Data-Based Research Shows Immigration Benefits To Country

As immigration advocates make the case for more immigration to the United States, they tend to focus on the ways immigrants participate in our consumer economy. When highly skilled immigrants come to the United States on employment-based work visas, they contribute to the economy by buying goods, taking out mortgages, and paying taxes. They also contribute by being entrepreneurs, creating jobs on their own, and creating jobs in existing businesses through the new skills they bring. In addition, they become important first responders or contribute by performing jobs that many U.S. workers do not undertake in agriculture, food services, hospitality, and construction. While some of these workers may impact the economy as a result of their use of public services — such as schools — eventually, those workers and their children become skilled members of our society who contribute much more to the economy than the initial costs to integrate them.