The U.S. economy is expected to grow slowly in the next decade due to a lack of labor force growth. To boost the economy, allowing more immigrants to work in the U.S. could help. Immigrant workers can also help with issues like low productivity and skills mismatch. While some may think technology and globalization make immigrant workers unnecessary, recent data and history show otherwise. However, there are costs to immigration, especially for less educated individuals. To make immigration beneficial for everyone, increasing employment-based immigration could be paired with programs to help low-skilled Americans and earlier immigrants.