If we pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform, meaning that we secure the borders,address the root causes of migration,formulate a reasonable and practical method to determine levels of migration,and provide a pathway to legalization for all current undocumented migrants, it will boost our GPD. A report by the CATO institute shows that the GPD of the U.S would rise by .84%, which is about a 1.5 trillion cumulative increase in the GPD over the next 10 years. Another reason that we should pass a comprehensive immigration reform is that it will increase all workers’ wages. The wages of native-born high and low skilled workers would rise under a reform because the “wage floor” rises for all the workers.Moreover, legalized workers invest more in their human capital making them productive workers
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