What immigration brings California. Study evaluates the costs, benefits of a huge influx of foreign workers

“The 64-page study, “The Impact of Immigration on the California Economy,” was commissioned by the California Economic Strategy Panel, whose members are appointed by the governor and legislative leaders. Its author, Stephen Levy of the Continuing Center of the California Economy, will present its findings at a informal study session in Sacramento on Thursday.

Levy characterized the report as an effort to gauge the economic and fiscal impacts of immigration. In order to do that, he stressed, it’s vital to understand two facts: that 1 out of every 4 Californians, or 9.5 million people, were born outside the United States; and that 25 percent of these newcomers, or 2.4 million people, arrived here without papers….”

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