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According to the National Academy of Sciences, “immigration is integral to the nation’s economic growth.” That is partially because the U.S. workforce is getting older, which makes the arrival of tax-paying, job-creating, and business-starting newcomers an economic necessity. The report also found that there is “little evidence that immigration significantly affects the overall employment levels of native-born workers.”In fact, IRS data from 2015 shows that the agency received 4.4 million income tax returns from workers without Social Security numbers—who are more likely to be undocumented—which were worth $23.6 billion [PDF].What’s the difference between a refugee, asylum seeker, migrant, and immigrant?
The terms “asylum seeker,” “immigrant,” “migrant,” and “refugee” are often used interchangeably. The differences between the four, however, are important.
According to the International Rescue Committee:
Refugees are people living outside of the United States who were “forced to flee [their] home because of war, violence, or persecution, often without warning.”
Asylum seekers are people who are “seeking international protection from dangers in [their] home country, but whose claim for refugee status hasn’t been determined legally.” People seeking asylum are applying inside the United States. Whether a person is seeking asylum or status as a refugee, they have to meet the same challenging burden of proof. They must demonstrate “a well-founded fear of persecution” on the basis of race, religion, national origin, political opinion, or member of a social group.
Migrants are people who are “moving from place to place (within [their] country or across borders), usually for economic reasons such as seasonal work.”
Immigrants are people who have made “a conscious decision to leave his or her home and move to a foreign country with the intention of settling there.”
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