The proper application of KITA requires that one considers all entities that would be affected by an action. In the case of immigration, not only is the effect on the immigrant important, but also that on the citizens of the receiving. Therefore, for any proposal involving the GR about immigration to be acceptable, one must, after informing themselves of the facts and exercising using imagination, be willing that if be followed regardless of where on imagine themselves in the situation, that is, a citizen or a migrant. With this, I am going to use KITA to test my …show more content…
civilian labor force grew from 60 million workers in 1950 to 160 million in 2017, and there has no long-term increase in unemployment rate. In fact, the current unemployment rate is a low 4.7%. This supports the claim by economists that migrants’ jobs actually complement those of locals rather than replaces them. Immigrants don’t just shift the supply of labor since they have different skill sets.
The facts do not support the claim that migrants are taking away the jobs of locals. As with the case of farmers in Arizona and California; it is not easy to find locals to replace the labor force provided by migrants. The industry would either go under because owners cannot afford to pay higher wages or locals are unwilling to engage in arduous jobs. Farmers in California were willing to pay higher wages, still, they were unable to attack enough workers for