Immigrants expected to boost the economyThere are several reasons why immigrants largely benefit the economy and job market, economists said.
Immigrants take jobs but they also create new ones by spending in local economies and by starting businesses, economists said.
One 2020 research paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found immigrants are 80% more likely to become entrepreneurs than native workers.
To the extent there's job competition from new immigrants, it tends to fall mostly on prior immigrants rather than native U.S. workers, according to the National Academies paper.
"Sudden surges of immigration obviously affect the ability of native workers to find and take jobs on a given afternoon," Clemens said.
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