Does Bernie Know Dems Need A Miracle?

[Belsnickel]

The answer about immigrants costing us money is an extremely nuanced one that is difficult to fully realize. For instance:

Quote:Age at arrival is an important determining fiscal factor as well, because of its relation to the three factors identified above. Immigrants arriving while of working age—who pay taxes almost immediately and for whom per capital social expenditures are the lowest—are, on average, net positive contributors. In The New Americans’ fiscal estimates for the 1990s, a 21-year-old with a high school diploma was found to have a net present value of $126,000. This value gradually declines with age at arrival; as the projected number of years remaining in the workforce becomes smaller; the figure turned negative for those arriving after their mid-thirties. For immigrants with lower levels of education, the estimated net present value was much smaller initially and turned negative at an earlier age (National Research Council, 1997, pp. 328-330). Immigrants arriving after age 21 also do not themselves add to costs of public education in the receiving country (although, if they have them, their children would). In cases where immigrants are educated in the origin country, the receiving country benefits from the investment without paying for it, creating a distortion in the expenditure estimates.

https://www.nap.edu/read/23550/chapter/12#327

Earlier on in that study it discusses how first-gen immigrants may, in general, be a net drain on fiscal resources but their children provide a net boost which is, on average, higher than native-born citizens.

Anyway, as per usual, this discussion has been done with only a small percentage of the information and with very little critical thinking on the overall impacts.