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Immigration restrictions may harm native workers' economic mobility, studies find

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A new report from the Cato Institute suggests that restrictive immigration policies, like those proposed by President Trump, could negatively impact the economic mobility of native-born workers for generations. The study, which analyzed data from the 1920s, found a link between immigration quotas and reduced long-term earnings for U.S.-born white men. Another study by the National Bureau of Economic Research indicated that for every six immigrants removed from the workforce, one native-born worker lost their job. AI

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Immigration restrictions may harm native workers' economic mobility, studies find

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Jake Angelo ·

    Immigration restrictions don’t boost native workers. They cut economic mobility for generations, study finds

    A Cato Institute report found that immigration quotas in the 1920s actually harmed the economic prospects of native-born citizens.

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