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Publication Date: May 2007
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Robert Rector; Christine Kim
Research Area: Population and demographics
Keywords: Immigration; fiscal burden
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Current immigration practices, both legal and illegal, operate like a system of trans-national welfare outreach bringing millions of fiscally dependent individuals into the U.S. This policy needs to be changed. U.S. immigration policy should encourage high-skill immigration and strictly limit low-skill immigration. In general, government policy should limit immigration to those who will be net fiscal contributors, avoiding those who will increase poverty and impose new costs on overburdened U.S. taxpayers.