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April 17, 2024
Axios: Who the U.S. economic safety net leaves behind
"While key tax breaks and support programs lift a significant percentage of children, parents and older Americans out of poverty, they barely move the needle o…
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April 12, 2024
The New York Times: Immigrants in Maine are filling a labor gap. It may be a prelude for the U.S.
"'I’m very confident that we would not have seen the employment gains we saw last year — and we certainly can’t sustain it — without immigration,' said Wendy E…
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April 12, 2024
Associated Press: A healthy US economy’s secret ingredient: Immigrant workers, eager to fill jobs
"A study by Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson, economists at the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project, has concluded that over the past two years, new immigra…
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April 9, 2024
U.S. News & World Report: What you need to know about the labor market
“'Faster population and labor force growth has meant that employment could grow more quickly than previously believed without adding to inflationary pressures,…
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April 7, 2024
NBC News: How immigrants are helping boost the U.S. job market without affecting inflation
“Wendy Edelberg, a former Federal Reserve economist now serving as director of Brookings’ Hamilton Project, told NBC News the net effect of immigration on infl…
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April 5, 2024
Bloomberg: Worried about the labor market overheating? Relax.
“In remarks Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that healing supply chains and a jump in immigration helped explain why — at least in the recent past — gro…
Commentary
April 5, 2024
Time: Immigration is powering the U.S. economy
"In future years, the vitality of the U.S. population and economy will hinge on immigration policy decisions made now."
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April 3, 2024
The Wall Street Journal: The jobs numbers aren’t adding up. Immigration helps explain why.
"'Lots and lots of people like me, every time they opened the employment report had in the back of their heads that anything above 100,000 is something out of …