{"id":2337653,"date":"2024-09-06T05:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T09:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-immigration-is-a-boon-to-a-free-market-economy-but-whats-happening-now-is-not-that-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T05:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T09:46:15","slug":"legal-immigration-is-a-boon-to-a-free-market-economy-but-whats-happening-now-is-not-that-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-immigration-is-a-boon-to-a-free-market-economy-but-whats-happening-now-is-not-that-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal immigration is a boon to a free market economy. But what\u2019s happening now is not \u2026 that. &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flegal-immigration-is-a-boon-to-a-free-market-economy-but-whats-happening-now-is-not-that-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2337653&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses \u200dthe implications of illegal immigration on the U.S. economy, particularly highlighting the influx\u200b of over \u200d10 million illegal\u200b immigrants since President Biden and Vice President Harris took office, \u200cwith an \u200badditional 2 million known &#8220;gotaways.&#8221; While illegal immigration is presented as an economic crisis,\u2064 it is emphasized that these immigrants are not contributing sufficiently to the labor market. According to\u200c a \u200brecent study from the Atlanta\u200b Federal Reserve, many prime-age immigrants, particularly those without \u2063college degrees, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-voters-say-income-isnt-keeping-up-with-inflation-as-white-house-touts-bidenomics\/\" title=\"Most voters feel income isn&#039;t keeping up with inflation despite White House promoting Bidenomics.\">low employment rates<\/a> and work significantly fewer hours compared to previous immigrant waves.<\/p>\n<p>As the 2024\u2063 presidential\u2064 election \u200dapproaches, the issue is becoming increasingly politicized, with former\u2063 President \u2062Trump asserting that many new jobs have been filled by illegal immigrants, yet noting that many \u200dof these individuals may rely on taxpayer support. The article also highlights California&#8217;s extensive benefits for \u2063illegal immigrants, which are funded by \u2063taxpayers, raising concerns about the financial burden on \u200dboth state \u200band federal levels. the piece argues that while illegal \u200cimmigration could potentially benefit the economy, \u200cthe \u200dcurrent \u200dsituation indicates\u2062 a strain on resources rather than an economic boon.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-sacff-txt\">Magazine &#8211; Business<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Legal immigration is a boon to a free market economy. But what&rsquo;s happening now is not &hellip; that.<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1722151\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-patrol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Border Patrol<\/a> agents have recorded at least 10 million illegal immigrants who have flooded the country since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Joe Biden<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> took office. But that figure doesn&rsquo;t include the 2 million known &ldquo;gotaways&rdquo; and countless others who have evaded formal detection by law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In addition to this being a human crisis, it&rsquo;s also an economic one. These illegal immigrants are not working enough.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study by the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank isolated Census Bureau survey data of prime-age immigrants without college degrees, the majority of whom recently arrived. Or, the Atlanta Fed concedes, are indeed undocumented. While the self-reported employment status of these immigrants has trended upward over time, annual hours worked have trended downward. The average immigrant in this category who has been in the country for two years &mdash; and do note that the majority of illegal immigrants who have entered during the Biden-Harris administration fall into this category &mdash; only worked 1,400 hours in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The issue has become embroiled in the presidential campaign, now in its final two months ahead of Election Day, Nov. 5. Former President Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2024\/08\/trump-is-likely-right-about-illegal-immigrants-accounting-for-job-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>laments<\/a> that the majority of new jobs created in the last two years have gone to illegal immigrants. Yet the larger problem is that at least half are likely living on taxpayer largesse.<\/p>\n<p>A little more than half of the prime-age immigrants without college degrees studied by the Atlanta Fed are in the labor force at all, compared to 5 in 6 Americans aged 25-64. Whereas the foreign-born population increased by nearly 4 million from July 2022 to July 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jobs-report-april-employment-for-native-born-and-foreign-born-workers\/\" title=\"April Employment Data for Native and Foreign Workers\">foreign-born employment<\/a> only increased by 2.32 million. And when this recent influx of illegal immigrants do work, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/economy\/jobs\/immigration-wave-delivers-economic-windfall-but-theres-a-catch-51085c4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>generate<\/a> lower labor productivity than previous waves of immigrants. So who&rsquo;s paying for these millions of unemployed? We are.<\/p>\n<p>For the nation&rsquo;s most extreme example, consider California, which now offers illegal immigrants free (taxpayer-funded) health insurance, subsidized in-state tuition rates, food stamps for women, infants, and children, and possibly a new $150,000 handout for down payments on new homes, a proposal endorsed by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Even before Medi-Cal coverage went into effect for California&rsquo;s undocumented population, illegal immigrants <a href=\"https:\/\/calbudgetcenter.org\/news\/new-study-undocumented-immigrants-contribute-8-5-billion-in-california-taxes-a-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>generated<\/a> just $8.5 billion, according to the pro-immigration Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, in state and local taxes in 2022 but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/fair-illegal-immigration-costs-california-taxpayers-nearly-31-billion-a-year-301766122.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cost<\/a> $22.8 billion, according to the immigration-restrictionist Federation for American Immigration Reform.<\/p>\n<p>The chasm has likely grown, and even federal taxpayers are on the hook. National taxpayers foot the majority of the bill for Medi-Cal and all of it for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/life-or-death-for-these-kids-i-talked-to-3-moms-who-cant-find-formula-to-feed-their-children\/\" title=\"\u2018Life Or Death For These Kids\u2019: I Talked To 3 Moms Who Can\u2019t Find Formula To Feed Their Children\">supplemental nutrition program<\/a> for women, infants, and children. And so long as the IRS allows the state and local tax deduction, which was capped at $10,000 by Trump&rsquo;s 2017 tax reform, to exist at all, federal taxpayers are further funding benefits for illegal immigrants in states such as California.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All in all, the Center for Immigration Reform <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Report\/Welfare-Use-Immigrants-and-USBorn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>determined<\/a> that 59% of illegal households used at least one major welfare program compared to 39% of native-born households. And all of this is before the dramatic escalation of direct spending from the Department of Homeland Security and localities to nongovernmental organizations and hospitality agencies to house, clothe, and feed swaths of migrants bused into anywhere from Times Square to Boston.<\/p>\n<p>This nation was indeed built by immigrants who followed the laws of entry to take jobs, not handouts. While legal immigration is a boon to any economy with pending demographic doom as ours, illegal immigration influxes into a welfare state as fungible and flabby as ours come at a cost that we are not recouping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1722151\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1722151\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Magazine &#8211; Business**<\/p>\n<p>Legal immigration benefits a free market economy, but the current situation is quite different. Since President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took office, Border Patrol agents have documented over 10 million illegal immigrants entering the country. This number excludes an additional 2 million known as &#8220;gotaways&#8221; and many others who have successfully avoided detection by law enforcement. This situation represents not only a humanitarian crisis but also an economic one, as these illegal immigrants are not contributing enough to the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study from the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank analyzed Census Bureau data on prime-age immigrants without college degrees, most of whom are recent arrivals or undocumented. Although self-reported employment among these individuals has increased over time, their annual working hours have decreased. On average, those who have been in the U.S. for two years\u2014most of whom entered during Biden&#8217;s administration\u2014worked only 1,400 hours in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This issue has become a focal point in the presidential campaign leading up to Election Day on November 5. Former President Donald Trump, now the Republican nominee for 2024, argues that most new jobs created in recent years have gone to illegal immigrants. However, a more significant concern is that at least half of these individuals may be relying on taxpayer support.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Atlanta Fed&#8217;s study, just over half of prime-age immigrants without college degrees participate in the labor force compared to five out of six Americans aged 25-64. While nearly four million foreign-born individuals arrived between July 2022 and July 2024, foreign-born employment rose by only about 2.32 million during that time frame. Furthermore, when these newly arrived illegal immigrants do find work, they tend to be less productive than earlier immigrant groups.<\/p>\n<p>So who bears the financial burden for this large number of unemployed? We do\u2014taxpayers foot much of this bill. For instance, California provides various benefits funded by taxpayers for illegal immigrants including free health insurance through Medi-Cal and subsidized tuition rates; proposals even include potential cash handouts for home down payments supported by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Before Medi-Cal coverage was extended to undocumented residents in California, it was estimated that they contributed $8.5 billion in state and local taxes while costing $22.8 billion according to estimates from both pro-immigration and immigration-restrictionist organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The gap between costs incurred versus taxes paid has likely widened since then; federal taxpayers also contribute significantly towards programs like Medi-Cal and nutrition assistance programs aimed at women and children\u2014all while benefiting states like California through tax deductions capped at $10k under Trump&#8217;s tax reform.<\/p>\n<p>Overall research indicates that approximately 59% of households led by illegal immigrants utilize at least one major welfare program compared with just 39% among native-born households\u2014a trend exacerbated by increased spending from agencies tasked with supporting migrants arriving across various U.S cities.<\/p>\n<p>While legal immigration historically strengthens economies facing demographic challenges like ours today; unchecked illegal immigration into our welfare system incurs costs we cannot recover effectively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2693,"featured_media":2337654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Border_Crisis_Immigrants_LoweColumn_0911.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35077,40266,36382,40265,32076],"class_list":["post-2337653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-economic-impact","tag-free-market-economy","tag-immigration-policy","tag-legal-immigration","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Border_Crisis_Immigrants_LoweColumn_0911.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2693"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}