Economic Benefits of Immigration

Reforming our immigration system is vital to creating a workforce that contributes to our economic security - both in times of prosperity and recession. Legal immigration is a highly regulated and tightly controlled system that serves our national interest by providing U.S. employers access to workers with the specific skills necessary to strengthen the economy and remain competitive in the global economy. Our current ability to bring in foreign workers from a range of skill levels, however, is extremely limited and outdated.

State by State Reports and Fact Sheets

• Partnership for a New American Economy: 51 State Reports on the Contribution of New Americans
• Partnership for a New American Economy: Map the Impact of Immigration Across the Nation
• American Immigration Council: The Economic and Political Impact of Immigrants, Latinos and Asians State by State
• Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Undocumented Immigrants' State and Local Tax Contributions

Resources/Reports

• An Open Letter from 1,470 Economists on Immigration - April 12, 2017
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration - September 21, 2016
• Partnership for a New American Economy: Not Passing Immigration Reform is Madness - March 25, 2015
• The Hill: Needed: Leadership on Immigration Reform by Benjamin Johnson, AILA's Executive Director - March 18, 2016
• Testimony of Ben Johnson, AILA Executive Director, at the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest hearing on the “Impact of High Levels of Immigration on U.S. Workers.” - March 16, 2016
• Testimony of Dr. Chad Sparber, Associate Professor of Economics Colgate University, at the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest hearing on "The Impact of High-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Workers" - February 25, 2016
• Testimony of Mark O'Neill, Chief Technology Officer of JackThreads (NY), at the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest hearing on "The Impact of High-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Workers" - February 25, 2016
• Information Technology & Innovation Foundation: The Demographics of Innovation in the United States - February 2016
• American Immigration Council: The Economic and Political Impact of Immigrants, Latinos and Asians State by State (Updated 2015)
• Center for American Program: Assessing the Economic Impacts of Granting Deferred Action - April 2, 2015
• Fiscal Policy Institute: President's Immigration Action Expected to Benefit Economy - November 21, 2014
• Center for American Program: Administrative Action on Immigration Reform - The Fiscal Benefits of Temporary Work Permits - September 2014
• American Immigration Council: Two Years and Counting - Assessing the Growing Power of DACA - June 16, 2014
• Immigration Works and U.S. Chamber of Commerce: The Economic Impact of H2-B Workers
• Patent Pending: How Immigrants Are Reinventing The American Economy - June 26, 2012
• Brookings Institute and the Partnership for a New American Economy: Immigrant Workers in the U.S. Labor Force - March 15, 2012
• American Immigration Council and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Report: Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Creating Jobs and Strengthening the Economy - January 25, 2012
• American Immigration Council Report: Rebooting the American Dream: The Role of Immigration in a 21st Century Economy - November 8, 2011
• National Foundation for American Policy: Waiting and More Waiting: American's Family and Employment Based Immigration System - October 2011
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Report: Immigration Myths and Facts Report - May 1, 2011
• American Immigration Council and Center for American Progress Report: The Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform - January 11, 2010