United States home to the largest immigrant population in the world. Although it has had many advantages and some disadvantages. Immigration has many effects to the United States’ economy as well as the people as discussed elaborated in this research.
Labor Market Competition
Immigration of individuals to the United States means securing jobs available for Americans. The labor market becomes competitive as the natives and immigrants have to compete for the jobs. This helps in improving the performance of an economy since the businesses will always employ high skilled workforce that will steer the businesses.
For instance, a professional engineer who migrates to America will likely pose competition to others in the same …show more content…
Many immigrants come to America with a variety of skills. Consequently, this variance enables innovations and technological advancement. The ever-growing economy of United States have enjoyed the availability of high skilled workers, some of whom are immigrants and this has significantly boosted the economy. States with a high concentration of foreign-born workers experience fast growth because of the relation between skilled and innovative labor force. This has consequently led to increased GDP of United States of America. Fiscal Impact
(The effects of immigration, 2016) explains that immigration in general, whether documented or undocumented contributes positively towards the federal budget. Revenue is accrued in form of taxes, many immigrants documented and undocumented pay taxes.
CONCLUSION
The United States harbors the highest number of immigrants legally and illegally migrated. There have been many reasons for immigration to United States including armed conflict, free trade or demand for labor. The major drive is economic where individuals want to better their economic status. This is through seeking employment, an opportunity that is not available in their home