The author wrote this article for the general public, intending to educate tax-payers about illegal immigrations and its harms to the national economy. The paper focuses on how children of illegal immigrants are draining resources from several school districts. Camarota points out that there are 8.6 children of immigrants in the United States that take advantage of the public school system. School system which is subsidized by tax-payers.
Camarota, Steven A. "Immigrant Employment Gains and Native Losses, 2000–2004." Debating Immigration: 139-56. Print.
The audience of this article is broad, that is due to the fact that Camarota wants to …show more content…
However they emphasize that due to fact that undocumented immigrants are often low-skilled they only depress wages for low-skilled natives. Specifically those without a high school diploma. Furthermore they point out that illegal immigrants do not affect negatively the wages of individuals in the primary sector.
Hinojosa–Ojeda, Raúl. "The Costs and Benefits of Immigration Enforcement." Undecided Nation: 163-87. Print.
The audience for this article are policymakers. The author wrote this paper to show how different immigration policies would impact the US economy. Research suggests that immigrants working for low wages lead to decreasing consumer costs. For instance due to the fact that many undocumented immigrants work in the farming sector, the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Branch reports that American consumers pay less for food than the citizens of any other industrialized county in the world.
Husby, R. D. "The Minimum Wage, Wage Subsidies, And Poverty." Contemporary Economic Policy: 30-38. …show more content…
The purpose of the article is to tackle seven common arguments against immigration, and clarify how these arguments might be misleading or inaccurate. One particular argument anti-illegal immigration the author examines is: “if we give a path to citizenship to undocumented immigrants would be similar to awarding someone for breaking the law”. The author’s counterargument is that “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” Quoting Mr. King, and citing instances where unjust laws had to be broken in order to do the morally right thing to