Immigration Argumentative Analysis

There has been much talk about immigration in America being a burden in the economy. Arguments like jobs being taken away from Americans by immigrants are prominent. There is also arguments that immigrants keep wages down. Most of these are immigrants have a negative effect on jobs. In this presidential election, most of the talk about immigration was about a reduction in size. If there is a lot of negative connotation with immigration, then the question of why immigration is still allowed should be addressed. Would it not benefit much more if immigration was banned? There must likely be a reason why America continues allowing immigrants to enter the country. Most likely there are some good aspects of immigration that most people do not know …show more content…
Two 2009 studies by Giovanni Peri and Chad Sparber found that "total immigration to the United States from 1990 to 2007 was associated with a 6.6% to 9.9% increase in real income per worker (Kane). Though Immigrants keep wages low for unskilled workers, it causes an increase in wages for skilled workers. This is because there is a huge supply of unskilled labor making skilled labor more valuable. In the article “Does Immigration Suppress Wages? It’s Not So Simple” it goes in deeper in how wages are affected by immigrants. The articles give Texas as an example to describe how wages may be higher with illegal working immigrants taken out, but it causes a strain in the labor force. The overall ability for Texas ability to produce goods and service would decrease. That means many goods and services would end up costing more since business would face higher costs to pay for wages cutting back on their competitive edge. So, in reality, people in Texas buying power would be the same or decrease. Going on to the next point in the article, Jeffrey Sparshott (writer of “Does Immigration Suppress Wages?”) explains how for each immigrant hired there at least one new job is created. Immigration can greatly increase population in many places. With more people in an area, there are more interactions with businesses. The more people there are to buy the more income businesses get which later could be used for expansion. …show more content…
Immigrants are the reasons why jobs are being filled in. Immigrants bring about positive effects on wages and a number of jobs. Immigrants bring so many new skills that it helps give the United States a competitive edge. The American government is not thinking of ways to hold back or prevent immigrations, it is thinking of ways of utilizing immigrants to benefit American society as a whole. If one really takes the time to think about it. America was founded by immigrants, and grew because each immigrant had something to offer. This is why America was able to grow so fast and become one of the most developed nations in the