The Affirmative will say many things. They will tell you that there is a problem in the Central American countries, problems which cause civil wars. On this, they are correct. The Affirmative will then state that those civil wars create a large number of homeless refugees. They may even give you a statistic to go with that fact. Because it is, indeed, a strong, inarguable, factual statement, with numbers to support it. And so on this, we agree. The Affirmative would then say that the next reasonable place to go is the United States of America as our citizens get many benefits, such as health-care, education, low income housing, and many others. And the Affirmative may even quote at you a report from the Department of Homeland Security, explaining just how many people per fiscal year immigrate to this country, legally or otherwise. …show more content…
However, what they will tell you next is where the Affirmative and Negative begin their disagreement. The Affirmative will tell you that accepting these people into our country is a bad thing. The Affirmative will give you many reasons why this is bad. Reasons like “The Immigrants are using public benefits, and aren’t citizens. These people aren’t paying taxes, but they are still benefiting from our public support system. We are being taken advantage of by these people.” These are indeed problems, but the Affirmative has made them appear more harmful than they actually are. What the Affirmative fails to mention is how these people are good for our economy. As economist Adam Zarasky explains, in his paper A Burden to America? Immigration and the
The other aspect is that illegal immigrants have positive effects in the U.S economy by decreasing consumer cost. Most of the illegal immigrants came to the U.S to fill the secondary labor market; therefore products and services become cheaper because illegal immigrants work for lower wages, thus providing a kind of subsidy to American consumers. Nadadur Ramanujan in his article “Illegal Immigrants” states that, “Because illegal immigrants serves to allow businesses to minimize their cost of production in the secondary sector, it positively impacts income of all native workers by decreasing
It has been a long debated topic whether or not America should continue to let immigrants enter the country. Often, the immediate response would be to withhold more immigrants to come in since there are many existing immigrants already living everywhere around the United States. But the truth is that the immigrants who come in are undoubtedly helping America much more than they harm it. Examples of how the immigrants help would be the economy becoming more powerful, diverse culture, more variety, and even creating job opportunities. By maintaining an open gate for immigrants, the benefits that they bring will definitely outweigh the problems which will create a greater America.
Jobs offered to undocumented immigrants are typically undesirable for United States citizens since they require manual and arduous labor in most cases. Fostering immigration in our immediate community, state, and country at large will benefit us in the long run. Not only will the economy grow, but we will also regain our nation’s identity as the home of promise. Immigration policies have the power to build or tear apart communities. While America should be cautious about the quantity of assistance afforded to illegal immigrants, the fear of losing jobs and money to them should not hinder our goal to expand the economy and assist newcomers.
First, immigrants come to the U.S. to work and bring valuable skills which help grow the economy despite the negative views surrounding their part in the U.S. economy. Since the 2008-2009 recession the view on immigration and its effects on the economy has been more negative than positive (Peri, 2012). A study done by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government found that about 50 percent of American adults believe that immigrants burden the country because they, “take jobs, housing, and healthcare”, while the other 50 percent believe that, “immigrants strengthen the country due to their hard work and talents” (Delener & Ventilato, 2008). Over the past decade, “over half of the increase in the U.S. labor force,… was the result of immigration-l...
While some argue that illegal immigrants burden the United States of America and its economy, others believe that they have become essential and are an important part of the US, economy. Illegal immigration has helped in the nation’s economic growth by enabling businesses to prosper, as the illegal immigrants have provided cheap labor and long hours of hard work. Businesses benefit from illegal immigration by saving a large amount of money since they are not providing insurance, both medical and retirement plans for their illegal workers. This results in a lower production cost for the companies and lower prices for goods and services for everyone. Although illegal immigrants may not contribute directly to the economy of the nation in the aspect of paying taxes like income tax, they contribute to the economy in the form of sales taxes by purchasing the supplies they need in the same way native citizens or legal immigrants do in order to survive and live comfortably....
Taking a look at National Journal, “Left and Right Agree: Immigrants Don’t Take American Jobs,” one can observe the facts that depict the true impact of immigrants on our society. Chokshi states that “Legalization and citizenship allow the undocumented to be more productive and earn higher wages. The increased earnings can then be spent on food, clothing, housing, and other purchases. ‘That spending, in turn, will stimulate demand in the economy for more products and services, which creates jobs and expands the economy.’” There has been extensive research on our economy that proves the impossibility of immigrants taking jobs from
The issue of undocumented immigrants has been a huge debate in the 2016 Presidential Debate. The increase in undocumented immigrants to the US has Americans scared that the increase is more like an invasion, but there are so many other reasons on why it is better to keep our undocumented immigrant population than deport them. The fact they better our economy, by taking low end jobs, or increasing our GDP per capita by 4% is a great place to start(). Most Americans say that deporting the undocumented immigrants is in America’s best interest, but in reality, the undocumented immigrants help America and even Americans themselves.
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...
One of the arguments made is that the immigrants take the jobs of native born U.S. citizens and limits the opportunities and wages presented to the native people. These claims have been made due to the fact that many immigrants enter the country willing to work for lower wages than most native people and, therefore, obtain jobs. Some other claims include that immigrants create a depreciation and deficit in the economy. It has also been said that immigrants have placed major strains on government spending because of financial help that is initially presented to many immigrants when they enter the country. Those who argue against immigration claim that immigrants normally take advantage of welfare opportunities, taking these expenditures away native people and depleting the economy of the U.S. Although there is a substantial amount of evidence disproving these claims, many of these beliefs continue to be supported due to the short term effects immigration has on the economy. Studies have shown that although immigration shows slightly negative effects of the economy in the short run, there’s virtually no consequences to be faced in the long run, in fact there are a series of benefits that come out of immigration. Moreover, immigrants have been accused
Have you ever stopped to think if illegal immigrants help or harm the economy in the U.S.? Today there is a large debate over this one question. Some Americans believe that illegal immigrants harm the U.S. economy by using public services, while other americans believe that illegal immigrants help the economy by increasing the GDP. The truth is illegal immigrants do help the U.S. economy grow.
Those who support immigrants being protected by the law believe that immigrants help the economy by creating lower wages which enables companies to make better profits. According to Becky Akers and Donald J. Boudreaux, immigrants “should be allowed to contribute to the United States economy in the Constitutional and legal precepts that guarantee all immigrants the opportunity to pursue life, liberty, and happiness in the United States” (22). If immigrants were not here in the United States, the jobs they do might not even get done by anyone else (Isidore 103). Immigrants fill up the jobs that many Americans do not want. “Specialization deepens. Workers’ productivity soars, forcing employers to compete for their time by offering higher pay” (Akers and Boudreaux 25). As researcher Ethan Lewis said, “Economics professor, Patricia Cortes, studied the way immigrants impact prices in 25 large United States metropolitan areas. She discovered that a 10-percent increase in immigration lowered the price...
The biggest against argument has been that immigrants are using up the nation 's resources. Many people worry that with the large influx of immigrants coming to countries like America, they will be left with no resources as a native-born citizen. A government’s job should be to accommodate to the citizen’s reasonable needs. Once they realize resources are being consumed more than the production rate, implementing new laws to produce more resources can easily be done. Also, legal immigrants pay taxes, meaning the government receives more funds immigrants are coming legally. With more funds, the government can provide to the needs of citizens better, eliminating the fear of running of out of resources. Another argument is that immigrants who are living in a country illegally wasting the government’s money. An example is that the children of illegal immigrants attend schools that are funded by tax paying citizens, the loss of money could go to getting new books rather than to be given to students who do not pay taxes ("Negative Effects of Illegal Immigration"). However, an illegal is an illegal, they do not get the benefits of being a citizen. Take a look at Canada, a country that is well known for giving its citizens free health care. Illegal immigrants would not receive free healthcare, meaning that they will have to pay for all
Illegal immigrants are makers, not takers. Many American citizens see these approximate 11 million illegal immigrants in a negative view and don’t want them living in their communities. However, many of these American citizens don’t know why illegal immigrants come here and what good they actually do to this country. Illegal immigration should be allowed because their quality of life is improved, they help the economy, and they bring job growth.
Immigration is positive for our country’s economics although illegal immigration is negatively impacting our country.
Immigration into the United States isn’t a new problem, it is an advanced problem in which it is evolved over the last hundred years or so. Although immigration is often considered negative and bad, it also can have some good, through recent studies, it suggest that immigration also has a positive impact on the economy. In the year 2012, it was reported that 18.7 million immigrants were naturalized U.S. citizens, accounting for 46 percent of the foreign-born population (40.8 million) and 6 percent of the total U.S. population (313.9 million) according to ACS estimates. Both articles address their views of the debate. In “Bush’s Speech on Immigration,” Bush states that yes it is a problem that we have