The Pros And Cons Of Immigrants

There is question on whether or not the immigrants will help or hurt the economy. Some say immigrants will take jobs from Americans and damper U.S. tax rolls because they aren’t as skilled or educated. The fact is immigrants actually increase “overall wages and the pool of jobs” and add to the U.S. revenue (Dwoskin). In 2006 there was a suspected “21 million immigrants, about 15 percent of the labor force, [that] h[e]ld jobs in the U.S.” However, the U.S. only had about seven million unemployed. “So the majority of immigrants can't literally have "taken" jobs; they must be doing jobs that wouldn't have existed had the immigrants not been here,” (Lowenstein). Roger Lowenstein also presents a valid and insightful point in stating that immigrants who take these jobs that “wouldn’t have existed”, relative prices could be lowered in a similar way that global trade does.

Immigration has fueled the American society from the beginning of its creation. Without immigrants, there would be no America. From ones searching for religious freedom to others seeking economic prosperity, America would not be the successful country it is today without its foreign-born masses. This country has thrived on its people’s diverse contributions, and it has stimulated our economy greatly. It is the place, no matter who one is, to thrive in the acceptance of one another’s differences. Unfortunately, there are others that oppose the very thing that has made America what it is today. Despite certain disapproval, the impact immigration has on America is remarkably beneficial to the economy; this is evident when analyzing its positive effects on gross domestic product (GDP), wages and employment, and other economic contributions, which in turn has stimulated colossal economic growth for America.

The U.S economy is constantly changing due to many factors, and immigration happens to be one of them. For so long, many people have had opposing viewpoints of how immigrants that are coming into the United States are affecting the economy. Some people believe that immigrants make up a big percentage of the United States’ economy meanwhile, others believe that they just take space away from public services such as schools, hospitals, and jails. Art Thompson and Arian Campo-Flores are both publishers who wrote about the controversy of immigration changing the economy. Publisher Arian Campo-Flores, in his article “Why Americans Think (Wrongly) That Illegal Immigrants Hurt the Economy” published in 2010 by The Daily Beast argues that illegal immigrants are not hurting the economy instead, they are helping it by providing cheap labor, replenishing the lost funds that retiring Americans will create and are contributing to properties and to taxes. In an opposing viewpoint, Art Thompson in his article, “Real Solutions for the Economy: Stop

Many of the Economic research papers focus on the impact of Immigration on the United States Labor Market Wages. The laws of supply and demand imply that, “as immigrants increase the supply of a particular type of labor (such as low-educated workers), the wages paid to that group falls.” (Borjas April 2004) “Because

Illegal immigrants in the United States (US) have long been a topic of debate for policy makers and the public. The rationale about them is that they do not pay taxes; they add to the costs of taxpayers and use up funds in resources meant for assisting citizens and legal immigrants (the legal citizens). Therefore, they are perceived as a threat to the US economy. The true impacts of illegal immigrants on the US economy are discussed by debating over the economic benefits as well as economic costs of these immigrants. The negative impacts, discussed first, presented the decreases in low skilled jobs’ wage rates for legal immigrants and citizens instigated by illegal immigrants, the social services such as educations and healthcare that they utilize and add to taxpayers. Then contrary to the negative impacts, the positive impacts reveal benefits of low production costs, increases in the local market sales, undocumented tax generation, impact on growth and employment brought forth by illegal immigrants. These impacts, both negative and positive, are independently analyzed and weighed against each other. The discussion does show a slight net positive impact on the US economy in contrast to the normal belief about illegal immigrants.

Recent years, more and more foreign people immigrate to the United States by a variety of approaches. How does immigration affect United States economy is now a hot topic discussed by economists and ordinary citizens. Many people believe that foreign-born workers are thieves who steal their work opportunities; meanwhile, many people point out that these immigrants are essential for United States society because many of them are doing the job that local people are not willing to do such as cleaner and sewer workers. Most economists find no relationship between large immigration inflows and local worker’s employment rate and wage level.

Immigrants contribute to the economy just as much as Americans, through their investments and consumptions of goods and services. They increase economic efficiency by labor force growth, entrepreneurship, and human capital. , through their investments and consumption of goods and services.They increase economic efficiently by labor force growth, entrepreneurship, and human capital. According to Why American Cities Are Fighting to Attract Immigrants, “But immigration, on the whole, bolsters the workforce and adds to the nation’s overall economic activity. Look at the impact on cities that attract the most foreign-born residents. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston are all major immigrant destinations and also economic powerhouses, accounting for roughly one-fifth of the country’s gross domestic product” (Hesson). Immigrants’ economic contributions are significant, they could be even greater, if Congress enacts a legislative reform that includes a pathway to citizenship, then more unauthorized immigrants could participate in the

In the article, “Immigrants Are Makers, Not Takers”, the authors provide the statistics gathered by the National Foundation for American Policy. According to this data, immigrants paid more than 11 billion dollars in state and local taxes only in 2010. This means that they help the local economies, as well as the state ones. These figures only show a direct effect of immigrants on the economy growth. However, one should consider the fact that they also contribute a large portion of the total product consumption all over the country. This means that they benefit the local producers, retailers, and small

The most avidly debated effects of immigration involve the United States’ economy and labor force. It is estimated that there are 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States today, and their impact on the economy can be perceived as positive as well as negative. The overall effect is unclear, and this essay will present both sides of the debate.

In a country that was created by the hard work of immigrants, those who ask the question of whether their labor has contributed to the growth of the United States economy are simply ignoring facts. The truth is that immigrants make up a large percentage of the incoming workforce and they prevent the withering of the economy even in times of population decline. Economic competitiveness is threatened by an aging workforce but a flow of immigrants entering the U.S. helps counter this problem while at the same time raising the number of taxpayers. Immigrants play many important roles when it comes to helping the economy of the United States, however they also play damaging roles to some of the workers of the U.S. as many are outcompeted for work

Over than 10 million illegal immigrants live in the United States, and 1,400 more arrive every day (Katel). Seeing the great economic opportunity in the U.S. immigrants cross the border to work low wage jobs and begin a new life. While illegal immigrants only take up a small 5 percent of the United states workforce, these illegal aliens take up American jobs, threaten national security, and ruin culture because the refuse to assimilate (Katel). Many agree in this debate that the presence of so many immigrants actually boost our economy. Illegal immigration raises difficult questions about the American economy and how the country continues to seek low wage labor while

Over the years, immigrants influence the aspect of American life by shifting economic, political, and social policies due to their values and beliefs on these areas. This topic of influence raises public issue to whether or not U.S. should limit immigration quotas. On one hand, immigrants enable U.S. to compete in international competition and are one way to help alleviate labor shortages in certain demographic trends (Liebig, 2011). Immigration has impact economic trends by highly participating in the labor market and benefiting homeowners and landlords. Immigrants also influences diversity which enables people in the U.S. to be open minded about other cultures. On the other hand, public opinions do not favor the coming of more

Generally all this enormous numbers of immigrant workers show and clarify one point that immigration alone does not explain starkly different outcomes for U.S.-born workers. If the country is continuing to deny and debate immigration policy, measures of economic impact won’t anyway resolve the argument one way or another. (“Does Immigration Hurt U.S. Workers?”)

Immigration is important for the growth of the economy because it’s a major contributions towards the economy. The United States has often been referred to as a global melting pot due to its assimilation of diverse cultures, nationalities, and ethnicities. Today, this metaphor may be an understatement. Edstam and Carlson an immigration activists reports that, without the extra work and consumption provided by immigrants, the economy of the United States would collapse. They include in the article saying that, despite the common notion that immigrants steal jobs from Americans, the 2005 Economic Report shows that The Federal Reserve in fact recently raised its benchmark interest rate because it observed a strengthening U.S. economy with reduced unemployment, rising wages and some labor shortages Immigrants continue to strengthen local economies through their higher productivity and increased consumption (Edstam and Carlson). An article by Savajlenka added, Studies show that competition with American workers among immigrants is very minimal and limited to the unskilled labor. Therefore, Savajlenka immigration analyst states that, “Numerous studies have documented that immigrants are needed to replace the large number of retiring Baby Boomers and that the future growth of the U.S. workforce will come from immigrants and their children” (Savajlenka). This is an additional like a shot in occupations that presently use several older employees, like janitorial and truck driving

Yes-Many of the rights described in the CRC is hard to imagine they need to be described as they seem to be common sense for children those have them. However, not everyone around the world has the resources to provide such rights and are seem more like privileges. For example: article 2 mentions the rights described in the CRC are to be given to all the children without discriminating. It seems like a normal way to go; however we need to understand in many countries, outsiders and/or minorities are sometimes seemed as less than regular citizens and this particular article could be targeted to them.