Not that it makes a blind bit of difference as people who are definitely not idiots have already made up their mind and will not listen to any kind of evidence on the matter, but yet another paper highlighting the enormous value migrants bring to the economy, to individual firm performance and to communities as a whole.
https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/issue-brief/v6n7.php
and the authors discuss the paper here - http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/economic-debate-immigration-reform/
“What the research is showing is that there’s a pattern that goes something like this: A group of migrants starts moving into a certain place, and eventually they are going to form a cluster. Those migrants aren’t isolated from their homes, so they communicate back and forth, they bring ideas, they bring skill, they bring some of their own money,” he said.
“But what’s not talked about is that a few years later, companies from [these migrants’] home countries actually follow them into that place and set up factories and retail stores and research centers, and they make productive capital investments,” he noted. “Those factories employ not only immigrants, they also employ more Americans than immigrants. That pattern of migration being followed by foreign investment, by capital that comes into the U.S., is not talked about, but it’s a very common pattern.”
https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/issue-brief/v6n7.php
and the authors discuss the paper here - http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/economic-debate-immigration-reform/
“What the research is showing is that there’s a pattern that goes something like this: A group of migrants starts moving into a certain place, and eventually they are going to form a cluster. Those migrants aren’t isolated from their homes, so they communicate back and forth, they bring ideas, they bring skill, they bring some of their own money,” he said.
“But what’s not talked about is that a few years later, companies from [these migrants’] home countries actually follow them into that place and set up factories and retail stores and research centers, and they make productive capital investments,” he noted. “Those factories employ not only immigrants, they also employ more Americans than immigrants. That pattern of migration being followed by foreign investment, by capital that comes into the U.S., is not talked about, but it’s a very common pattern.”
