ABSTRACT
This chapter examines social science findings on the effect of immigration on a set of values most Americans consider important. The Urban Institute study considered trends in unemployment in the five-county Los Angeles metropolitan statistical area. The researchers found that in 1970, prior to the beginning of mass Mexican immigration, the unemployment rate in the Los Angeles area had been higher than in the United States (US), not only for all persons but also for blacks. A large number of researchers have attempted quantitative analyses of the impact of immigrants on the nation as a whole. Moreover, there does seem to be agreement that the total net fiscal impact for the federal government appears to be more positive than the impact for state and local governments. Accordingly, any governmental regulations that restrict free immigration to the US introduce labor monopolies that destroy equity.
