The High Cost of Closed Borders [CityLab.com]

Samantha Sangenito 1/11/174:00 AM

Despite what some pundits predicted, being elected President has not made Donald Trump fundamentally change his message on immigration: Just last week, the president-elect was pushing Congress to pay for his border wall with Mexico, which could cost (U.S., not Mexican) taxpayers as much as $10 billion.

All this is an attempt to bolster his populist message—but it would be a failing economic policy. The reality is that immigration is a positive force for economic growth in the United States.

That’s the main takeaway from three recent studies that reveal more about the geography of immigration and the effects of immigrants on America’s neighborhoods and cities.

[For more of this story, written by Richard Florida, go to http://www.citylab.com/housing...osed-borders/510197/]

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Robert OlcottMember

Apparently, no one on Donald Trump's staff bothered to read a 2016 Congressional Research Service report to members and committees of Congress on our REFUGEE commitments as a result of treaties and other international agreements, that we, as an entire nation, are a signatory to. The USA currently has annual commitments to accept about 100,000 REFUGEES.

I'd be willing to avail the link to the specific CRS Refugee report, if anyone cares to peruse it.

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