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Finally, the End of Immigration

John Tamny, RealClearMarkets | January 27, 2009

The financial crisis may produce an “automated” solution to migration: as jobs lessen immigration currents are reduced. ++ In the US, the numbers of those “caught trying to sneak in [...] from Mexico is at its lowest level since the mid-1970s.” ++ While many are sighing with relief, it should be remembered that it is thriving nations which attract immigration flows. ++ The controversy about immigration will continue, but the benefits may turn out to outweigh the drawbacks as “workers are capital, and their efforts add to [the US’] national wealth.”