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After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
Describe the extent of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.
Discuss why economists view economic immigration as a personal human capital investment.
Explain how immigration affects average wages, resource allocation, domestic output, and group income shares.
Relate how illegal immigration affects employment and wages in low-wage labor markets and impacts state and local budgets.
Demonstrate how economics can inform current immigration discussions and attempts to reform immigration laws.
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