How Do Illegal Immigrants Affect Society

It is clear that illegal immigrants have an overall detrimental effect on the country. Undocumented immigrants flood industries with low amounts of required skill and communication and drive native workers from their jobs. More often than not, these native workers leave the work force. Econometric models used to measure the effect that immigration has on society typically overestimate the benefits produced by immigrants and underestimate the cost associated with them. In addition, undocumented workers use more government assistance than natives and pay less in taxes. Perhaps the largest factor concerning the impact that illegal immigrants has on America is the colossal amount of crime that they bring into the country. Moreover, illegal

immigrants have a tendency to lower the quality of life of those around them and have contributed to cataclysmic economic events. The United States would be wise to implement any reasonable measure to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country. In addition, deporting the illegal immigrants already in the country, especially those who are criminal, would also help the economy.
Legal immigrants, on the other hand, in general are helpful and boost the economy. Legal immigrants with exceptional skills and education are unquestionably good for the economy. Legal immigrants with little education can be a hindrance, however, as they are likely to use government assistance while paying little in taxes. Having sporadic uneducated legal immigrants can be good since they can take jobs that will complement more educated native workers. However, the United States should make a priority to limit the importation of low skill workers. The vast majority of these low skill jobs could easily be filled by American youth, a significant amount of which are not working due to illegal immigrants, and native adults that have dropped out of the workforce due to immigrants. Legal immigrants do not commit many crimes; in fact, they tend to commit less crimes than natives.
Donald Trump outlined throughout the campaign his desire to prevent illegal immigration and limit the incentives that one may have to illegally immigrate. He has put an emphasis on the need to reform immigration such that the needs of Americans are put first. Building the wall and ending chain migration in favor of a merit based system are two items that he has suggested to do just that.