More students are graduating from high school. Those numbers are expected to increase by 45.2 percent over the next eight years. Thus, charges that immigrants are driving down high school graduation rates are patently false. Immigrants contribute to the American economy. The net fiscal impact is positive.
Immigrants create jobs.
Numerous studies have shown that most jobs are created by small and medium-sized businesses. More immigrants start small businesses than do natural-born citizens. Nearly half of all inner-city firms are owned by immigrants. Immigrants have high incomes. Immigrants keep Social Security afloat.