The Pros And Cons Of Immigrants

An Economy of Immigrants America was founded by immigrants that enrich the culture around the United States while helping contribute to the United States economy at the same time.

Immigrants became America’s backbone by working low wage hours in a stressful environment.

However, due to recent events and our new president elect, many people are doubting that immigrants actually provide a good source of anything for America. More than now, information about immigrants is needed to inform people on whether immigrants contribute negatively or positively to the United States.

In the United States, there is 40 million immigrants in 2012, that’s 13% of the United

States population, and those numbers are only rising. Out of those 40 million people,

By being paid lower than most jobs bring companies can hire many immigrants to work for their company and that causes prices to be lowered and consumers save money. Many people are concerned that immigrants cause many jobs to undercut their wages and cause those who work in blue-collared jobs like construction or plumbing. If those jobs go down, then every other job and its wages could become underpaid as well, but these problems cannot change unless

“adequate ways for immigrants to work here legally,” are changed and improved to make an easy access to citizenship, because many undocumented immigrants have been here for more than ten years. (Majority of undocumented immigrants works in low-skill jobs, report finds). Some things citizenship could change the way immigrants find jobs, once they become a legal citizens they do not necessarily need to take those jobs that pay low for harder work.

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Another way people are trying to fix the disastrous immigration problem is to deport all the legal aliens at once. Not only is that a bad idea but would hurt the economy. The economy could shrink as much as 1.4 % or 2.6% as soon as a mass deportation happens and the job market would be open but many people will not be able to fill them in time.(The Hidden Costs

“In 2010, immigrant-founded small businesses generated more than $775 billion in sales and $100 billion in income and paid more than $126 billion in payroll taxes. On average, immigrant-owned small businesses each employ about eight employees and collectively provide jobs for about 4 million people in the United States.” (How Immigrants Positively Affect the

Business Community and the U.S. Economy). That is a big amount of money that the government can earn and just alone immigrants added “1.6 trillion to total U.S. gross domestic product,” in 2013. (How Immigrants Positively Affect the Business Community and the U.S.

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In conclusion immigrants play a role in the United States economy by providing jobs and making businesses, lower prices on consumer goods by working low wages, and can minor effect the economy negatively affect wages by go lower by comparison of their wages and getting jobs that citizens could get. Immigrants have made a positive influence in the us economy by creating new jobs and revenues and bringing variety and a place to learn about new cultures without immigrants the United States would be dull and lacking a variety of people. People are