Gov. Greg Abbott’s shipping of tens of thousands of confused migrants from Texas to New York City and other blue enclaves over the last two years has little to do with economics. It is about scoring political points (and annoying the hell out of his Democratic counterparts across the Northeast). His arguments revolve around “burden sharing” — that is, unloading the burden of immigration onto political enemies.
Economists, however, would point out that “burden” is the wrong word to describe immigration’s impact. The plentiful supply of immigrants is one of the main reasons the U.S. economy has outperformed that of its peers in the affluent world since the eve of the pandemic, accounting for the entire growth of the labor force. Without immigrants, growth would have been slower and inflation higher.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/14/migrants-states-labor-work-permit/