“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” says the Statue of Liberty, an iconic symbol of freedom. Is this country living up to its words? Immigration has been a constant topic of debate in the U.S. Some want to limit the flow of immigrants, be they legal or illegal. Others want to open our country’s doors to any immigrants. Still others want illegal immigration to halt completely. But those people don’t see that illegal immigrants are actually benefiting the economy. And that the immigrants benefit us more than we benefit them. These immigrants, no matter if they are legal or illegal, should be able to come start a new life in this prosperous land.
Illegal immigrants are viewed as a burden by many, but not many see how they benefit us. Many farms employ illegal immigrants, and depend on them to make profit. The United States Department of Agriculture stated, “about half of the hired workers employed in U.S. crop agriculture were unauthorized, with the overwhelming majority of these workers coming from Mexico”. It also stated that, “any potential immigration reform could have significant impacts on the U.S. fruit and vegetable industry.” These unauthorized workers are part of the backbone holding the agricultural economy up. If all of them were deported, like some
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people want to happen, the U.S. would suffer. There are some who say that the many undocumented immigrants coming into the U.S.
are taking the jobs away from citizens. Contrary to this belief, the jobs thought to be mainly comprised of immigrants are actually native-born. The Center for Immigration Studies’ research showed that only four out of 465 civilian jobs are are majorly immigrant. Other jobs though to be majority immigrant are actually American-born dominant. For example, 75 percent of janitors are native born, 65 percent of construction laborers are native, and maids and housekeepers are 55 percent American born. This data illustrates the real picture of how immigrants aren’t actually stealing our
jobs. When talking about illegal immigration policies, people sometimes don’t consider the immigrants themselves. Immigrants, which are mainly coming from Mexico, are searching for new lives in the U.S. None of them want to hurt the U.S. economy or join gangs and break the law. Hit and run accidents done by illegal immigrants only occurs because the immigrants are scared that law enforcement will deport them. If one were places in the place of an immigrant, they would know how it feels to be rejected of an opportunity because of American selfishness. It is sometimes said that the amount of money used for welfare for immigrants hurts the U.S. The reality is that immigrants actually pay taxes all the time in numerous ways, such as and the taxes returned to the U.S. surpasses that which they take. In 2007, the Congressional Budget Office said, “...tax revenues of all types generated by immigrants—both legal and unauthorized—exceed the cost of the services they use.” Illegal immigrants are not a burden as viewed by so many, but rather are benefited less than they benefit us. The view of Americans towards undocumented immigrants is a bad one. Many like to see the bad side of illegal immigration and blind themselves to the reality of how immigrants benefit, rather than hurt, the economy of the country they live in. The presented data and information shows the truth of the matter of immigration. Halting immigration completely wouldn’t benefit us in any way, nor the immigrants. Let this country live up to the words of the Statue of Liberty, and let the tired and poor come to this land and breathe free.
Competing for jobs against native Americans, immigrants are not only using valuable government resources from welfare and other programs, but they are also increasing the rate of unemployment. True, the jobs immigrants are tak...
Immigration is the act of moving and living in another country. Illegal immigration has been a controversial issue for so many years in the United States. Immigrants leave their hometown to travel to the United states to work and to start a new life in this country. America is a nation of immigration. Many immigrants comes in to America every year, but some of those people are undocumented immigrants. The government is taking an action to solve the immigration system. In this paper, there are various resources how people think what are the possible the impact if the undocumented immigrants become legal. Legalizing the undocumented immigrants means they will have better job, wages and which leads to increase in taxes, jobs in the United states
While tangible reasons exists for the need to cut on undocumented immigration, the benefits that illegal immigrants bring to the U.S economy still surpass the arguments against providing undocumented immigrants with legal status. The undocumented immigrants are found in all sectors of the U.S economy and their input needs to be recognized by providing them with legal status to work and improve the economy. They in fact, add circulation to the economy and many benefits that most of american-borns don’t see.
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Various housekeeping jobs and yard work is done by immigrants, both legal and illegal. Immigrants are a necessity in the United States Labor Market; between 7 and 8 million of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States are working, contributing to the economy and contributing to America’s growing work force (Jacoby 22). Unemployment is above 8 percent, and some American’s would argue that these jobs could be filled by U.S. workers, but they can’t. The reason being that unemployed United States workers are usually selective as to which jobs they are willing to take, and many of them do not want to be dish washers or housekeepers. Americans have also become more educated over time, and they strive for higher positions with a larger income. The lower positions do not disappear and unskilled worker...
First, immigrants come to the U.S. to work and bring valuable skills which help grow the economy despite the negative views surrounding their part in the U.S. economy. Since the 2008-2009 recession the view on immigration and its effects on the economy has been more negative than positive (Peri, 2012). A study done by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government found that about 50 percent of American adults believe that immigrants burden the country because they, “take jobs, housing, and healthcare”, while the other 50 percent believe that, “immigrants strengthen the country due to their hard work and talents” (Delener & Ventilato, 2008). Over the past decade, “over half of the increase in the U.S. labor force,… was the result of immigration-l...
The United States of America, being a country founded by immigrants, is known all over the world as the land of great opportunities. People from all walks of life travelled across the globe, taking a chance to find a better life for them and their family. Over the years, the population of immigrants has grown immensely, resulting in the currently controversial issue of illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants are the people who have overstayed the time granted on their US, visa or those who have broken the federal law by crossing the border illegally. Matt O’Brien stated in his article “The government thinks that 10.8 million illegal immigrants lived in the country in January 2009, down from a peak of nearly 12 million in 2007.”(Para, 2) While some argue that illegal immigrants burden the United States of America and its economy, others believe that they have become essential and are an important part of the US, economy.
Most of the United States (U.S) is comprised of immigrants—including those who have migrated to the States from another country and those whose ancestors freely travelled to the States in search of a fresh start. Every year, the U.S. grants a limited number of people around the world the opportunity to immigrate to the States each year. As a result of the restriction, citizens from neighboring countries cross the border illegally. According to an article by Jens Manuel Krogstad, 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants reside in the U.S. in 2014. This whopping number has stirred controversy both politically and economically for America’s government officials. As a result, many people argue whether illegal immigrants should or should not be aided
Many undocumented immigrants are happy as long as they have a job. This is why it is important for those immigrants to be able to gain legal status. This would help fill up the vacant jobs in those farms and meat packing plants. A post released by “The Washington Post,” titled “Immigration Lifts Wages, Report Says; White House Asserts Only Least-Skilled Native Workers Are Hurt” stated that after an economic review, President Bush’s council in 2007, concluded that undocumented immigrants contribute about $80,000 more per person when paying taxes, and are unable to claim benefits offered to native-borns.
Immigration is the greatest part of American history. In the beginning, Immigrants brought a vast variety of cultures and beliefs and turned America in to the beauty it is today. Immigrants are still doing this. However, the issue with immigration can be it 's illegal status. Many undocumented immigrants are entering this country causing questions among the American citizens. Rather than asking if this is right or wrong, a solution can be found. Illegal immigrants come here for a purpose and can be helped with this purpose. Most come fleeing persecution, although some come here for more demented reasons. Those, illegal immigrants will be done away with. However, Those immigrants who come here for pure reasons need to be taken Care of in proper
Immigrants have always been an important part of United States’ population. Each year, there are hundreds of thousands of immigrants, from all around the world, including legal and illegal, come into the United States for job opportunities, new life, or the American Dream. “Immigrants have contributed significantly to the development of the United States. During the Lincoln administration, immigrants were actually encouraged to come to America, as they were considered valuable to the development of the country.” (Soylu & Buchanan, 2013). They believe that the US will give them more freedom, protection, and opportunities, which sometimes it becomes the major issues for immigrants. That’s why “the U.S. population is becoming more racially and
America is sometimes referred to as a "nation of immigrants" because of our largely open-door policy toward accepting foreigners pursuing their vision of the American Dream. Recently, there has been a clamor by some politicians and citizens toward creating a predominantly closed-door policy on immigration, arguing that immigrants "threaten" American life by creating unemployment by taking jobs from American workers, using much-needed social services, and encroaching on the "American way of life." While these arguments may seem valid to many, they are almost overwhelmingly false, and more than likely confused with the subject of illegal immigration. In fact, immigrants actually enhance American life by creating, not taking jobs, bolster social service funds through tax payments, and bring valuable technical knowledge and skills to our country. If we are to continue to excel as a nation, the traditionalists who fear an encroachment of foreign-born Americans must learn to accept that we achieved our greatness as a result of being "a nation of immigrants."
Although the stereotypical complaint against illegal immigrants is that they take jobs away from people already living here, research suggests that immigration isn 't to blame for illegals taking legal citizen’s jobs away. Eddy Jerena, carpenter of Sicilian roots, says, “‘My brother, he has a business, and the Mexicans work hard for him, 12 hours a day, and they don’t complain. You get these American-born guys, they don’t work like that. This country was built by immigrants. The Mexicans deserve to be here’” (qtd. in Roberts and Glastris). As well as taking jobs, illegal immigrants also create jobs through the creation of Mexican restaurants or small clothing factories, or jobs abandoned when people left city areas and moved to suburbs. A U.S. Department of Labor study states that illegal immigrants taking jobs away from American workers is " 'the most persistent fallacy about immigration in popular thought '" (qtd. in Limón) because it is based on the mistaken assumption that there is only a fixed number of jobs. Many Americans don 't even want the jobs illegal immigrants want. Illegal immigrants benefit many U.S. employers who desperately need unskilled workers. Rev. Richard Ryscavage, Jesuit priest, says, “‘A heightened anti-immigration sentiment that is so discernible and identifiable that you can almost smell it. Most people calling for curtailed immigration would die if they didn’t
With the recent Paris attacks and rumors of foreboding ISIS attacks, the topic of immigration comes up quite often in conversations. Topics such as how the immigrants should be dealt with, what exactly are the benefits and/or detriments of immigration, Donald Trump’s immigration plan, et cetera are usually discussed. With immigration gradually becoming a trending issue, various people have expressed their thoughts through means like social media and news sites. Joining this movement, this will be another text on the topic of immigration. The benefits of immigration will be presented, false information will be proven wrong, and why some people oppose immigration will be explained and discussed. Immigration should be widely accepted rather than
While immigration for our country is good, the ability to become a legal citizen has become insanely hard, therefore leading immigrants to illegally cross our border, which negatively impacts our country. Immigration is positive for our country’s economy, although illegal immigration is negatively impacting our country. Resolved to join the American way of life, a large number of outsiders have ventured to this extraordinary land to have an existence based upon “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Determined to join the American lifestyle, thousands of immigrants have journeyed to this great land to have a life based upon “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” This country’s backbone is immigration and it started when this country was made.