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On the record: immigrant legalization offers range of economic gains, some fiscal costs


Abstract: Pia Orrenius is a vice president and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. She has written extensively on the economic effects of immigration and coauthored the book Beside the Golden Door: U.S. Immigration Reform in a New Era of Globalization. She discusses the Obama administration?s recently announced plans to legalize the status of several million unauthorized immigrants.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Part of Series: Southwest Economy

Publication Date: 2015

Issue: Q1

Pages: 8-9