Immigration Research Articles

Research from The CATO Institute:

The mission of the Cato Institute is to increase the understanding of public policies based on the principles of limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace. The Institute will use the most effective means to originate, advocate, promote, and disseminate applicable policy proposals that create free, open, and civil societies in the United States and throughout the world.

The Cato handbook on immigration discusses why Congress should:

  • Expand current legal immigration quotas, especially for employment-based visas
  • Repeal the arbitrary and restrictive cap on H1-B visas for highly skilled workers
  • Create a temporary worker program for lower-skilled workers to meet long-term labor demand and reduce incentives for illegal immigration
  • Refocus border-control resources to keep criminals and terrorists out of the country.

"As Immigrants Move In, Americans Move Up" by Daniel Griswold: Comprehensive immigration reform, in which legal immigration is expanded and a robust temporary worker program is created, will boost economic output, create new middle class job opportunities for native-born Americans, and reduce the flow of illegal immigration. 

"The Fiscal Impact of Immigration Reform: The Real Story" by Daniel Griswold: Low-skilled workers do, on average, consume more in government services than they pay in taxes, some of the estimates of that cost have been grossly exaggerated.

"Will Democrats Err in Immigration Reforms?" by Daniel Griswold: Illegal immigration remains a perplexing problem, but the Democrats in Washington seem ready to repeat the mistakes of the past. Republicans must work with Democrats in Congress to seize the current opportunity to reform the immigration system and finally fix the problem of illegal immigration.

"Bipartisan Visa Program Could Fix Nation's Illegal Immigration Mess" by Daniel Griswold: If advocates of responsibility in both parties can work together to enact a sufficiently robust visa program, the president and Congress could finally fix the problem of illegal immigration.

"Globalization: Curse or Cure? Policies to Harness Global Economic Integration to Solve Our Economic Challenge" by Jagadeesh Gokhale: How will competition for resources, employment, and growth shape economic policies among developed nations as they attempt to maintain productivity growth, social protections, and extensive political and cultural freedoms?

"Restriction or Legalization? Measuring the Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform" by  Peter B. Dixon and Maureen T. Rimmer: This study estimates the welfare impact of seven different scenarios, which include increased enforcement at the border and in the workplace, and several different legalization options, including a visa program that allows more low-skilled workers to enter the U.S. workforce legally.

 

    

 

After Arizona - Public Opinion on Immigration Poll conducted by leading Republican pollster Glen Bolger, cofounder of Public Opinion Strategies, and produced by ImmigrationWorks USA. ImmigrationWorks USA is a national organization advancing immigration reform that works for all Americans - employers, workers, and citizens.

The poll surveys attitudes of Republican, Democrat, and Independent voters regarding issues such as: Do immigrants help or hurt the United States? Do they help or hurt the economy? Does it make a difference if they are skilled or unskilled, legal or illegal? And what exactly do voters want Congress to do about immigration – if reform, what kind of reform?

 

    

 

National Survey of Latino Protestants: Immigration and the 2008 Election conducted by National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, The Jesse Miranda Center for Hispanic Leadership, Faith in Public Life, America’s Voice Education Fund, and Gaston Espinosa, Ph.D., Claremont McKenna College

This survey shows how negative immigration rhetoric and the issue of immigration reform affected how Protestant Latinos voted in the 2008 election.

 

    

 

Research by Richard Nadler:

Richard Nadler was a prominent policy analyst, opinion journalist, and author. He was also president of the Americas Majority Foundation, which was founded to increase the constituency for conservative causes: free market economics, international anti-totalitarianism, and morals based on Jewish and Christian scriptures.

"The Great Immigration Shootout": Why Conservatives should rethink their opposition to "comprehensive" immigration reform.

"Bush's 'Real' Hispanic Numbers Debunking the debunkers": This study shows that Bush’s gains among Hispanics were both real and significant. Specifically, the GOP’s increased Latino vote share offset the potential Democrat advantage from a hefty increase in Hispanic registration and voting.

"The Edge of the Wedge: Immigration and the Congressional Races of 2008": This meta-study shows the correlation between major party candidate immigration positions and partisan outcomes in 90 competitive congressional districts.

"Immigration and the Wealth of States": This study analyzes income, employment, poverty, and crime data, 1999-to-2006, from 50 states and the District of Columbia. The 19 jurisdictions that contain 84% of the America’s immigrant population are contrasted with the 32 states in which the remaining 16% reside.

"Border Wars: The Impact of Immigration on the Latino Vote": This study analyzes actual vote shifts in Hispanic portions of six congressional districts in the 2004 and 2006 elections. Nadler finds that border security is not the key issue affecting the Latino vote...“Participants in the immigration debate needn’t like this conclusion. But they had better understand it.”

 

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