The Pros And Cons Of Immigrants In The United States

Before slavery was abolished in the United States by the 13th amendment on December 6, 1865, the citizens of this country were gratified to take in slaves from other countries to work for them at their homestead. In this day and age, however, most people want to deny entry into the United States for any possible immigrant from any country. So the question of why would we let slaves into the country in the past, but not let immigrants in now comes about. The answer is simply because people are selfish. Citizens of the U.S. were completely fine with letting slaves from other countries into our country because they would be working for the U.S. citizen individually. On the other hand with immigrants, U.S. citizens treat the situation differently

One of the most prevalent of these negative impacts is the loss of the U.S. workers’ jobs to immigrants. Two economists by the names of Jeffrey Passel D’Vera Cohn state, “Immigrants come to the United States to take jobs that offer them greater opportunity, and they are often welcomed by U.S. employers who are able to hire them for wages lower than they would have to pay to hire U.S. workers” (Passel and Cohn). If immigrants are coming from other countries to the United States then they will most likely be looking for a job when they get here, and when they get one it will most likely be one that a U.S. citizen might have been hoping to get as well. In Michigan alone, over 80,000 jobs have been taken by immigrants that could have possibly been taken by the citizens of Michigan. If someone had their job taken by an immigrant, or worse an illegal immigrant, they would most likely be very mad because they have prepared themselves for a long time for that job, and to just lose it right there would be very angering. Illegal immigration is also one of the negative impacts of immigration policies because of the many other affects it brings to a community. Illegal immigration can affect job securities, crime prevention, health care services, public education, the national security, but most importantly the economy as a whole. “With the growing numbers of illegal immigrants, they will need social programs like government, schools, and hospitals. They may also need to be included in the socialized housing programs if necessary” (U.S. Guide). Basically, when illegal immigrants enter the country they will need help from the government to attempt to live a good life, schools because everyone needs an education to get somewhere in their lives, and hospitals in case an emergency occurs. All of these will raise the taxes of U.S. citizens in order to try and