Undocumented Immigration Argumentative Essay

There seems to be a lack of evidence validating that the undocumented immigrants and native workers are occupying the same jobs. Although, the US population is convinced that not only are the undocumented workers occupying the same jobs, but they are competing for the same jobs. According to Enrico Marcelli, undocumented immigrants do not compete for the jobs of US workers and he feels that the undocumented immigrants would benefit the people residing in the US by complementing the labor market position instead of competing for it (1999). Most undocumented immigrants are more likely to hold low-skilled jobs, which would mean that they are less likely to be in white-collar occupations. In other words, they would be more likely in positions of agriculture, construction, leisure/hospitality and services. Within these occupations there are going to be a highly concentrated amount of undocumented workers than native workers (Pasel and Cohn p 12). A typical undocumented immigrant holds a low-level education, so …show more content…
A lot of the US population feel that these undocumented immigrants are getting a free education. Granted, US schools have been the most important institution for the new undocumented immigrants (Rong and Preissle p 5). US schools have been expected to provide education and other services to immigrant children with the intention of integrating them into the US. In 2001, an act was passed through congress, No Child Left Behind. This federal funding for kindergarten through 12th grade is funded from various grants. The purpose of the NCLB is a program to receive funds for teaching English to children with inadequate language skills (“The Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments” 2007). This is the first step of providing the integration that is needed to help them succeed living in the