Specialists agree that immigration could be a solution to inflation and the lack of labor in the United States.
In January, the executive president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Suzanne Clark, explained that allowing more legal immigrants to enter the United States would help reduce inflation rates, which have reached levels not seen 40 years ago.
Clark explained that the need for more workers in the United States is real, and not just workers, but also students who go to college and stay in the country. Today, millions of workers quit their jobs every month, and this has been going on for more than a year. Consequently, due to the lack of workers, inflation has increased every month, reaching levels not seen decades ago.
On the other hand, in March 2021 in the House of Representatives, the bill on the Modernization of the Agricultural Workforce was approved. In addition, it has the support of both Democrats and Republicans, being one of the most important bipartisan immigration proposals today.
This law would allow temporary agricultural workers to apply for green cards and thus continue working in the country for longer. Similarly, the project seeks to rethink the H-2A visa program for temporary agricultural workers. However, Congress is waiting for a new version of this project to be debated.
Likewise, President Biden commented that “If Congress does not act on a broader reform, let us approve the bills that have bipartisan support”, and also referred that economically it is an intelligent strategy.
On the other hand, in the academic field, there are also positions in favor of immigration to solve problems such as inflation and labor shortages. For example, Dr. José Bucheli, professor of economics at New Mexico State University, explained that the government must create new strategies for the flow of migration, and that reduce the shortage of workers, which could reduce inflation.
