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RESEARCH

BAIR has assembled the attached collection of professional research and public writing on the impact of immigration on Black and other native-born American workers and related topics.  If you are searching for a single source that contains the widest coverage, BAIR recommends “Back of the Hiring Line” (see below) by Roy Beck, the founder of immigration reform group NumbersUSA.  If you are aware of other relevant research, please send a copy or a link to BAIMMREF@icloud.com.

  1. Center for Immigration Studies (September 2023):  Jason Richwine, "A Compendium of Recent Academic Work Showing Negative Impacts of Immigration"

  2. Quillette (June 2023):  Sohale Mortazavi, “The Real Cost of Cheap Labor”

  3. Center for Immigration Studies (May 2023):  Stephen Camarota and Karen Zeigler, “Less Educated U.S.-Born Workers Do Better When Immigration is Lower”

  4. National Review (May 2023):  Stephen Camarota, “Our Missing Workers Are Not Missing Immigrants"

  5. Center for Immigration Studies (May 2023):  Andrew Arthur:  “Breaking News from NYT: Border Enforcement Reduces Illegal Immigration”

  6. Washington Examiner (May 2023):  Steven Camarota: “Evidence Shows Immigration Reduces Wages Significantly”

  7. Wall Street Journal (April 2023), “Construction Industry Has Work, Needs More Workers"

  8. Washington Post (April 2023):  Lauren Kauori Gurley, Abha Bhattarai, Naomi Nix, “Black unemployment rate hits record low three years after pandemic spike”

  9. Quillette (April 2023):  David Stoll, “Why Are Underage Central Americans in US Factories?”

  10. Financial Times (February 2023):  Taylor Nicole Rogers, “Black Americans trade up to higher-paying jobs amid labour market squeeze”

  11. Brown University EdWorking Paper No. 22-579 (May 2022):  Umair Ali, "Native Flight Responses to Immigration:  Evidence from K_12 School Enrollments"

  12. Naked Truth Report (February 2022),  "Statue of Liberty and Black America"

  13. Chicago Tribune (January 2022):  Frank Morris, “A major culprit in the wage gap between Blacks and whites is America’s immigration policy"

  14. Numbers USA (January 2022):  Kathleen Wells “Employer Bias and the Length of the Line”

  15. Naked Truth Report (December 2021): Kathleen Wells : "The 3/5th's Compromise and Black America"  

  16. Roy Beck (October 2021): ”Back of the Hiring Line: A 200-Year History of Immigration Surges, Employer Bias, and Depression of Black Wealth”

  17. Center for Immigration Studies (May 2021):  Jason Richwine, "EEOC Reaches Settlement in Yet Another 'No Americans Need Apply' Case"

  18. Cato Institute (April 2021): "E Pluribus Unum: Findings from the Cato Institute 2021 Immigration and Identity National Survey"

  19. NumbersUSA (January 2021):  Roy Beck, “Will Biden pick up the ‘I-9 verification’ ball that Trump dropped?"

  20. Center for Immigration Studies (October 2019):  Jason Richwine, "No Americans Need Apply:  EEOC lawsuits reveal how employers are eager to replace low-skill native workers with immigrants"

  21. Breitbart (August 2019):  Mississippi Meatpackers Start Hiring to Replace Arrested Migrants

  22. Heritage Foundation (May 2019):  Amy Swearer, “The Citizenship Clause’s Original Meaning and What It Means Today.”

  23. American Affairs (Winter 2017):  Amy Wax & Jason Richwine, “Low-Skill Immigration: a Case for Restriction”

  24. Institute for the Study of Labor Discussion Paper No. 11214 (December 2017):  Ben Xie, “The Effects of Immigration Quotas on Wages, the Great Black Migration, and Industrial Development”

  25. Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security of the House Judiciary Committee (February 2015):  "Testimony of Frank Morris on Interior Enforcement Regulation"

  26. YouTube (July 2010): Terry Anderson, “On Illegal Aliens in South Central LA”

  27. Economica, Vol. 77, Issue 306 (April 2010):  George Borjas, Jeffrey Grogger, and Gordon H. Hanson, "Immigration and the Economic Status of African-American Men"

  28. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (April 2008):  “The Impact of Illegal Immigration on the Wages and Employment Opportunities of Black Workers”

  29. National Bureau of Economic Research (September 2006):  George Borjas Jeffrey Grogger, and Gordon Hanson, "Immigration and African-American Employment Opportunities:  The Response of Wages, Employment, and Incarceration to Labor Supply Shocks"

  30. Center for Immigration Studies(June 1996):  Robert Malloy, "Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are"

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