With millions of illegal immigrants already living in the United States and at least half a million who have access into the country, it is no doubt that immigrants have an extensive effect on our country. Illegal immigration can be defined as the process in which people violate the U.S. immigration laws by entering the United States without the government’s permission (i.e., a visa) or once lawfully entering the country, they remain within the country beyond the termination date of their temporary visa. After an immigrant is caught they are most likely put into holding then deported back to their country. An alternative to this current policy would simply be to let these illegal immigrants remain in the U.S. (under certain circumstances).
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However, those who believe that immigrants should not be allowed into the U.S. say that immigrants are criminals. They are already violating the U.S.’s law of the border, who knows what all they will do if they were to get legalized here. Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) estimates that immigrants (legal and illegal) comprise 20 percent of inmates in prisons and jails. The foreign-born are 15.4 percent of the nation’s adult population (Camarota and Vaughan). However, many of those immigrants are in just for violating immigration laws. As The Future of Freedom Foundation's Sheldon Richman identified a few years ago, all manners of violent crimes have dropped dramatically since 1986, the last time an amnesty was granted to illegal immigrants. Yes, 20 percent of federal inmates are illegal immigrants, but like I stated before, they are largely there for immigration violations. On the state level, Richman notes, less than 5 percent of inmates are illegal immigrants. Less than 5 percent isn’t exactly the makings of a crime wave. How can all this be one would ask? It’s partly because native born Americans seem to be less prone to insensible mayhem then they used to be. The vast majority of illegal immigrants want to stay in the U.S. in order to work. Many new studies have compared neighborhoods, counties, …show more content…
Many illegal immigrants come to the U.S. in search of improved living standards and or a higher education. And through higher education, these people will have increased standards of living. Due to the increase in technology and innovation, many jobs have been created. As stated in the article, What New Immigrants Could Mean for American Wages, “As of July in 2013, the U.S. faces a jobs gap of 9.7 million jobs. If the economy adds about 208,000 jobs per month, it will take until April 2020 to close the jobs gap. Given a more optimistic rate of 321,000 jobs per month, which was the average monthly rate of the best year of job creation in the 1990s, the economy will reach pre-recession employment levels by February 2017.” What better way to fill those jobs than with immigrants who are willing to work? Historically, innovation is the most important contributor to the growth in living standards by boosting the productivity of businesses and workers. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the productivity of the workforce will be roughly 0.7 percent higher by 2023 and 1 percent by 2033 than it would have otherwise been in those years. Higher productivity would in turn lead to higher wages for workers and higher economic output (GDP) for the economy as a whole (Greenstone and
However, those who believe that immigrants should not be allowed into the U.S. say that immigrants are criminals. They are already violating the U.S.’s law of the border, who knows what all they will do if they were to get legalized here. Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) estimates that immigrants (legal and illegal) comprise 20 percent of inmates in prisons and jails. The foreign-born are 15.4 percent of the nation’s adult population (Camarota and Vaughan). However, many of those immigrants are in just for violating immigration laws. As The Future of Freedom Foundation's Sheldon Richman identified a few years ago, all manners of violent crimes have dropped dramatically since 1986, the last time an amnesty was granted to illegal immigrants. Yes, 20 percent of federal inmates are illegal immigrants, but like I stated before, they are largely there for immigration violations. On the state level, Richman notes, less than 5 percent of inmates are illegal immigrants. Less than 5 percent isn’t exactly the makings of a crime wave. How can all this be one would ask? It’s partly because native born Americans seem to be less prone to insensible mayhem then they used to be. The vast majority of illegal immigrants want to stay in the U.S. in order to work. Many new studies have compared neighborhoods, counties, …show more content…
Many illegal immigrants come to the U.S. in search of improved living standards and or a higher education. And through higher education, these people will have increased standards of living. Due to the increase in technology and innovation, many jobs have been created. As stated in the article, What New Immigrants Could Mean for American Wages, “As of July in 2013, the U.S. faces a jobs gap of 9.7 million jobs. If the economy adds about 208,000 jobs per month, it will take until April 2020 to close the jobs gap. Given a more optimistic rate of 321,000 jobs per month, which was the average monthly rate of the best year of job creation in the 1990s, the economy will reach pre-recession employment levels by February 2017.” What better way to fill those jobs than with immigrants who are willing to work? Historically, innovation is the most important contributor to the growth in living standards by boosting the productivity of businesses and workers. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the productivity of the workforce will be roughly 0.7 percent higher by 2023 and 1 percent by 2033 than it would have otherwise been in those years. Higher productivity would in turn lead to higher wages for workers and higher economic output (GDP) for the economy as a whole (Greenstone and