The Benefits of Immigrants in the United States

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Recently the United States has experienced a large number of immigrants coming over to the country within the 2000s. In recent studies, there are about 11.5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. The undocumented immigrant population has grown 27% between 2000 to 2009. Immigrants from Mexico make up 59% of the undocumented immigrants in the United States. These undocumented immigrants can help the economy and country grow. These undocumented immigrants do have some downside to them, which makes people question do they really help this country. Many people question if this is a good or bad thing for the U.S. economy or the country. Immigrants have helped the U.S. economy out a lot and propose more positives then negatives on the country. Immigrants have a big impact on the economy, which helps the U.S. economy become more prosperous. Immigrants help stabilize the U.S. economy and provides more of a positive impact than negative on the country.
Immigrants working for cheap labor and getting jobs helps the U.S. economy financially. Immigrants bring in a positive influence and benefits not only to the economy, but to the country as a whole. A Bipartisan Policy Center study showed how a major overhaul of immigrants could boost the economic recovery of the U.S. The study showed within the next 20 years, immigration would increase the economic growth by 4.8%. Also the immigration reform would reduce the country’s deficit by $1.2 trillion, because immigrants would take jobs and pay taxes. Immigrants also create jobs for Americans, about 28% of the new businesses were started by immigrants. Immigrants who owned small businesses employed an estimated 4.7 million people in 2007. These small business generated more than 776 bil...

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...sus indicated that 12.9 percent of U.S. population was foreign born.
3- Aquilar, Luis A. The Important Role of Immigrants in our Economy. 18 May 2013. 18 February 2014. .
This article talks about how immigrants help with economic growth. First generation immigrants represent 16.7% of all new business owners in the U.S. Immigrants create jobs in U.S. Also, studies indicate that immigrants have furthered employment, productivity, and income in the economy.
4- White House. Cracking Down on Employers Hiring Undocumented Immigrants. 29 January 2013. 18 February 2014. .
This article talks about businesses that employee undocumented immigrants. Obama has worked on reforms to stop the employment of this workers as it gives them unfair advantages. In one of his reforms is a verification process that verifiies that an employee i

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