The Positive Impact of Immigration According to Wikipedia, immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker. An immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a new country. For many Americans, the word ‘immigration” conjures an image of poor. The case of immigration has become a major debate for everyone. More than a million people come to the United States for different reasons. Although critics have been argued about the negative impacts of immigrants, but …show more content…
When immigrants migrate to a new country, they fill in the gap of job vacancies and meet skill shortage. Some people believe that immigrants take jobs and spoil the economy, but that is not true. According to Mr. Ian Goldin, he says that “In the US, over a third of documented immigrants are skilled. Immigrants have been founders of companies such as Google, Intel, PayPal, eBay, and Yahoo! in fact, skilled immigrants account for over half of Silicon Valley start-ups and over half of patents, even though they make up less than 15% of the population”, this shows that immigrants also sustain economic growth by working and inventing new ideas. Some immigrants even own major companies. Cubans operate most major construction companies; African Americans entrepreneurs own more than 2.6 million firms in the U.S. Immigrants also bring a wave of talents and …show more content…
Some Americans say that the more the immigrants, the more crime rate increases which is not true. Immigrants who migrate to the U.S know the consequences of being deported to their home country and so most of them stay away from crime. Increase in population by the immigrants also means that the pension gap can be filled by the contribution of new young immigrants who pay their taxes. Increase in population also helps failing schools especially those with failing numbers become transformed because immigrants also bring their kids for academic purposes. Kids who are brilliant tend to raise the school population up, raise the standard of the school which brings in diversity amongst the students and teachers. Immigrants have greatly affected the population, according to Pilardi, he says that “this is not the first time, nor will it be the last, that workers have come across the southern border in great numbers to make a living and to contribute to the U.S. economy,” (387) which justifies the fact that immigrants have great impact on the
The United States of America has the largest foreign-born population in the world. With nearly thirteen percent of the total population being foreign-born, one may find it hard to imagine an immigrant-free country (U.S. Bureau of the Census). Immigration has been an integral part of the United States’ overall success and the country’s economy since it was established and without it, would have never been founded at all. Although there are some negative issues associated with immigration and many native-born Americans believe to be more of a problem than a solution, overall it actually has a positive effect. Immigrants in America, among other things, fill jobs where native-born Americans may not want to work or cannot work, they contribute to Social Services and Medicaid through taxes and they help provide the backbone of America, especially by working jobs that natives may have not even considered.
Immigration can be defined as passing foreigners to a country and making it their permanent residence. Reasons ranging from politics, economy, natural disasters, wish to change ones surroundings and poverty are in the list of the major causes of immigration in both history and today. In untied states, immigration comes with complexities in its demographic nature. A lot of cultural and population growth changes have been witnessed as a result of immigration. In the following paper, I will focus on how immigration helps United States as compared to the mostly held view that it hurts America.
The United States has been historically a country of immigrants. Since the first British settlers landed on the shores of the eastern United States in the 1600’s, there has been a strong and steady influx of immigrants to North America. They were driven by the promise of a new and better life for themselves and for their families. Over the last 400 years there have been successive waves of immigration that have risen and fallen over time. Historically most immigration has come from the European nations with waves coming to the United States by region and specific countries. In the 1800’s there was a mass migration of Irish, German, British, and French Immigrants. The largest group, the Irish, was escaping the Potato Famine that left Ireland in an awful state of poverty and famine. These groups sought a better life from the poor economic and social times of Europe and were lured to the United States by the hope of land, freedom, opportunity, and jobs. Later improvements in technology in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s led to lower transatlantic fares. Many Slavic people, Greeks, Hungarians, Poles and over 4 million European Jews came over during this time in search of a better quality life, better jobs, and more oppor...
The United States cannot afford to lose the economic gains that come from immigrant labor. The economy would be suffering a greater loss if it weren’t for immigrants and their labor contributions, especially during the 2008 U.S. recession. The U.S. economy would most likely worsen if it weren’t for the strong labor force immigrants have provided this country. Despite the mostly negative views native-born Americans have towards immigrants and the economy, their strong representation in the labor forces continues today. Immigrants aren’t taking “American” jobs, they are taking the jobs that Americans don’t want (Delener & Ventilato, 2008). Immigrants contribute to various aspects of the economy, including brining valuable skills to their jobs, contributing to the cost of living through taxes, and the lacked use of welfare, healthcare, and social security when compared to native-born Americans, showing that the United States cannot afford to lose the contribution immigrants bring into the economy.
Immigrants have proven effective in U.S Economy. “Immigrants have founded venture-backed public companies are worth more than $500 billion and employ an estimated 220,000 people in the U.S“("10 Harmful Misconceptions About Immigration." Www.equalrightcenter.org. Equal Right Center, 2008. Web.) As the economy of the U.S has been growing, without immigrants the country wouldn 't be able to fulfill its labor force necessities, therefore, we would have a decline where there is too much to be done with not enough people to work. Also, the immigrant community would take on any job offered, which is basically the leftovers, or what the Native Born Americans didn 't want to do. Even the ones who sought greater power, such as opening their owns businesses still needed help learning the duties where they would hire Native born Americans or American companies to teach them how to run the business. Yes, the Immigrants were taken jobs, but they were also providing white collar jobs for the native
America is known famously throughout the world with the nickname 'The melting pot.' The reason behind this is that America is extremely diverse and has many different people. Immigrants give America the chance to know the culture of many countries. They bring in their culture, religion, economic benefits, and ideology to America. I believe that the United States should allow legal immigrants from all over the world because they bring many benefits to it. Immigrants are a positive influence on United States of America.
In 2007, the White House issued this statement in hopes to influence a Congressional debate: “Immigration has a positive effect on the American economy as a whole and on the income of native-born American workers” (Pear). This statement relates to the idea that immigrants actually enhance the productivity of American workers and increase their earnings in a significant amount, estimated at $37 billion a year (Pear). This is just one way in which immigrants support economic development in the United States. Since the U.S. is an i...
Immigration has played a major role in the economy of the United States, creating both deficits and surpluses in the U.S. economy. Arguments have been made that immigration brings more negative effects to the United States economy than it does positive, whereas on the other hand, people claim that immigrants have taken a major weight of the economy of the U.S. and has even allowed the economy to make significant growths. Considering the fact that the total accountable population of the U.S. is said to be made up of approximately 13% of immigrants, many arguments have been made for and against the entrance of immigrants into the United States. Immigration has effects upon the work force, the living conditions, the poverty rates, and other contributing
Thus, some people get benefits and some people suffer from it. The effects are varying from the both perspectives: the native residents and the illegal immigrants. According to the perspective of a native resident, illegal immigration can be allegedly a bad move for the economy. A native resident might find difficulties in finding jobs due to high influx of illegal immigrants working for lower wages. Illegal immigrants are not just a threat to native population but also to the country at large due to unknown background records or past criminal history. However, Some native people might think that illegal immigrants help the economy by filling in the gaps of labor needed for economy to be at its full potential. On the other hand, the effects according to illegal immigrants’ perspectives are quite different. There are whole new set of advantages for illegal immigrants when they move to the country of interest. The illegal immigrants assume that they have not committed any serious crime, and land everywhere in the world are free for humans to accommodate on. Most of the illegal aliens commit the crime of entering the country illegally on purpose to remove their past and start a new life. however, this is usually not the right solution because they will face difficulties in getting the correct form of identification. Thus, this leads them to bribery which corrupts the country from within. There are two ways of destroying the country, one from outside with war, and one from inside with
Immigrants have enhanced our culture by making it a combination of everyone’s diverse customs and traditions and, allowing us to enjoy different things. They bring in innovated ideas and success which benefits our economy and creates jobs. Immigration has also allowed people from different countries to seek opportunity and an escape to gain freedom and rights. America’s economy has been boosted, many different cultures have been brought together as one, and people are able to succeed and find opportunity because of
Immigrants have always been an important part of United States’ population. Each year, there are hundreds of thousands of immigrants, from all around the world, including legal and illegal, come into the United States for job opportunities, new life, or the American Dream. “Immigrants have contributed significantly to the development of the United States. During the Lincoln administration, immigrants were actually encouraged to come to America, as they were considered valuable to the development of the country.” (Soylu & Buchanan, 2013). They believe that the US will give them more freedom, protection, and opportunities, which sometimes it becomes the major issues for immigrants. That’s why “the U.S. population is becoming more racially and
Immigration should be widely accepted rather than looked at as a problem. Economically, immigrants greatly boost the economy by providing new job opportunities, more money to companies, and reducing the unemployment rate. A large influx of immigrants will help many companies because of supply and demand, more people equals more needs to be provided. With the average immigrant worker working at lower wages, immigrants reduce the amount of money a company loses when paying their employees.
The current effects of immigration throughout the United States has had a negative impact on its economy. Whether foreigners are legal permanent immigrants or illegal occupants, nations must diligently keep track of all individuals. This is a brief analysis on how immigrants impact the U.S and strategies to minimize their effects on this nation. In addition, the U.S must implement and monitor plans of action to lessen unemployment of citizens and reduce the excessive use of benefits and resources by immigrants.
Immigration poses an ongoing debate in which people are becoming increasingly unsure as to whether immigrants are benefiting their society. This paper will examine three of the main benefits of immigration: the increase in diversity it provides, the rise in skills and labor and the benefits to the economy. Immigration leads to cross-cultural integration, therefore increasing ethnic variety. This increase in diversity is beneficial as it leads to improvements in society, as well as educational development. Increased immigration also means there are more skills and experts available to the hosting countries, as well as extra workers to take up jobs that need filling. Immigration also leads to improvements in the economy as taxes are paid and employment and wages increase.
Immigrants not only represent the low-income jobs but also the high wages jobs. For instance, we find immigrants in the labor field of dentists, engineers, or nurses. They are part of the three sectors of the economy, the low, the middle and the high paid jobs. Now, there is enough evidence that shows that in the long run, immigrants do not reduce employments for Americans. According to Costa (et al), “in the short run immigrants may reduce Americans’ unemployment because the economy takes time to adjust to new immigration.” Of course this depends on the economic, politic, and social environment. Nevertheless, if the economy is growing and there are creations of firms, products, or services, there will also be a creation of new jobs, including for those Americans who are less