Report claims illegal immigrants have small impact on country's economy

The conflation between immigration and the economy is an especially touchy subject given the circumstances of the day, and one of the favored canards spoken by anti-immigrant groups is that the presence of immigrants deprives citizens of jobs and drives down the economy.

While this study doesn't address other social issues that would also become the subject of attack, it addresses the effect immigrant work has on local economies. It finds that there is indeed a slight economic depression where businesses use cheaper immigrant labor, however it is not the catastrophic effect that alarmists claim, and that the benefits in stimulating job growth and the movement of money results in a net benefit.