1. Do Immigrants Steal American Jobs? Evidence from Economics Nimish Adhia, Assistant Professor of Economics January 27 th, 2016, Manhattanville College Library

2. The American economy needs immigrant workers. The belief that immigrants take jobs that can otherwise be filled by hard-working Americans has been disputed by an overwhelming number of economic research studies and data. Removing the approximately 8 million unauthorized workers in the United States would not automatically create 8 million job openings for unemployed Americans, said Daniel Griswold, director of the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies. The reason, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is two-fold. For one, removing millions of undocumented workers from the economy would also remove millions of entrepreneurs, consumers and taxpayers. The economy would actually lose jobs. Second, native-born workers and immigrant workers tend to possess different skills that often complement one another. According to Griswold, immigrants, regardless of status, fill the growing gap between expanding low-skilled jobs and the shrinking pool of native-born Americans who are willing to take such jobs. By facilitating the growth of such sectors as retail, agriculture, landscaping, restaurants, and hotels, low-skilled immigrants have enabled those sectors to expand, attract investment, and create middle-class jobs in management, design and engineering, bookkeeping, marketing and other areas that employ U.S. citizens. Source: http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/20/news/economy/immigration-myths/

3. Immigrant Population vs. Unemployment Rate

4. Mariel Boat Lift Study Study conducted in 1990 by David Card of UC Berkeley Found no effect on the wages or unemployment rates on US-born workers in Miami The labor force of Miami increased 7% within 4 months.

5. Russian Jews Exodus Study Study conducted by Rachel Friedberg, an economist at Brown University About 600,000 Russian Jews in the early 1990s moved to Israel, increasing its population by 14%. Found no effect on the wages and unemployment rates of Israeli-born workers.

6. George Borjas, Harvard University As a result of immigration from 1970 – 2000, the wages of U.S. born high-school drop outs are 3 to 5% lower than they would otherwise be. All other groups experienced gains in wages. (1999)

7. Giovanni Peri, UC Davis The long term impact of immigration into the US from 1996-2006, the was to increase the average wages of U.S. workers (including the lowest skilled) by 1%.

8. +680% Effect on Wages as a Result of Immigration into the US

9. Immigrants in the US are over-represented at the extremes of the education distribution

10. In Sum, the Effect of Immigrants in the U.S. is to decrease slightly the wages of U.S. workers without a high school diploma benefit the rest of the Americans by  lowering prices of goods and services  complementing the skills of US workers  expanding the economy and allowing for greater specialization and productivity

11. Who other than Immigrants Steals American Jobs? http://cnet.co/1v7z11b