The United States could import computers; if it instead imports computer engineers, the money they earn is taxed and spent in the United States. The administration says it still wants high-skilled workers, and it has described the cuts as targeted at low-skilled immigrants. “That is not an economic decision.”The economic impact of low-skilled immigration is more hotly debated. Mr. Borjas is the foremost proponent of the view that low-skilled immigration reduced the incomes of American workers without high school degrees. “It is adversely affecting the wages, working conditions, and employment opportunities of our own agricultural workers,” President John F. Kennedy declared in 1962.

Source: New York Times August 04, 2017 01:00 UTC