<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="country-region"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="State"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="place"/>
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:windowtext;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:navy;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:blue;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 color="#003366" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#003366'>An immigration system where everybody
wins</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>EPI has recently published a series of papers that make a
strong case that immigration brings economic benefits not just for individual immigrant
workers and their families, but also for native-born workers, and that those
benefits are greatest when the immigrant workers become citizens.</span></font><b><font
size=2 color="#003366" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:#003366;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>This trend seems to hold true for both low- and
high-skilled workers. In his recent paper <a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hhaNUCcdeXYoShqHjwz18lupCYHpgn7G"
title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hhaNUCcdeXYoShqHjwz18lupCYHpgn7G"><em><i><font
color="#003366" face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#003366'>Bridge
to Immigration or Cheap Temporary Labor?</span></font></i></em></a> EPI
research associate <a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TgH%2FanaIRN%2BEHsMuC17RAlupCYHpgn7G"
title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TgH/anaIRN+EHsMuC17RAlupCYHpgn7G"><strong><b><font
color="#003366" face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#003366'>Ron
Hira</span></font></b></strong></a> focuses on the H-1B and L-1 visa programs
for high-skilled workers, and argues that these visas are often used to recruit
cheap temporary labor or to outsource <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> jobs. His research shows that
many companies employ large numbers of H-1B of L-1 visa holders but pay them
less than what <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
citizens earn for comparable work, and never sponsor most of them for
citizenship.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Economist <a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=G4quKXUWqo1nkEvZON%2BmglupCYHpgn7G"
title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=G4quKXUWqo1nkEvZON+mglupCYHpgn7G"><strong><b><font
color="#003366" face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#003366'>Heidi
Shierholz'</span></font></b></strong></a> new paper, <a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=r99Q5rikytbcTB%2F3f4yW31upCYHpgn7G"
title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=r99Q5rikytbcTB/3f4yW31upCYHpgn7G"><em><i><font
color="#003366" face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#003366'>The
Effects of Citizenship on Family Income and Poverty</span></font></i></em></a>,
looks at a much broader pool of immigrant workers and also finds that
citizenship leads to higher wages, as well as lower levels of poverty, even
after accounting for other differences between citizen and non-citizen
immigrants, such as age and level of education. Shierholz said the research
shows how citizenship can help millions of people reap greater rewards for
their work while at the same time boost tax revenues as workers wages rise.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>This matter of how citizenship benefits local economies
through higher tax revenues is examined in more detail in <a
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hBSsLcbEqwy3kdbxu%2BYcqVupCYHpgn7G"
title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hBSsLcbEqwy3kdbxu+YcqVupCYHpgn7G"><em><i><font
color="#003366" face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#003366'>The
Economic Benefits of Immigrant Authorization</span></font></i></em></a>, a new
study by the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration at the University of
Southern California, which was co-authored by EPI board member Manuel Pastor.
The paper looks at the 1.8 million unauthorized Latino workers in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>, and shows
that those workers who are citizens earn substantially more than those working
in the shadows. Pastor's paper estimates that granting <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>'s
unauthorized immigrants legal status could result in a total gain for <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> of $16
billion a year.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>