
Should the U.S. Have Free Immigration?
The Soho Forum Debates
The Economic Consequences of Immigration
There are no counter arguments that will be made tonight that come close to showing that the cost of immigration are higher than those benefits. Immigrants do not take our jobs nor do they lower our wages. Our twice as entrepreneurial as native born Americans create job opportunities for natives and are more likely to patent. There were 219 foreign-born terrorists responsible for 3,046 murders in terrorist attacks on US soil from 1975 through the end of 2022. The chance of a person being murdered in one of those attacks is about 1 in 4.3 million per year. Terrorism is a small and manageable threat without more immigration restrictions.
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