Do Illegal Immigrants Help or Hinder US Economic Growth?

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Intelligent_Immigration_Reform_A_Real-World_Approach

Tamar Jacoby of ImmigrationWorks USA says immigrant workers do not compete with Americans for jobs, but rather complement the U.S. workforce while also helping to grow the economy. "They make us all more productive because of the way they complement us," says Jacoby.

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New School President Bob Kerrey and a panel of leading experts with divergent viewpoints engage in lively debate to hammer out practical, legislative approaches to immigration reform.

Speakers discuss why a legislative solution is critical and what the right legislation would look like. They also examine the McCain/Kennedy Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act and subsequent proposals and discuss which aspects of those proposed solutions are feasible and well thought-out.

Finally, the speakers assess what the new Administration has accomplished in its first 100 days and what it needs to address going forward. - The New School

Tamar Jacoby is president and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA, a national federation of employers working to advance better immigration law.

A nationally known journalist and author, she is a leading center-right advocate for immigration reform. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard and Foreign Affairs, among other publications. She is a regular guest on national television and radio.

She is author of Someone Elses House: Americas Unfinished Struggle for Integration, and editor of Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What It Means To Be American, a collection of essays about immigrant integration.

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[requezz]

If your crying about illegals taking your jobs then point blank your a LOOSER!!!

[JimyRoss]

if canada imports migrant workers legally from south of our border then so can we.

[JimyRoss]

@tfa1985 no one needs illegal immigrants. if they were legalized how many would get fired when they require a minimum wage? they are hired because they dont require a minimum wage & that "great guy" who hires illegals would probably just replace them with other illegals. illegals have to go, americans need those jobs.

[brown2009619]

Love this woman. She speaks the truth with facts!!!!!!!

[tfa1985]

I am a white guy and I use to think illegals were bad but it is quite the opposite. For the last year I have lived in a small town where nearly half the workforce is illegal and these people work two jobs a day making below minimum wage. Trust me with out these people this town would be dead because I guarantee 99.9% of Americans would do they jobs these people do for even minimum wage. Id rather be dead broke then do what they do. It's like we honestly tricked them to do our shit work. This c

[DOWNRANGE06]

BS 20 million people are working on farms is pure BS! Why would you work a job for $100 a week but it cost you $200 a week to pay your bills! most illegals are working in warehouses doing almost the same type of job as UPS workers who load & unload UPS trucks! And you think nobody wants to work for UPS! Once again another person telling Americans dont think about this its not a problem! FUCK THAT SHIT! In America we are of all nations & know this is wrong! Wake Up AMERICA!

[66Bloodcrystal]

It is sickening how the govt. gives illegals special treatment.You don't have to press 3 for Asian,4 for Russian,and so on.That is because these other groups come here legally and can speak English.These illegals come here with a 3rd grade education.These idiots can barely speak their own language let alone learn a second one.If you can't or will not learn our ,language,and our culture,then you need to go back to that shit-hole country you come from.

[nenitoloco6]

Immigrants pay more taxes and don't receive any help back ( food stamps ,health care,social securitty benefits .compensation)even they don't receive their taxes back so,where those billions of dollar gone??? Yes to the economy of this country,ask your government why he will never put a hand over the immigrants.because is a shot in their legs .. Frome those 12 million immigrants born 8 million kids in the last 10 years so it's to late to do something they already replace is something that some

[topperheartramada]

@MEXICANO0311 I am sure the second the last American soldier has left Iraq all Mexican illegals will pack and leave. In fact, I hear they only started coming into the US illegaly as soon as Bush declared war on Saddam's regime.

[MEXICANO0311]

no no no buddy then why do you whys dont fuck off from iraq and all those countrys the you have been in there people dont want you there like you guys dont want us here but if immigrants leave the u.s the economy would go down more then it is now cuz you guys want to win the money the fucking easy way who wants to work on a field 16 hours a day for you to get like 100 bucks per day would you do the? fucking ass hole think about it