found to improve labor market outcomes or to reduce crime.
Occasionally citizens or green card holders are mistakenly removed. Asylum seekers are also not supposed to be removed through this process, but that sometimes happens too.View quoted post on X
Note: It was a time of great economic anxiety for low-income whites. Many switched parties to vote for Reagan.
Reagan 4/4/80: “Rather than talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems and make it possible for them to come here legally, with a work permit, and then while they are working and earning here, they pay taxes here."View quoted post on X
You can’t apply for asylum from your home country. Senators should understand the law that they want to change.View quoted post on X
Second! For example tinyurl.com/ydgmgps3 and tinyurl.com/yagxawbc. Signed, economist immigration specialist.