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Immigration to the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you arrow down to crime you can see that the children of immigrants tend to go to jail more, the assumption being it's due to lack of education, not working etc.

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Not a good source for you, given it makes a convincing case that "immigrants, both legal and illegal do not raise the rate of crime in the United States"

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Given the crime effects were easily dismissed I've been out there trying to find some negative analysis into immigration. An interesting paper found is Peach (2007, Institutionalist Perspectives on Immigration Policy, Journal of Economic Issues, Vol 41, pp 369-374):

There are several opposing opinions for and against increasing or decreasing immigration restrictions. Several economists, including Thorstein Veblen, believed that there should exist less restrictive policies as restricting migration would prohibit the growth of industrial efficiency. However, economists such as John R. Commons believed that a more lenient immigration policy would lead to class conflicts and an influx of a less desirable class of immigrant.

Less desirable class of immigrant? To what extent does immigrant restriction reflect a negative view of racial types?

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Another positive account of immigration is offered by Legrain (2007, The Case for Immigration, International Economy, Vol 21, pp 26-29). The summary is as follows:

The article focuses on the significance of immigrants for economic growth of rich countries, particularly the U.S. According to the author, U.S. should open its policy to foreigners to stay ahead. He argues that the concept that immigrants threaten American workers is a fallacy. He reminds that nearly half of America's venture capital-backed start-ups have been founded by immigrants. He claims that opening the country's borders would spread freedom and widen the opportunity to boost the state's economy, society and culture.