The real story is that legalizing undocumented immigrants ended up helping, not hurting, the American economy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost immediately after people regularized their status there was an overall 20 percent wage increase for undocumented workers. Statistics show these now-legalized immigrants started spending 200 percent more on their own education, including learning English and getting GEDs, and this ended up generating new investments in businesses and, as a result, more jobs.
