Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 The Immigration Debate -- 2 Background to Contemporary U.S. Immigration -- 3 The Face of the U.S. Population in 2050 -- 4 Immigration's Effects on Jobs and Wages: First Principles -- 5 Immigration's Effects on Jobs and Wages: Empirical Evidence -- 6 Do Immigrants Impose a Net Fiscal Burden? Annual Estimates -- 7 The Future Fiscal Impacts of Current Immigrants -- 8 Social Dimensions of Immigration -- Biographical Sketches -- Index.