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How 'dreamers' and green card lottery winners strengthen the US economy

  • Written by Ethan Lewis, Associate Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College
imageThe DACA program's inherent diversity is what makes it a boon for the U.S. economy.AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

While President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans have long decried illegal immigration and proposed remedies like the wall and mass deportations, they have traditionally favored the legal kind, partly because their business...

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