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Ridgewood NJ, With immigration reform remaining one of the biggest policy issues in 2019 and border security taking center stage in the longest government shutdown in history, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Economic Impact of Immigration by State as well as accompanying videos.
According to the American Immigration Council , New Jersey hosts 500,000 undocumented immigrants comprised 24 percent of the immigrant population and 5.4 percent of the total state population in 2014.
604,615 people in New Jersey, including 204,946 born in the United States, lived with at least one undocumented family member between 2010 and 2014.
During the same period, 1 in 11 children in the state was a U.S. citizen living with at least one undocumented family member (180,580 children in total).
The crux of the argument on immigration is the significance of legal vs Illegal immigrants . The media and most politicians continue to ignore this very vital fact . Unfortunately much of the data is comingled .
The Census Bureau claims 63 percent of ‘non-citizens’ on welfare, 4.6 million households. A majority of “non-citizens,” including those with legal green card rights, are tapping into welfare programs set up to help poor and ailing Americans.
In order to determine which states benefit most from immigration, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 20 key metrics, ranging from median household income of foreign-born population to jobs generated by immigrant-owned businesses as a share of total jobs.
Immigrants’ Economic Impact on New Jersey (1=Biggest Impact; 25=Avg.):
2nd – % of Jobs Generated by Immigrant-Owned Businesses Out of Total Jobs
4th – Median Household Income of Foreign-Born Population
1st – % of Foreign-Born STEM Workers Out of Total STEM Workers
11th – % of Foreign-Born Population Aged 25 & Older with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher
19th – % of Fortune 500 Companies Founded by Immigrants or Their Children
21st – % of Jobs Created by Presence of International Students Out of Total Jobs
22nd – Economic Contribution of International Students per Capita
Yes and Phil Murphy is committed to making our state number one on that list
Here fixed that fer ya…
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“New Jersey Is the State Where
ImmigrantsIllegal Aliens (aka Criminals) Have the 3rd Biggest Economic Impact”.
The Board of Ed has the biggest economic impact on me.