The Pros And Cons Of Migration

The main people affected by deportation are the immigrants. Although they are the main group suffering from this issue there are who are also at risk. In addition, many citizens, business owners, the businesses themselves, and families are also stakeholders when it comes to the economy. The economy is affected by deportation because a lot of immigrants help make up most of the work force. For example, “Mexican-born comprised a substantial share of the low-skilled workforce prior to the recession, there was a much weaker relationship between labor demand shocks and native employment probabilities than in areas with relatively few Mexican workers” (Cadena, & Kovak, 2016). During hard times immigrants helped build up the economy again. It is unfair

For instance, during the recession, undocumented workers provided much of the labor help. With employment changes, demand shocks, mobility, labor supply, the mobility undocumented workers have, helps with them gaining employment opportunities. These are variables that the undocumented workers contributed during the recession. In addition, deportation can negatively effec the economy because “deportations obviously have a deterrent effect on the inflow” (Vinogradova, 2016). Some of the drawbacks are: “international return-on-investment or cost-of-living differentials, which have been extensively studied in the literature on temporary migration, is not sufficient to account for the observed behaviour of undocumented aliens” (Vinogradova, 2016). Policy makers have created laws that prohibit higher job positions for undocumented workers. These laws impede skilled working immigrants to fill those jobs because of their illegal status. However, there are policy makers who make it possible for illegal immigrants to work legally. Nowadays, there are many permits that allow work in the U.S for immigrants. Three of them are, “H-1b visa workers are admitted to work in specialty occupations in law, engineering, computer science, medicine, higher education, and health sciences. H-2b workers are admitted to work in food preparation, grounds keeping, maintenance, childcare, and manufacturing,

These organizations have also helped cause change in policy making. For instance, in 2014 there was an immigration reform called the “Trust Act” which came into effect in California. “The law was pushed by immigrant advocates and directs law enforcement agencies to more quickly release those without serious criminal records rather than hold them so federal officials can take them into custody for deportation proceedings” (Ortiz, 2014). This reform helped prevent many immigrants from being deporting. The positive outcome from this reform was that even though there were many immigrants arrested for small incidents, they can get out on bail like any other American Citizen. However, those who committed more serious crimes could face deportation. Cases varied from states because not all them implemented the “Trust Act.” Anibal Ortiz states that “Los Angeles, which handled the most cases, fell from 1,143 last year to 818 in the first two months of 2014, a 28 percent decline. San Diego was second in overall cases handled but dropped 58 percent, from 426 to 180” (p. 1). The “Trust Act,” is one of the few reforms that have helped