let them all in! People can earn three times more just by being in the US and we benefit by lower inflation. EDIT: I encourage people to read two stories Qian

let them all in! People can earn three times more just by being in the US and we benefit by lower inflation. EDIT: I encourage people to read two stories Qian Xuesen - what happens when you deport skilled laborers https://davidcard.berkeley.edu/papers/mariel-impact.pdf https://davidcard.berkeley.edu/papers/mariel-impact.pdf - one of the first studies on immigration econ effects on wages. A good starting point