“There's definitely a huge gap between the elite and public perceptions on immigration.” HugePerceptionImmigrationGapsElites Author:Mark Krikorian
“By holding down natural wage growth in labor-intensive industries, immigration serves as a subsidy for low-wage, low-productivity ways of doing business, retarding technological progress and productivity growth.” WayGrowthNaturalProgressIndustryLowsLaborProductivityImmigrationTechnologicalSubsidiesTechnological Progress Author:Mark Krikorian
“The interesting point is that the polarization is not so much among the public, although there's some of that. The polarization on the immigration issue is really between the elites and the public. In other words, this is not so much a right-left issue, which it is partly.” LeftInterestingIssuesImmigrationElitesPolarization Author:Mark Krikorian
“But it's more an up-versus-down issue because the research has shown that opinion leaders, whether they're elected officials, journalists, business leaders - it's academics, religious leaders - they have dramatically different views on immigration. A” DifferentReligiousViewsLeaderOpinionIssuesResearchImmigrationJournalistOfficialsVersusBusiness LeadersElected OfficialsReligious LeadersDifferent ViewsOpinion Leaders Author:Mark Krikorian
“And they are much more skeptical of the very idea of having immigration limits, whereas the public - again, independents and Democrats, as well as Republicans, although not necessarily all in the same proportions - have a much stronger sense of the American government and American law having responsibility to Americans specifically rather than to people around the world. So the polarization is up versus down, not really right versus left.” PeopleWorldWellsIdeasGovernmentLawLeftResponsibilityRepublicanLimitsStrongerDemocratImmigrationAround The WorldProportionVersusSkepticalAmerican GovernmentPolarizationAmerican Law Author:Mark Krikorian
“Of 472 civilian occupations defined by the Department of Commerce, only six are majority immigrant (legal and illegal). These six occupations account for 1 percent of the total U.S. workforce. Many jobs often thought to be overwhelmingly done by immigrants are in fact majority native-born: 51 percent of maids are U.S.-born, as are 63 percent of butchers and meat processors, and 73 percent of janitors.” DoneFactsJobsBornSixPercentAccountsMajorityImmigrationDefinedMeatDepartmentNativeImmigrantsIllegalOccupationCommerceCiviliansMaidsWorkforceButchersIllegal ImmigrationProcessorsJanitor Author:Mark Krikorian
“The effects of illegal immigration aren't that different from those of legal immigration —an illiterate Central American farmer with a green card is just as unsuited for a 21st-century economy as an illiterate Central American farmer without a green card.” DifferentEconomyEffectsCenturyGreenImmigrationCardsIllegalFarmers21st CenturyIlliterateIllegal ImmigrationLegal ImmigrationGreen Card Author:Mark Krikorian
