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MANAGER OF THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT THE CATO INSTITUTE. TODAY WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THE PAPER "RESTRICTION OR LEGALIZATION, MEASURING THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS...
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| 00:04:16 |
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ROOT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS A BASIC STORY OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY. DURING TYPES OF NORMAL GROWTH, OUR ECONOMY IS CREATING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF...
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| 00:10:16 |
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GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE POWER POINT. IF WE GOT POWERPOINT? IS ANYTHING HAPPEN SOMETHING CAN THESE PEOPLE SEE, TOO? OKAY. HERE. WE'LL POST THIS ONLINE,...
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| 00:11:13 |
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THAT WILL GROW TO ABOUT 12.4 MILLION BY THE YEAR 2019. THIS POSES SOME POLICY ISSUES. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT? SO WE USE OUR ECONOMIC MODEL TO...
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| 00:39:08 |
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TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. MAM IN THE BLACK? >> TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. YOU MADE THE POINT AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU GOT YOUR ...
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| 00:39:37 |
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THEIR PRODUCTITY IS HIGHER JUST BECAUSE THEIR FLEL THEIR THE SAME PEOPLE? -- IF THEY ARE LEGAL IF THEY ARE THE SAME PEOPLE? >> I CAN REPEAT THE QUESTION...
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| 00:40:07 |
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HOW I DO FLOW THAT CONVERTING
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| 00:40:10 |
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THEM TO BEING LEGAL WOULD INCREASE THEIR PRODUCTIVITY.
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| 00:40:14 |
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IS THAT RIGHT? MY EVIDENCE FOR THEIR PRODUCTIVITY BEING LOW IS THEIR WAGES. COMPLEX THEORY SUGGESTS THAT -- ECONOMIC THEORY SUGGESTS THAT PEOPLE WILL...
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| 00:41:54 |
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1980s AND THEY FOUND THAT THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE SUPPORTED WHAT PETER IS SAYING. THEY INVESTED MORE IN THEIR JOB AND LANGUAGE SKILLS BECAUSE THEY WERE...
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| 00:42:41 |
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EMERGENCY ROOMS AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE,
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| 00:42:44 |
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IN OTHER WORDS. AND
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| 00:42:47 |
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TWO, THAT THEY'RE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO FLOOD THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND
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| 00:42:52 |
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ESSENTIALLY, THEY'RE NOT PAYING ANYTHING FOR THEIR TUITION. IT SEEMED TO ME THAT TWO THINGS COULD BE DONE. WHY NOT REQUIRE THEM TO GET ANSWER TO THE...
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| 00:43:50 |
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THECHCHOOL
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| 00:43:51 |
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SYST.. AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE THING THAT GETS MOST AIRSPACE IN THE DETETE ON THE ISSUE. YOU CAN SEE, FAIRLY MINOR EFFECT, RELATIVE TO ALL THE GOOD...
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| 00:45:18 |
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TO SPEND MORE ON SCHOOLS AND MEDICAL CARE. BUT THAT COST IS OVERWHELMED BY THE ECONOMYWIDE BENEFITS. THIS IS, I THINK, THE...
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| 00:46:32 |
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HAVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HERE, THE UNITED STATES NOT BEING
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| 00:46:35 |
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A COUNTRY THAT CAN EXPEL THEM AFTER X NUMBER OF YEARS MOST IMMIGRANTS ON THE GUEST PROGRAM WILL LOOK AT THIS AS A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP. SO IN THE LONG...
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| 00:46:52 |
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THE AVERAGE MESH WOULD, EVEN AFTER, THEIR BUMP IN PRODUCTIVITY, DOES THAT APPLY A LOWER IMMEDIATE I HAVE BEEN AVERAGE INCOME FOR AMERICANS? HAVING...
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| 00:48:01 |
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IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP. THAT SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. STARZ -- IF YOU HAD SUCH A PROGRAM, ALL RIGHT, IN PLACE, I THINK THAT THE...
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| 00:50:42 |
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HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS OR MORE. IF WE ADOPTED A SYSTEM OF EXPANDED LEGAL ENTRY, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. THEY WOULD BE...
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| 00:52:22 |
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THAT SAME ENVIRONMENT HAPPENING WHEN
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| 00:52:24 |
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THE IMMIGRATION REFORM DEBATE FINALLY GETS ROLLING NEXT YEAR? THANK YOU. >> I'LL LEAVE NUMBER TWO TO DAN. NUMBER ONE, ON THE CYCLICAL ASPECT, ONE OF...
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| 00:52:53 |
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NOW, IN THE DEPTHS OF THIS RECESSION THAT YOU'RE IN, YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT EMPLOYERS TO WANT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT? BUT THEN IN THE BOOM, YOU...
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| 00:53:47 |
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DEBATE GETS A LITTLE TAME, THEN I TURN TO IMMIGRATION. WHERE PEOPLE'S EMOTIONS ARE EVEN HIGHER. I THINK BOTH PARTIES, THE DEMOCRATS AND THE REPUBLICANS,...
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| 00:55:55 |
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THESE? BECAUSE HE CAMPAIGNED DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN THAT LEGALIZATION OF IMMIGRANTS SHOULD BE A
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| 00:56:04 |
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PRIORITY. >> WELL, IF I WERE GIVING ADVICE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND HE HASN'T CALLED ME ABOUT THIS, BUT I WOULD SAY PUT ASIDE HEALTH CARE REFORM AND CONCENTRATE...
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| 00:56:29 |
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CATO.ORG AND SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, WE HAVE A STATUS QUO THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED WITH....
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| 00:58:21 |
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SHORTLY HERE ON C-SPAN3, THE
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