{"id":24964,"date":"2021-09-14T14:41:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24964"},"modified":"2021-09-14T14:41:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:41:15","slug":"amnesty-false-financial-hope-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/09\/14\/amnesty-false-financial-hope-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty Fantasy: A Numbers Game That Doesn\u2019t Add Up For America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s<\/a> pals and pro-immigration lobbyists say amnesty<\/a> for millions of illegal aliens will raise workers\u2019 pay while creating 400,000 additional U.S. jobs. It’s pure political bunk masquerading as objective research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pushing the implausible case, a letter<\/a> from open-borders academics to congressional leaders repeats several scenarios that defy economic reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first pitch \u2013 that 10.4 million illegal aliens reside in the U.S. \u2013 falls well short of the plate. By FAIR\u2019s latest estimate<\/a>, made before Joe Biden took office and collapsed America\u2019s southern border, the actual number exceeds 14.5 million. An argument that starts with a 40 percent undercount is less than convincing.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other\nplucked-from-air figures \u2013 such as $600 pay hikes for all<\/em> U.S. workers and the appearance of 400,000 new jobs via an\namnesty \u2013 are not fully supported or properly explained. Neither is the claim\nthat legalizing the status of illegal aliens would expand the Gross Domestic\nProduct (GDP) by $1.5 trillion (7 percent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like arguing that a town with 100 people is much richer when 50 new people move in because the economy is bigger,\u201d Steven Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) told Breitbart News<\/a>. \u201cThe original 100 people [may not]get any richer because a bigger economy doesn\u2019t [automatically]mean that people make higher wages.\u201d (The types of work or skills the 400,000 magical positions might require are not detailed.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amnesty enthusiasts<\/a> admit their model \u201cdoes not capture the potentially large additional benefits.\u201d This is not an unintentional oversight. They steered clear because the price tag of their agenda will easily soar into the trillions of dollars, according to the Congressional Budget Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever revenue gains may derive from broader tax collections will be wiped out by expanded eligibility for social-welfare programs. A CIS study<\/a> estimates that 10 million illegal aliens receiving amnesty would cost Social Security and Medicare $1.3 trillion, equivalent to a one-time transfer of 6 percent of GDP. Add the panoply of other federal and state entitlements, with an accurate count of the illegal-alien population, and you\u2019re talking about real money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\nZuckerberg and his self-dealing cronies were honest, they would acknowledge\nthat amnesty is a chimeric scheme to privatize more profits and socialize the\ncosts. As Camarota notes: \u201cIt will spur more illegal immigration and more\nfamily-based immigration. It\u2019s a win-win for them [by] spurring [consumer]demand<\/a> and holding down wages [with an]increased supply of workers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s pals and pro-immigration lobbyists say amnesty for millions of illegal aliens will raise workers\u2019 pay while creating 400,000 additional U.S. jobs. It’s pure political bunk masquerading as objective research. Pushing the implausible case, a letter from open-borders academics to congressional leaders repeats several scenarios that defy economic reality. The first pitch \u2013 that<\/p>\n

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