Average Quote by Fabrizio Moreira

“we can turn to a study by the Center for Immigration Studies–a think tank that opposes immigration–which found that immigration has virtually no effect…

— Rutger Bregman

By keeping labor supply down, immigration policy tends to keep wages high. Let us underline this basic principle: Limitation of the supply of any…

— Paul Samuelson

To the extent that our workers compete with low-paid Mexicans, it is as much through undocumented immigration as trade. This pattern threatens low-paid, low-skill…

— William J. Clinton

By holding down natural wage growth in labor-intensive industries, immigration serves as a subsidy for low-wage, low-productivity ways of doing business, retarding technological progress…

— Mark Krikorian

For too long the U.S. immigration system has focused on accepting low-skilled immigrants. Basic economics tells us that the surge of low-skilled workers depresses…

— Mercedes Schlapp

Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.

— Lamar S. Smith

Decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens, especially for African-American and Latino workers. We are going to…

— Donald Trump

Immigration has a huge cost on social programs, and it lowers salaries and drives up unemployment.

— Marine Le Pen

One way to quantify the immigrant contribution to the overall economy is to measure their share of the U.S. economic output. One such examination…

— Fabrizio Moreira

Economists argue about the relative impact of immigrants versus robots on wage stagnation - voters don't care much. They blame immigrants. It's easier to…

— Katty Kay

As far as wages are concerned, the only difference between immigration and birth is that birth takes longer.

— Alex Tabarrok

So what are the effects of increasing minimum wages? Any Econ 101 student can tell you the answer: The higher wage reduces the quantity…

— Paul Krugman