Reagan's Economic Focus on Immigration

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How Republicans Used to Use Immigration to Boost the Economy

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In 1980 , Ronald Reagan recognized soaring unemployment in Mexico as the driving force behind the increased flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S. The lack of skilled labor is one of the main concerns for business, says Selma Hepp , Chief Economist at Compass , an independent real estate brokerage.

Legal immigrants tend to arrive when the economy is booming, provide low cost labor that is flexible enough to go where it's needed.

Kennedy : "What about illegal immigration? Does it have an impact on wages?” “You know, there’s been a lot of research on that and it has really not reached a clear conclusion on that,” Powell said.

Kennedy was likely suggesting that illegal immigrants drive down the wages of Americans .

The real drain on the economy from illegal immigrants comes when the resources they take from our economy exceed their contributions to it.

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