POINT: Legal immigration boosts America’s innovation advantage

America’s economic strength rests on its ability to attract talent, reward hard work, and out-innovate global competitors. Today, as the country faces labor shortages and an increasingly competitive world economy, carefully controlled immigration is not just an economic policy choice — it is a strategic necessity.
If the United States wants to maintain its innovation edge, it must continue attracting the world’s hardest workers and best minds while building a lawful, modern immigration system.
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