Cato Institute: Immigrants Are a Net Positive

[Robert W]

Never mind. You’re intentionally blind.

Now back to the thread topic

That is not on topic.

 

[meaner gene]

What does that show?

A law enforcement officer being attacked by a flagpole in excess of seven feet long.

 

[Lesh]

Typical leftoid nonsense, because they include legal immigrants lumped in with illegal aliens.

Illegal aliens are not immigrants, they are illegal aliens, and are a net drain.

So you refuse to read the OP as well

Legal immigrants area net positive by a lot

Illegal immigrants are less so but still a net positive.

They contribute trillions more than they use in services

 

[excalibur]

So you refuse to read the OP as well

Legal immigrants area net positive by a lot

Illegal immigrants are less so but still a net positive.

They contribute trillions more than they use in services

Illegals are a net loss, by a lot.

Some 3 million have been deported, including self-deported, in the past 13 months, and the economy is growing great without them.

 

[excalibur]

Thread 'Any Welfare used by households… Native Born: 39% Naturalized Citizens: 52% Non-Citizens: 59%'

Oct 27, 2025

We can see why the lefties unending immigration. Too bad too many Republicans fall into this trap.

This is Cloward-Piven in action.

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[meaner gene]

So you refuse to read the OP as well

Legal immigrants area net positive by a lot

Illegal immigrants are less so but still a net positive.

They contribute trillions more than they use in services

Illegals help bouy up the social security system.
They contribute through mandatory payroll deductions, but aren't eligible to collect from the system.
Often they use a phony, or someone elses SSN , which are the accounts given credit.

 

[excalibur]

Thread 'This was the best Nov on record for jobs among native-born Americans and also a record high on a non-seasonally adjusted basis:'

Dec 17, 2025

Between the numbers.

Certainly you won't hear this from the MSM.

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[Toddsterpatriot]

Illegal immigrants are less so but still a net positive.

They contribute trillions more than they use in services

Baloney.

 

[excalibur]

Thread 'Prime-age labor force participation rate rose to 84.1% in January ... highest since March 2001'

Feb 13, 2026

Very good news.

Expect more good economic news to come.

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[meaner gene]

Undocumented immigrants in the United States contribute billions of dollars annually to Social Security and Medicare despite being ineligible to receive benefits from these programs. According to a July 2024 analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), undocumented immigrants contributed an estimated $25.7 billion to Social Security and $6.4 billion to Medicare in 2022.

 

[Robert W]

A law enforcement officer being attacked by a flagpole in excess of seven feet long.

I saw a visitor who proudly had his American flag on a pole standing idly there.
I saw a cop with his weapon acting pretty much angry.

 

[meaner gene]

I saw a visitor who proudly had his American flag on a pole standing idly there.
I saw a cop with his weapon acting pretty much angry.

First, the visitor was not proudly displaying his flag.
His flag was upside down in protest, and in violation of the flag code, and only to be displayed upside down as a sign of distress.

 

[Kondor3]

To the tune of over 4.6 trillion dollars

With illegals net positive 1.7 trillion

And both the legal and illegal commit crimes at a far lower rate than citizens

Cato is NOT. “Far left” org

They are a conservative think tank

Want To Reduce The Debt And Lower The Crime Rate? Bring In Even More Immigrants.

Contrary to Trump's claims, immigrants, even illegal ones, use fewer services and commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans, according to Cato Institute studies.

www.huffpost.com

Doesn't matter.

They're going.

 

[Lesh]

Doesn't matter.

They're going.

20 million?

Good luck

Besides the fact that it’s simply not possible, it would crater the economy

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

To the tune of over 4.6 trillion dollars

With illegals net positive 1.7 trillion

And both the legal and illegal commit crimes at a far lower rate than citizens

Cato is NOT. “Far left” org

They are a conservative think tank

Want To Reduce The Debt And Lower The Crime Rate? Bring In Even More Immigrants.

Contrary to Trump's claims, immigrants, even illegal ones, use fewer services and commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans, according to Cato Institute studies.

www.huffpost.com

It's not a net positive to the victims of illegal alien crime. The link is just for Minnesota.

ICE arrests dozens of criminal illegal aliens convicted of murder, child rape and more in sanctuary state Minnesota

While ICE fights to remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota – including child rapists, murderers, and more – violent rioters and agitators are actively trying to protect these vicious criminals by interfering and obstructing ICE operations.

www.ice.gov

 

[meaner gene]

I saw a visitor who proudly had his American flag on a pole standing idly there.

You are not very observant.
Look at his legs. His left leg is straight, while his right leg is bent at the knee, and his foot off the ground.
This indicates he's propelling himself forward.
He also only had his left hand on the flagpole, someone else is holding the other end, which precludes him just standing there.

 

[meaner gene]

Based on TIN (taxpayer ID numbers) held by people ineligible to get a SSN (ex: illegals). They paid nearly $100 billion in federal taxes, including SS and medicare.

 

[Lesh]

Illegals are a net loss, by a lot.

Some 3 million have been deported, including self-deported, in the past 13 months, and the economy is growing great without them.

None of that is true

 

[BrokeLoser]

So you refuse to read the OP as well

Legal immigrants area net positive by a lot

Illegal immigrants are less so but still a net positive.

They contribute trillions more than they use in services

Hmmm….but what about that pesky truth Humberto? May I ask…what part of that filty shithole to our south do your roots lie?

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117257/witnesses/HHRG-118-BU00-Wstate-KirchnerJ-20240508.pdf

Illegals help bouy up the social security system.
They contribute through mandatory payroll deductions, but aren't eligible to collect from the system.
Often they use a phony, or someone elses SSN , which are the accounts given credit.

Hmmm…how does one with an effective tax rate of -15% yield a return for real Americans?
If one deposits $1 into the SS fund but draws out $3 on the other end aren’t they a net loss?

 

[IM2]

The CATO Institue lost its panache about 25 years ago.

No they didn't. You just want to believe a racist narrative.