Source: DESERET NEWS, 8/20/16

 Despite the heightened political rhetoric on the topic, higher rates of immigration are not tied to higher unemployment rates, according to an immigration policy analyst. David Bier of the Cato Institute wrote in a blog post that the opposite is true — unemployment is lowest when immigration is highest. During years when immigration was greater than the historical average, unemployment averaged 5.7 percent… 
 

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