Positive and Negative Economic Consequences of the Immigration in America It is 2015 and immigration in America is still a hot topic. Since the decade of the 60s’ when a new wave of immigration appeared again in the United States, the topic of immigration in America has been growing and growing. Newspapers, magazines, and all kind of media give opinions about the current situation of immigration in USA. In fact, many politicians and scholars are flooding the media, books, and websites with their ideas about immigration. For example, American presidential elections of 2016 are close, and most of the candidates propose many ideas and plans of actions about the problems of immigration. Moreover, in these last years, many opinions and positions
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It is well known that immigration is one of the forces that move the economy of America. In fact, economists have proved that immigrants stimulate the economic growth through many different ways. First immigrants reduce the tax burden of USA citizens because of the diverse taxes that they contribute to the government. Second, high skill immigrants prove the fact that through them the technology and education level is growing. Technology and education increase the production possibilities frontier of America giving an economic strategic position over other nations. Moreover, through immigration many little towns can grow and expand faster their economies and the economies of their states than without …show more content…
The first important aspect is that low skilled immigrants increase the supply of work where there is not sufficient supply. For example, a little town in Idaho is growing but because most people of the labor force prefer to work in Idaho Falls or in other cities, it produces a negative rate of employment. However, because of immigrants that supply those jobs, that negative rate of employment changes to a positive and the town starts to grow. In fact, because of the consecutive progress of immigrants looking for manual jobs, Americans increase their human capital, training, and experience tending to have better opportunities and better jobs. Because immigrants look more for manual jobs and American for more skilled jobs, it is difficult that a decrease in American wages happens because of immigrants, but an improvement in human
It is well known that immigration is one of the forces that move the economy of America. In fact, economists have proved that immigrants stimulate the economic growth through many different ways. First immigrants reduce the tax burden of USA citizens because of the diverse taxes that they contribute to the government. Second, high skill immigrants prove the fact that through them the technology and education level is growing. Technology and education increase the production possibilities frontier of America giving an economic strategic position over other nations. Moreover, through immigration many little towns can grow and expand faster their economies and the economies of their states than without …show more content…
The first important aspect is that low skilled immigrants increase the supply of work where there is not sufficient supply. For example, a little town in Idaho is growing but because most people of the labor force prefer to work in Idaho Falls or in other cities, it produces a negative rate of employment. However, because of immigrants that supply those jobs, that negative rate of employment changes to a positive and the town starts to grow. In fact, because of the consecutive progress of immigrants looking for manual jobs, Americans increase their human capital, training, and experience tending to have better opportunities and better jobs. Because immigrants look more for manual jobs and American for more skilled jobs, it is difficult that a decrease in American wages happens because of immigrants, but an improvement in human