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Some research suggests that immigration can offset some of the adverse effects of automation on native labor outcomes in the United States. [28] [29] By increasing overall demand, immigrants could push natives out of low-skilled manual labor into better-paying occupations.
Research with Filipino Americans has demonstrated that first-generation immigrants had lower levels of depressive symptoms than subsequent, US-born generations. [19] First-generation Mexican immigrants to the United States were found to have lower incidences of mood disorders and substance use than their bicultural or subsequent generation counterparts.
Research also shows that migration to Latin America during the Age of Mass Migration had a positive impact on long-run economic development. [76] A 2016 paper by University of Southern Denmark and University of Copenhagen economists found that the 1924 immigration restrictions enacted in the United States impaired the economy. [77] [78]
JPMorgan’s head of research says immigration is undeniably a ‘good thing’ for the economy, as the bank forecasts even higher US GDP growth this year Paolo Confino March 22, 2024 at 11:04 AM
A 2016 research paper published in the American Journal of Sociology hypothesized that border militarization, which took place between 1986 and 2008, in the United States had the unintended consequence of increasing illegal immigration to the United States, as temporary illegal immigrants who entered the United States seasonally for work opted ...
Immigration into the United States has been on the rise since 1965. [12] Public opinion polls have demonstrated "that the percentage of Americans who wanted immigration decreased to be very low immediately prior to 1965, but had begun an upward incline from 1965 to the late 1970s at which time it thereafter increased dramatically". [12]
A 2019 paper from Tel Aviv University identified economic competition, cultural competition, racial attitudes, and fear of crime as some of the most significant factors in opposition to immigration. [105] While much research has been conducted to determine what causes opposition to immigration, little research has been done to determine the ...
The Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) is an interdisciplinary research center in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. [ 1 ] Founded in 1965, [ 2 ] the IHRC promotes research on migration with a special emphasis on immigration to the U.S.