Thread by @David_J_Bier

Here is the research and writing that @CatoInstitute has published about COVID-19 and immigration.

1. Immigrants Aid America During COVID-19 Crisis
cato.org/blog/immigrant…

2. Immigrants Are About 1/3 of California’s “Essential Workers”

cato.org/blog/immigrant…

3. Research Provides No Basis for Pandemic Travel Bans
"Rather than pinning all its hopes on a Chinese travel restriction, the U.S. government should have spent those early moments preparing a vigorous domestic response to the virus—which it failed to do."
cato.org/blog/research-…

4. Travel Restrictions and the Spread of COVID-19 – What Does the Research Say? @AlexNowrasteh: "the travel ban created a false sense of security that delayed other more effective methods of containing COVID-19." cato.org/blog/travel-re…

5. Less‐Costly Ways to Reduce the Harm of COVID-19 without Travel and Immigration Bans. By @AlexNowrasteh:

cato.org/blog/less-cost…

6. No Relationship Between Notifiable Diseases and Immigrant Populations By @AlexNowrasteh and @OrthogonalError

"There is no relationship between the share of a state’s population that is foreign‐​born and the rate of disease per 100,000 residents." cato.org/blog/no-relati…

7. Want to Defeat Coronavirus? Protect Legal Immigration (USA Today)

"A broader move to general nativism at this time would be disastrous, as so many immigrants are leading the U.S. response to the virus." cato.org/publications/c…

8. Skilled Immigrants Searching for Coronavirus Cures at U.S. Companies "The major U.S. companies seeking a coronavirus vaccine or treatment have together received approvals to hire foreign workers more than 11,000 times from 2010 to 2019." cato.org/blog/skilled-i…