In the era of President Donald Trump, inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants flows fast and free. And in the midst of tight mid-term elections, the Republican Party has largely abandoned campaign messages focused on tax cuts and the economy in favor of divisive (and misleading) advertisements suggesting that Democratic candidates support terrorists, or want to throw open America's borders to violent criminals. Underlying many of these ads is a narrative popularized by the president, one in which immigrants pose both a physical and economic threat to native-born Americans.
In a report released Tuesday by The Hamilton Project, a research group within the centrist Brookings Institution, authors Ryan Nunn, Jimmy O'Donnell, and Jay Shambaugh examine this oft-debated narrative. Looking at the demographics and characteristics of immigrants in the United States, and the effects of immigration on crime and economic outcomes, they find little support for the idea that immigrants are ruining native-born Americans' job prospects.
Below, three facts from the report about U.S. immigrants that run counter to the damaging assertions being made on airwaves
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