Kevin Hassett: If We Have Skills Based Immigration that Would Be Positive for the Economy

EXCERPT:

HARLOW: “This is what you wrote in ‘The National Review.’ Quote, ‘If the U.S. doubled its total immigration and prioritized bringing in new workers, it could add more than half a percentage point a year to expected GDP growth.’ Would increased immigration in this country actually help with growth and help pay for the tax cuts?”
HASSETT: “Right, that was something I wrote a long time ago when I was at the American Enterprise Institute, not as an administration official.”
HARLOW: “Do you still believe it?”
HASSETT: “Yeah, of course. The point is that the President has emphasized if we have skilled-based immigration rather than chain migration, then we could bring more skilled workers into the country. As you know, we have more job vacancies than available workers. We could bring people in to fill those in places that we need to, that would definitely be a positive for the economy. That’s what I would say still.”