Sociology What effect does immigration-legal and illegal-have upon the US economy?

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Negative 1

Although immigrants have lower divorce rates and are less likely to form single-parent households than natives, their rates equal or exceed these rates by the second generation

Negative 2

Children in immigrant families tend to be healthier than US born citizens, but the advantage declines.

Negative 3

Immigrant children attend schools that are disproportionately attended by other poor children and students with limited English proficiency, so they are ethnically, economically, and linguistically isolated

Positive 1

Immigrant families and noncitizen households are more likely to be on public assistance, but their time on public assistance is less and they receive fewer benefits.

Positive 3

Immigrants overwhelmingly continue to see learning English as an ethical obligation to all immigrants

Positive 2

Second-generation immigrants are doing as well as or better than white non-Hispanic natives in educational attainment, labor force participation, wages, and household income


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