Monday, June 9, 2008

Immigration

As a part of my work with Association I am compiling some resources about immigration and local government. Immigration has been a hot topic for quite a long time especially with the upcoming elections this topic has become one of the most debated issue among the candidates.
Generally when we discuss immigration we think about Federal legislation, panelists, senators and congressmen. However this is hot even for local and state governments. Last week I got an opportunity to listen to experts debate about economic impacts of immigration on low skilled native born workers. Of course some economist had already developed a model for this.
But today I came across some interesting research done by Heritage Foundation scholars. I think those interested should have a look at http://www.heritage.org/research/immigration/. The link gives access to articles, fact sheets about many aspects of the immigration debate. Definitely a worthwhile resource to tap.

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