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What do immigration changes mean for the economy?

The announcement by the White House that it will phase out the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme, which provides temporary work permits for 800,000 children of illegal immigrants, the so-called ‘dreamers”, will have only a limited impact on the broader economy

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