Impact Of Immigration On Economy

Immigration and It’s Positive Effect on the Economy

The average American does not realize the benefits that immigration brings to the United States. Immigrants increase tax funds for the federal government that then they will apply to revenues in local governments. Everyday citizens carry this false perception of immigrants and blame them for the economy, not to mention blame them for the lack of jobs in the United States when in reality immigrants have no negative effect on the economy but have a positive impact on the economy Immigrants benefit the economy because they earn money and spend money, which contribute to local businesses and by adding tax revenue. Immigrants also provide workers that have a skill set that is being lacked in

Based on the research by the Partnership for a New American Economy, immigrants owned 28% of the business in the United States which mean more jobs and a boost in the want local goods (Partnership for a New American Economy). The research done by the Partnership for a New American Economy has proven that Immigrants have increased ownership of their own businesses. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increases with the growth of new workers, the economy can't grow if you don't add those new workers. The immigrants earning will be spent in the economy thus meaning increase of consumptions meaning that businesses will be better off and lead to higher wages. Studies have shown that the United States economy will get better with the help of all the new workers that have come from other countries to help sustain the hard laboring jobs.Immigrants do not take american jobs or decrease the wage given in that work force, instead immigrants boost the wages and increase job-creation in the United States. The gains are so impactful and beneficial that it would be stupid to restrict immigration to the United States. With immigrants starting their own businesses and with the increase of new workers who will help keep jobs in the United States they will genuinely help the United States out of its

it also simultaneously helps increase the U.S’s GDP. Immigrants can add to the U.S gross domestic product, 11 million immigrants would be the same as more than $1.5 trillion or around one percent added to the GDP in a time span of 10 years. According to the World Bank the output of the goods and services produced from labor and property from the Immigrants is measured at $15 trillion. Even if immigrants aren't given no chance to become a lawful citizen and are given a temporary worker program this would still add $792 million to the American GDP (The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform). But the addition to the GDP could be double that if the immigrants are allowed to become citizens and help this country thrive. All the aspects of Immigration would help increase the GDP, that even in-low investment assumptions the immigration reform would increase the GDP somewhere between 0.8 to 1.3 percent from the years 2012 to 2016 (The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office). A comprehensive immigration reform will help increase America's GDP in the upcoming years. Immigrants alone can bring the GDP up by creating jobs that were produced by the consumer spending increasing within three years of the immigration reform (Center of American