Mexico dominates the list. By continent, America provides nearly half the immigrants to the United States with Asia coming in second with one-third. 49.3 Phillipines 7.5 Asia 37.3 China 4.7 Europe 10.4 Korea 4.5 Africa 2.4 Vietnam 3.8 India 3.4 Dom. The table below provides statistics on education, wages, and public assistance to immigrants for the last 25 years. Borjas, George J., Journal of Economic Perspectives , Spring 1995, p. 4.
Some trends show up.
First, the education gap has increased over time. This has happened even though education levels of immigrants has increased. Second, recent immigrants have not fared nearly as well in employment as previous ones. It is useful to do a cost-benefit analysis regarding the impact of immigration on the United States economy. Remember, however, that such an analysis only tells us if our current immigration policy is efficient .