Illegal Immigration Impacts

Illegal immigration may affect the United States and the immigrant home country. First, it leads to increase the labor force of the United States and increase the productive capacity of the economy, since the migrants are usually of a young age group. It also leads to increase the consumption in the United States and rise in an employment, which in turn increases the overall demand and GDP of the United States. The effects of migration also include the flexibility of the labor market, where illegal immigrants tend to work in sectors that the Americans do not prefer to work with. This has positive impacts on the economy. Immigrants usually earn less than Americans because of their dire need for money, which create disparities in opportunities …show more content…
Experience has shown that illegal immigration has a negative impact on the national economy compared to the positive effects of the United States. The impact doesn't limit at the economy, but also in social and cultural life. That means that demography (the social and cultural) is affected by the presence of huge numbers of illegal immigrants in the United States. If the negative economic effects of illegal immigration appear quickly, social and cultural effects are delayed in appearing, but are reinforced day after day, in a way that is difficult to control at some point. The American citizen works with people who know nothing about their health, ethics, and religion poses a danger to the social system, especially if the community is tolerant and accepts coexistence with other communities such as the Chinese community in San Francisco. Thus, illegal immigration helps to increase a group of dangerous social phenomena, including drugs, weapons, and contraband, the resulting security, social and health problems. When talking about illegal immigration, it must inevitably talk about …show more content…
When the movement of persons between the United States and the immigrant countries is normal and legitimate, regardless of the economic level, their effects on community are not negative in a manner that requires exceptional laws and procedures, as it is often temporary residence, a positive economic factor. The reality of the situation in the southern border of the United States says the opposite; the first objective of influx of illegal migrants is a temporary residence and get to a source of livelihood for them self and their family, but after finding a illegal immigrants find the pleasure of living, they changed their residence to be permanent or semi-permanent, resulting in leading to severe consequences at the level of social in the region. Illegal immigrants work at low wages to meet their needs, without requiring health insurance, which makes them occupy many jobs, thus somehow eliminating the mechanisms of organized labor at the private sector in many fields such as