Immigrants Aren’t Taking Americans’ Jobs, New Study Finds

[KamaAina]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/us/immigrants-arent-taking-americans-jobs-new-study-finds.html

Do immigrants take jobs from Americans and lower their wages by working for less?

The answer, according to a report published on Wednesday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, is no, immigrants do not take American jobs — but with some caveats.

The question is at the heart of the furious debate over immigration that has divided the country and polarized the presidential race. Many American workers, struggling to recover from the recession, have said they feel squeezed out by immigrants....

The report assembles research from 14 leading economists, demographers and other scholars, including some, like Marta Tienda of Princeton, who write favorably about the impacts of immigration and others who are skeptical of its benefits, like George J. Borjas, a Harvard economist. Here’s what the report says:
• “We found little to no negative effects on overall wages and employment of native-born workers in the longer term,” said Francine D. Blau, an economics professor at Cornell University who led the group that produced the 550-page report.

Much more in this month's issue of DUH! Magazine, on newsstands now.

[Igel]

1. Headline notwithstanding, and obvious conclusion also notwithstanding,

even the article says it's nuanced by, well, citing nuances.

"With caveats."

"In the longer term." (Well, gee, if I'm unemployed for 10 years and am employed in year 11, I'm employed in the longer term.)

We see what we need to see, and that's "just us." Of course, "just us" is blind, the saying goes.