It could be argued that American companies heavily rely on illegal immigrants for a cheap supply of labour if companies have to use natural-born citizens, they would need to pay the minimum wage and, therefore, increase the costs of foods and results in consumers paying more for their agricultural products and this will result in a lot of economic problems. Farmers in the United States greatly depend on illegal immigrants as they are happy to do the jobs a lot of Americans do not want to do. Most of the farmers in the United States are immigrants and nearly half of them are illegal. Although, many argue that immigrants are ‘stealing’ jobs from natural-born citizens, according to an individual at ‘United Farm Workers Union’ who tried to hire
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According to a 2008 report by the ‘Public Policy Institute of California’ on ‘The Wall Street Journal’ website, 297 per 100,000 immigrants were sent to prison compared to 813 per 100,000 natural-born Americans. The report also stated that: "Immigrants are underrepresented in California prisons compared to their representation in the overall population.” (6) The evidence clearly states that immigrants in the United States especially illegal immigrants are more law-abiding than natural-born Americans because if an illegal immigrant is found guilty of a crime, they will be deported back to their …show more content…
According to ‘Gallup’ between 2013/2014, there was a 41% decrease in immigration but now it is 58%. Also on ‘Gallup’, in mid-2014, 33% of the people surveyed believed that immigration was a bad thing. (7)
On the other hand, one of the reasons why people are against immigrants especially illegal immigrants is that illegal immigrants had access to basic services such as health and education in California. According to ‘ballotpedia’, citizens voted for a proposition (Proposition 187) which stops illegal immigrants from accessing basic services such as health/education. Also on the website, it stated that there was a recession in California and an agency that is part of the government stated that “save the state about $200 million a year.” (8)
Also, some Americans believe that immigrants don’t mix in well with them and erode their culture and say immigrants should share the same beliefs as natural-born citizens. According to the ‘Washington Times’ which included a poll from “Reuters and Ipsos” stated that 70% of Americans believe that the US’ tradition are threatened by illegal immigrants. Also on the website, it states that in New England, citizens oppose illegal immigration the most in America and 80% of citizens in New England believed that America’s beliefs are threatened by illegal immigrants.
According to a 2008 report by the ‘Public Policy Institute of California’ on ‘The Wall Street Journal’ website, 297 per 100,000 immigrants were sent to prison compared to 813 per 100,000 natural-born Americans. The report also stated that: "Immigrants are underrepresented in California prisons compared to their representation in the overall population.” (6) The evidence clearly states that immigrants in the United States especially illegal immigrants are more law-abiding than natural-born Americans because if an illegal immigrant is found guilty of a crime, they will be deported back to their …show more content…
According to ‘Gallup’ between 2013/2014, there was a 41% decrease in immigration but now it is 58%. Also on ‘Gallup’, in mid-2014, 33% of the people surveyed believed that immigration was a bad thing. (7)
On the other hand, one of the reasons why people are against immigrants especially illegal immigrants is that illegal immigrants had access to basic services such as health and education in California. According to ‘ballotpedia’, citizens voted for a proposition (Proposition 187) which stops illegal immigrants from accessing basic services such as health/education. Also on the website, it stated that there was a recession in California and an agency that is part of the government stated that “save the state about $200 million a year.” (8)
Also, some Americans believe that immigrants don’t mix in well with them and erode their culture and say immigrants should share the same beliefs as natural-born citizens. According to the ‘Washington Times’ which included a poll from “Reuters and Ipsos” stated that 70% of Americans believe that the US’ tradition are threatened by illegal immigrants. Also on the website, it states that in New England, citizens oppose illegal immigration the most in America and 80% of citizens in New England believed that America’s beliefs are threatened by illegal immigrants.