The Pros And Cons Of Immigration

Immigration: What is to be done?

Incontestably, immigration is a dividing issue in America today no matter what walk of life a citizen hales from. This is not strictly a modern issue, but never has immigration policy been witnessed on such a vast national stage as today with advancements in communication and technology. Perceived burden on the health care system, economic strain due to undocumented immigrants, and introduction of criminals into our society are a few of the major problems ascribed to immigration policy in the U.S.

The American health care system has undergone drastic change in the last decade with the passing of the affordable health care act. This government policy has helped millions of Americans gain access to health care previously unavailable to them. The affordable health care act has also riven up the price of health care, raised taxes, and overburdened the health care system for those who receive government assisted

when speaking on illegal immigration. According to economist Dennis Jacobe, Ph.D “. If more restaurants come into business, they need more waiters and cooks and so forth, and the economy grows”(Robison).This is an oversimplification of how illegal immigrants impact the economy. While it is true that many illegal immigrants are willing to take the jobs that no one wants, they are also willing to take them at far below what a normal citizen protected by employment laws would. While these jobs being performed are crucial to the economy and society, it can also be argued that the low wages illegals are willing to work for cause a dip in the pay scale that can heavily effect the other working class in our society. Off the books payment also negatively effects the illegal immigrant workers negatively, by denying them the protection of law afforded to documented workers. There seem to be no clear winners when it comes the economy and undocumented