Thread: Poor English Skills Costs Economy $65 Billion a Year

From "The ProEnglish Advocate"
Spring, 2009

Poor English skills costs economy $65 billion a year

Speaking at a ProEnglish press conference in Washington D.C., Congressman Steve King of Iowa unveiled a new study by the Arlington, Virginia-based Lexington Institute, which estimates the U.S. economy loses $65 billion a year in wages due to immigrants’ lack of English fluency. The study is based on Census data and existing research, and entitled “The Value of English Proficiency to the United States Economy.â€