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What Are The Pros And Cons Of Migration To The United States

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Immigration in itself is the act of a person or groups of people moving to a country of which they are not native and do not possess citizenship. Legal immigrants possess legal documentation to reside and participate in the country or nation's workforce. Illegal immigration however, is the act of a person or groups of people crossing national borders in a form that oppose Immigration laws in that territory. These groups of people do not possess the legal requirements that would allow them to remain in the country they migrated to. The overall difference being that one participated and successfully completed the legal process to enter a country, while the other did not. Despite cheating the process of becoming a legal resident these
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One of the largest contributors of the cost to taxpayers is providing education for their children, costing about fiftytwo billion in the year 2011 (Illegal
Immigration Solutions).
However, there are some positive effects that come from the presence of illegal aliens. In terms of the economy, they provide a large supply of workers to be hired by businesses who are struggling to fulfill those positions. Many of these jobs are ones that do not attract much interest,
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being that they are either dangerous, unattractive, or jobs that people generally would not want to be involved in. This ultimately can lead to an increase in production as well as expansion of those businesses. The U.S. also benefits them occupying these jobs and accepting work for lower wages. As the salary for these jobs gets lower, consequently so does the price for many other things such as meal prices at restaurants and other forms of manual labor. The presence of immigrants, whether they are illegal or not, further contributes to the economy through their consumption of goods in the U.S. “ The total goods and services that they consume through their paycheck, plus all that they produce for their employers, is close to about $800 billion” …show more content…

Additionally, whenever purchasing a good, paying for rent for an apartment, a car payment, whatever it may be, they are paying a tax as well.
The overall cost of unlawful immigration on the U.S. government is significant in contrast to any benefits being weighed. “In 2010, the average unlawful immigrant household received around $24,721 in government benefits and services while paying some $10,334 in taxes”(AMAC). While receiving any benefits from government borne programs or by borrowing government money they are contributing to the total net U.S. deficit. Due to the fact these households are headed by one who has a low income because of a low wage earning job, the costs of these programs and borrowing are being subsidized through taxation. All the same, these people are still able to enjoy such as public education, use roads, have police protection and other benefits. Unlawful settlers do not deserve the right to stay in the United States. Their prolonged residency without documentation allows them to continuously abuse and take advantage of the united states immigration policies. Legal taxpayers are constantly burdened with the cost of
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supporting their stay in this nation, and fund their ways of life. They are allowed all of the

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