Peri, Giovanni. "IMMIGRATION: The Economic Benefits of Immigration." Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS). Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Nov. 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.
Summary:
Peri is looking at the United States, “a very large group of immigrants (as a percentage of the native population with similar skills) is made up of young, highly educated workers, mainly scientists and engineers” (paragraph 5). He modified in his article the version of the wage-depressing effect of immigrants is that, if the relative supply of less-educated workers among the foreign-born is larger, their inflow would depress the wages of less-educated natives relative to highly educated natives. In article he use the studies he conducted with …show more content…
Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, founding director of the North American Integration and Development Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, estimates that in just the first three years following legalization, the "higher earning power of newly legalized workers translates into an increase in net personal income of $30 to $36 billion, which would generate $4.5 to $5.4 billion in additional net tax revenue” (paragraph 3). The wages of unauthorized workers would “increase by $9.7 billion, generating an additional $4.1 billion in new tax revenue and creating 193,000 new jobs in Texas” (paragraph …show more content…
Credibility:
The article is from the American Immigration Council studies, which show the sponsorship of the article, and the American Immigration Council use studies of demonstrates/facts from others writes to support their claim.
Usefulness:
The article will play some roles in my paper but will be used to support evidences and facts that the economic is benefit from immigration. It will be useful describing the increase in “direct and indirect consumer spending of about $3.25 billion would generate over 25,000 additional jobs in the state” (Paragraph 4). That will be also useful using Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda benefits of legalization for eight states describing each state that benefits from immigration like “Texas have the wages of unauthorized workers would increase by $9.7 billion, generating an additional $4.1 billion in new tax revenue and creating 193,000 new jobs”(paragraph