On August 2, President Trump provoked another media meltdown by endorsing the RAISE Act, an immigration reform bill sponsored by senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue. If passed, the RAISE Act would cut legal immigration to America by up to fifty percent, and break the cycle of chain migration by giving priority to immigrants with in-demand skills. Predictably, this has sparked outrage -- but not just from the left. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, says that "limiting immigration to the U.S. is a grave mistake" and that "the only way to meaningfully increase U.S. economic growth on a sustained basis anytime soon is to increase immigration.” Many Americans, even those who support the RAISE Act, agree with Zandi regarding its economic impact. However, they are mistaken: the preponderance of evidence suggests that while immigration may grow the economy, it does not improve it on a per-capita basis. Simply put: mass immigration...(Read Full Article)