Overview
However, this paper argues that the form, scale, and composition of immigration now matter more than ever, given structural changes in technology, labor demand, and cultural integration capacity. The central claim of this paper is not that immigration is inherently harmful, but that unselective, largescale, poorly integrated immigration—especially when illegal or weakly vetted—poses long-term economic, institutional, and cultural risks that are not addressed by aggregate GDP or short-term labor statistics.
