July 21, 2009 12:25PM 

# As Immigrants Move In, Americans Move Up 

By Cato Editors 

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Critics warn that immigration reform would bring in its wake rising rates of poverty, higher government welfare expenditures, and a rise in crime.

In [a new paper](http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/FTBs/FTB-038.html), Cato scholar [Daniel Griswold](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-griswold) says that Congress should not reject market-oriented immigration reform because of misguided fears about “importing poverty.”

Griswold argues that “Comprehensive immigration reform that included a robust temporary worker program would boost economic output and create new middle class job opportunities for native-born Americans.”

For more, read [the whole thing](http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/FTBs/FTB-038.html).

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