The united states spend an average of 2 billion dollars a year deporting undocumented immigrants to their home country. Most of this immigrants return back to the united states so all this money is a waste of tax money. Why not? legalize the 11 million undocumented immigrants and generate a boost to the economy of 1.5 trillion dollars GDP over the course of 10 years and add close to 5 billion dollars in tax revenue in just the next three years of the immigration reform occurring. The evidence suggests that a immigration reform will boost the united states economy in every way possible. One reason for this is that by having a immigration reform and creating a path to citizenship it would create trillions of dollars in only a course of 10
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For instance, Economic policy institute says, “in the retail industry there are over 1.2 million unemployed workers and only about 400,000 job openings” This argument is wrong because immigrants aren't the one taking the jobs, a study by Rob Paral supports this argument, he says “ the highest unemployment rates are found in counties located in manufacturing centers and rural areas which tend to have a relatively few immigrants since they usually go where the jobs are metropolitan and non- manufacturing counties where unemployment rates are lower therefore immigrants are the ones taking the jobs. Undocumented Immigrants with a legal status could be the solution to creating jobs. A report from the Economy Policy Institute says “ that more people, do not mean lower wages or higher unemployment. If they did, each time a baby was born or a new graduate entered the labor force, they would hurt existing workers. But new workers do not just have supply-side impacts, they also affect demand. Those new graduates buy food and cars and pay rent”. The same thing would happen when integrating 11 million undocumented immigrants with a legal status after a immigration reform to the has been issued to the labor force because while this immigrants with a legal status will be able to choose a job that fits their skills they would also consume goods and services creating more
For instance, Economic policy institute says, “in the retail industry there are over 1.2 million unemployed workers and only about 400,000 job openings” This argument is wrong because immigrants aren't the one taking the jobs, a study by Rob Paral supports this argument, he says “ the highest unemployment rates are found in counties located in manufacturing centers and rural areas which tend to have a relatively few immigrants since they usually go where the jobs are metropolitan and non- manufacturing counties where unemployment rates are lower therefore immigrants are the ones taking the jobs. Undocumented Immigrants with a legal status could be the solution to creating jobs. A report from the Economy Policy Institute says “ that more people, do not mean lower wages or higher unemployment. If they did, each time a baby was born or a new graduate entered the labor force, they would hurt existing workers. But new workers do not just have supply-side impacts, they also affect demand. Those new graduates buy food and cars and pay rent”. The same thing would happen when integrating 11 million undocumented immigrants with a legal status after a immigration reform to the has been issued to the labor force because while this immigrants with a legal status will be able to choose a job that fits their skills they would also consume goods and services creating more