Report Claims Illegal Immigrants Have Small Impact On Country's Economy

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Illegal immigrants drive down wages of low-skilled American workers, but they aren't a drain on the overall economy, according to a report released Wednesday.

Businesses and undocumented workers are the clear beneficiaries of the nation's immigration system. The losers are people at the bottom rung of the labor ladder who compete with illegal immigrants for low-wage jobs, according to the report by the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C.

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Report Claims Illegal Immigrants Have Small Impact On Country's Economy

When the pros and cons are tallied up, illegal immigration's overall impact on the economy is small, the report says.

"The fate of the U.S. economic future is not re...

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