George Borjas
George Borjas
George Jesus Borjas is an American economist and the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is most well known for his advocacy of reducing the rates of immigration to the United States...
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth15 October 1950
biggest illegal impact negative wage
Low-skill ... illegal immigration has the biggest negative impact on the wage of low-skill workers.
arguing huge people workers
There's a huge redistribution away from workers to people who use immigrants. ... That's what people are arguing about.
anyone attempts build clearly disagree equalize hurts numbers people poor says strongly wage wall
I strongly disagree with anyone who (takes) these numbers and says we should build a wall or not build a wall. I think the kind of immigration that hurts poor people the most is clearly not in the country's interest. We should have an immigration (policy) that attempts to equalize the wage gap, not make it worse.
basically efficient employer employers gives huge law problem sanctions tool walk
Employer sanctions can be a very efficient tool if enforced. The problem is the way the law reads, it's basically a joke. It basically gives employers a huge loophole to walk through.
affect care employers
Why would employers care if immigration didn't affect wages?
benefit net
We know that the net benefit of immigration is very small.
toward wealth workers
What immigration really does is redistribute wealth away from workers toward employers.