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Nowrasteh, Alex. "INTRODUCTION THE ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION." Cato Journal, vol. 37, no. 3, 2017, pp. 445-447, ProQuest Central, https://login.ezp.pasadena.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1944208419?accountid=28371.
There are endless debates on immigration and the effects brought upon by it. In this Cato journal, Alex Nowrasteh, brings together a collaboration of journals by many scholars who have completed extensive research and studies in the economics of immigration and the many fields they impact. Some of the articles included examine the impact of immigrants in the housing market, entrepreneurship and policy. Jacob Vigor, who analyzes housing data- reports findings that immigrants add trillions of dollars to the housing

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