Debunking immigration distortions
May 27, 2007| By Nathaniel Ward
One indication that The Heritage Foundation is taking charge in the immigration debate is the lead editorial in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal. That newspaper, which favors the Senate’s amnesty legislation, directly attacked research by Heritage’s Robert Rector that pointed out the consequences of the law.
While Journal editorials are typically well-founded—the editorial board has quite rightly been a staunch supporter of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, for example—Thursday’s editorial unfortunately suffered from a number of analytical flaws.
Rector outlines these deficiencies in a letter he sent the Journal, which you can read online here. “By changing the subject and thus failing to engage the facts,” his letter concludes, “your editorial obscures the real fiscal impact of low-skill immigration.”
Nathaniel Ward is the Editor of MyHeritage.org—a website for members and supporters of The Heritage Foundation.