The U.S. immigration system is a massively complicated machine, with a lot of worn-out parts. How to fix it? Step one: Get hold of some actual facts and evidence. (We did this step for you.) (Part two of <a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/the-true-story-of-americas-supremely-messed-up-immigration-system/">a three-part series</a>.) <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="http://zekehernandez.net/">Zeke Hernandez</a>, professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-leonhardt">David Leonhardt</a>, senior writer at the New York Times.</li><li><a href="https://sindhum.substack.com/">Sindhu Mahadevan</a>, creator of This Immigrant Life newsletter.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/43k5D1s">The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers</a>, by Zeke Hernandez (2024, available for pre-order).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/illegal-immigration-record-border-6db29cad">Illegal Immigration Is a Bigger Problem Than Ever. These Five Charts Explain Why</a>," by Andrew Mollica, Alicia A. Caldwell, Michelle Hackman, and Santiago Pérez (The Wall Street Journal, 2023).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/4akRYJB">Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream</a>, by David Leonhardt (2023).</li><li><a href="https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23550/the-economic-and-fiscal-consequences-of-immigration">The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration</a>, by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS:<ul><li>“<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/the-true-story-of-americas-supremely-messed-up-immigration-system/">The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System</a>,” series by Freakonomics Radio (2024).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/2008/02/and-the-new-six-word-motto-for-the-us-is/">And the New Six-Word Motto for the U.S. Is …</a>," by Stephen Dubner (Freakonomics blog, 2008).</li></ul></li></ul>

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581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration

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