Drawbacks Of Immigration

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Essential Question: What are the economic benefits and drawbacks of immigration, legal and otherwise? The Donald, The Trumpster, DJT. Whatever name you know him by, you’ve no doubt heard his belief that “We [America} have to build a wall across the southern border, and make Mexico pay for that wall” in order to keep “those people” from coming into America and stealing our jobs and wrecking our economy. However ludicrous his rants may be, Donald Trump is not alone in making such claims. In order to further their political careers, politicians often turn toward the issue of immigration in order to stir up vitriolic feelings in the American population. They blame immigrants for economic problems in America, stating to anybody willing to listen…show more content…
In the countries they’re coming from, economic opportunities are relatively scarce. Some of them leave their families behind, and work to build an economic base strong enough to eventually support bringing their family to join them. They work hard to earn what they can, so they are productive members of America’s workforce. Money they earn is used to purchase goods and services in their local community, such as food and clothing from local businesses, providing an overall benefit to the economy. It is also the case that immigrants send a portion of their incomes to families back home. This exported money will not be spent inside the country, therefore reducing the overall economic benefit. Although this portion of immigrants’ income will not go back directly into America's economy, evidence shows that it is not a very substantial part of the immigrant's income compared to the portion of their income that they use to purchase necessary good and…show more content…
All of those jobs were open to any American willing to apply. Only around 1,500 Americans came in and applied, and of those about 336 were actually hired. However, only 5%, or 17 of those hired stayed in the job more than a couple of weeks. The rest of those 7,000 job openings were filled by immigrant workers, both undocumented and with H-2A guest worker visa program, which is a way for immigrant workers to work in the fields legally but without granting them permanent
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