Thursday, February 9, 2012

Immigration and Jobs: The Dangerous Zero Sum Game Fallacy

Immigration and Jobs: The Dangerous Zero Sum Game Fallacy

Many Filipinos in USA are affected by the new anti-immigration mentality of its people and politicians amounting to isolationism, an atmosphere promoted by ex Pres. Bush after 9/11. A group of US immigration lawyers oppose such an anti-economic prosperity mindset.


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Unemployment is a highly complicated problem that will require a complex solution, or set of solutions. When politicians advance the simplistic argument that immigration restrictions equal U.S. job growth, it is not only dangerous as an inherently flawed theory, it is also a highly damaging distraction from the crucial work of finding smart, nuanced and well-thought out long-term solutions to our unemployment problems. The American people deserve these viable solutions, not simplistic political rhetoric.

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