Immigration Legalization In America

Providing amnesty for illegal immigrants will improve the US economy and are now able to be paid legally along with taxes. For example, Noble has argued for amnesty saying in the article that taxes are highly debatable, but in the end they would have to pay taxes if provided amnesty, “Many illegal aliens are paid under the table because of trouble with the law. By providing the undocumented workers with

Undocumented immigrants put back nearly a majority of their income into local businesses, these immigrants also contribute nearly $15 billion every year into the Social Security fund(Davidson). However, they only use about $1 billion every year through government benefits (Davidson). These immigrants are responsible for many economic benefits, and allowing a path to citizenship for them would result in an influx in tax payments, thereby helping the government and paying for the benefits they would theoretically use (Davidson). Attempts to deport these immigrants would have great costs to the government, this can be illustrated through current budget proposals which designate billions of dollars in attempts to prevent future immigration. Therefore, providing these undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship would relieve the government of costs to deport them, and would result in an influx of tax dollars for the government to help unskilled natural-born workers that are affected by the undocumented

In “Illegal Immigration Creates Large Fiscal Costs for US Taxpayers” by Robert Rector he analyzes this point. One of his points being that “In 2010, the average unlawful immigrant household received around $24,721 in government benefits and services while paying some $10,334 in taxes” This data is accurate but where are the government benefits going if legally non-citizens can’t receive government funds. Most likely the majority benefits are given to the American children of this illegal immigrants in the form of Medicaid and food stamps, and therefore benefit Americans. In Lynch’s argument he cancels this argument, “Over the 10-year period they would earn $392 billion more and pay an additional $109 billion in taxes,” now it’s billion they would contribute to the economy instead of taking money. Another argument is that with better jobs and a legal status immigrants would actually pay more taxes to the government. Many of them don’t currently do so because they have no social security card, hints why they only pay “$10,334” in taxes. On the other hand many do pay a lot on taxes and since they cant receive any benefits in reality they pay for many benefits they do not qualify for. If people oppose legalization because it would mean tax cost and instead support deportation one of the statements in Ann Garcia’s “The Facts Support Immigration Reform with a Path to Citizenship” could change their

Immigration reform is one of the most controversial topic in the U.S. The Democrats and Republicans are having a tug of war over finding a solution to allowing illegal immigrants grant citizenship and allowing their families to stay in the this country. Just last month, President Obama had a televised executive decision talking about immigration reform. President Obama discussed how the executive decisions like providing legal status and work permits for more than 5 million immigrants, making the Republicans very reluctant to help support President Obama’s executive decision. In President Obama speech, he talks about how “today, our immigration system is broken, and everybody knows it. Families who enter our country the right way and play by the rules watch others flout the rules” (Washington Post). For President Obama, making this executive decision puts Congress in an unsettling place on either supporting this decision or backing out. So how would illegal immigrants help out the U.S when granted amnesty? Immigration laws have certainly resulted in a situation where many illegal immigrants live and work in the United States, but it is also an issue that has been fabricated by the media and Politicians. Illegal immigrants are a benefit to the U.S because they would help the economy, raise unemployment rates, and help students have a better education.

Even though Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is relatively new, there is significant evidence to suggest the government program is beneficial to the American economy. Since its beginning, approximately, 800,000 participants have joined the program, and have significantly contributed to the economy. According to a research study done by the CATO Institute, the US GDP would lose billions of dollars if DACA is repealed. Although a journalistic source, CNBC found that if DACA were to be repealed, the United States gross domestic product would be reduced by $433 billion by 2027 (Schoen 2017). Not only will the national economy lose a significant amount of money, but the state economies will as well based on how much each their state’s DACA workers generate. California will experience a loss of $11.3 billion a year, Texas will lose $6.1 billion in GDP, and North Carolina will lose $1.9 billion a year (Schoen 2017). The revenue these immigrants contribute to the US economy is through purchases and DACA payments. Purchases such as car buying, real estate, business startups, DACA fees, and etc (Wong, et al. 2017). Though DACA seems to benefit the US economy, there are many who still oppose the act.

The federal government has failed to enact immigration reform and invest in infrastructure to restore the U.S. economy. More illegal immigrants are residing in the U.S., unlawfully crossing the border, and overstaying visas each year. The goal of American politics is equal treatment under the law. All persons that stand before the law are treated the same regardless of their race, religion, skin color, national origin, and even sexual identity. I think that the U.S. is ready for immigration reform because it’s become a matter of basic civil rights for the millions of people who are living in the U.S. illegally. Immigration laws encourage racial profiling by law enforcement. The problem for immigration is that the institutional design of the

Out of the 11plus millions of undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S., an estimated of 8.1 million are in the workforce. A study from the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy (ITEP) found that undocumented immigrants in the U.S. contribute about $11.8 billion in state and local taxes in 2012 and the effective rate for undocumented immigrants is about 8 percent nationwide. Their contributions could increase by 2.1 billion dollars under a compressive immigration reform. In Florida, for instance, there are currently 850,000 undocumented immigrants, they contribute $598,677,875 in state and local taxes which could be 59,865,125 more with a full reform impact.

Legalization in the United States for those who are in the country illegally would boost the nation's economy. For example, one article states that granting amnesty “would add a cumulative $1.5 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product — the largest measure of economic growth — over 10 years” (Amanda). The reason for that is because undocumented immigrants puts workers on a moral cycle increasing the wages for both immigrants and American workers. Immigrants would help make a better work environment with higher salaries which would increase consumer purchasing, resulting in a better economy as a whole. For example, one article states, “The ripple effects of these increased wages would create $181 billion in induced economic impact, and 1.4

Also since these illegal immigrants work than that means they pay taxes which benefits the government with more

Robert Lynch and Patrick Oakford believe that more citizens would boost the US and state economies. In his article "The Economic Effects of Granting Legal Status and Citizenship to Undocumented Immigrants” they reminds us that illegal immigrants who become citizens are also taxpayers and consumers. We could create new jobs, expand the economy as well as increase the earnings of all Americans. After 10 years, when immigrants start earning citizenship, there will be a large leap because they will have an increase of 10 percent on their income, which will then also boost the economy more.

economy. According to the article, “Immigrants Are a Net Positive to the Economy,” it states that, “Research shows that legalizing our nation's undocumented immigrant population and reforming our legal immigration system would add a cumulative $1.5 trillion to U.S. GDP over a decade.” Just by making many people legal the U.S. would gain 1.5 trillion dollars in only ten years. This money could be used for many things that would make the U.S. a better nation. In the article it also said that, “These big gains occur because legalized workers earn higher wages than undocumented workers. They could use those wages to buy things such as houses, cars, phones, and clothing.” Not only could the legalization of immigrants help the economy it’ll also let them get payed better. This could potentially bring down the poverty level. It could also bring down the number of people who need financial help from the government. By raising the wages of immigrants they could be able to afford many things that they can't afford right now. They would be able to afford better homes and cars among many other things. Many immigrants would offer a better life for their families. Many people would earn a higher wage which would be better than what they could have done in their home country. Not only could the legalization of immigrants help the economy, it could greatly impact many

Granting amnesty to illegal immigrants in the United States will strengthen the economy. The NSA study has found that the typical immigrant and his or her offspring will pay a net of $80,000 or more in taxes. When immigrants are able to work legally, their wages increase resulting in far-reaching positive effects on state and local economies. This benefits the country by tax revenue going up and demand for social services decrease (Griswold). We must not always assume illegal immigrants will come here only to take advantage of our economy, but improve it. These striving illegal immigrants take whatever job or source of revenue and take advantage from it no matter how low-paying the wage is. According to estimates by the

Besides the fact that these immigration reforms would raise the wages, they would also ensure that the current labor force would sufficiently meet the demands of the ever growing society. The fact that they would significantly increase the wages also implies that the purchasing power or rather demand of the consumers would be increased (Porter, 2013). An increase in aggregate demand implies an increase in output. The economy would be better placed. With reference to the federal budget on the other hand, government expenditure on consumer welfare would be reduced. The impact on the federal budgetary reform in this case is direct, the immigration policies, in the long term, would be the reduction in terms of government expenditure. The Bipartisan Policy Center recently released a report that substantiates the impact of the immigration reform on the federal budget. The report categorically stated that, ‘effective immigration reform can be a powerful instrument of economic revitalization. By increasing the overall population and particularly the number of working-age labor-force participants, reform can help expand the economy.’ The impact of the immigration policy states in the report that the immigration policy would increase economic growth, lower the deficit in the federal budget, increase the size for labor force, increase the demand for housing due to an increase in terms of the population and on the long term, raise the wages. This will offer the US economy and the federal budget a much-needed boost. The impact of the immigration policy on the federal budget therefore comes with its own benefits but it is important to note that the primary benefits will be noted in the long run (Preston,

According to a FAIR article written by O’Brien, “The Federal government spends a net amount of $45.8 billion on illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children. This amount includes expenditures for public education, medical care, justice enforcement initiatives, welfare programs and other miscellaneous costs.” (2017). This bill will affect many people’s daily lives and will prevent the government from having to spend taxpayer money for the immigrants to reside in the country and live off the governments dime. If this bill gets passed it will pay for more law enforcement to prevent illegal immigration, but in the long run saving the country more money from not having as many people using the governments amenities such as medical care and receiving workers compensation without being a citizen or in the process of becoming a citizen in the United States of America.

This proposal theorizes that states that allow all immigrants to stay, regardless of legal status, will benefit economically from the participation of newly-legalized immigrants in the state economy and that those states with less lenient immigration policies will suffer. These results will cause businesses and citizens in states that have harsher immigration policies to petition for changes to state policy so that they, too, can benefit from cheaper labor. (Bhagwati and Rivera-Batiz 2013) This solution ignores credible studies that find that illegal immigrants take more from the government in benefits than they contribute in tax revenue, but it is an interesting proposal none the