Many Americans are against illegal Mexican immigration claiming that Mexicans are taking the jobs that belong to them. According to Michael Clemens, author of "International Harvest: A Case Study of How Foreign Workers Help American Farms Grow Crops-and the Economy" only
However Mexican migrants do not come to the United States ostensibly to take jobs and weaken the economy. In increasingly unequal economic contexts and feeling unprotected from physical violence, migrants, who would rather remain with their loved ones, view migration as the only available measure to save their own lives and provide for their families. They fill the jobs that native workers refuse to take and thus have little effect on the employment levels of the citizens.
However Mexican migrants do not come to the United States ostensibly to take jobs and weaken the economy. In increasingly unequal economic contexts and feeling unprotected from physical violence, migrants, who would rather remain with their loved ones, view migration as the only available measure to save their own lives and provide for their families. They fill the jobs that native workers refuse to take and thus have little effect on the employment levels of the citizens.