Illegal Immigration’s Drag on San Antonio
Bob Dane May 9, 2019
By the lights of a shiny new study touting the supposed economic benefits of immigration, the South Texas city of San Antonio should be one of the most affluent urban areas in America, or at least the state. It’s neither, and not even close.
The New American Economy — which calls itself a “bipartisan research and advocacy organization fighting for smart federal, state and local immigration policies†– reported this month that 30 percent of San Antonio’s business owners are immigrants.
From that factoid, NAE extrapolates that the nation’s seventh largest city is enriching itself through immigration. “Having immigrants is an asset, so cities are starting to compete with who’s more welcoming,†NAE director Kate Brick asserted.
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