Pros And Cons Of Immigrants In The United States

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While people have different opinions about immigrants, majority of the people believe immigrants steal their jobs, get free handouts and using taxpayer’s resources. However, immigrants are crucial to the economic growth for America, without these immigrants to give good qualities to the United States, the United States would not be so successful in developing technology and the technology issues would be far worse. That is not all; the immigrants bring in wealth of knowledge and the future scientists that enrich America. These immigrants also helps in job creation by bring with them new business contacts and give opportunities to the natives to move onto higher positions.

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Instead, they are crucial to support the economy. America is lack of scientists, engineers and mathematicians. Schools today only teach within approved educational guidelines not bring the children to advance level. Teachers are not encouraging the students enough to take more science classes. We need to develop future scientist in-house and encourage parents to be more involve according to Tom Price. Majority of the immigrants hold advanced degrees as a result of these advanced degrees many immigrants are involved in developing technology which is crucial to America. Price also mentioned that while there is shortage in-house, immigrants have positive effects on high-school graduation rates than native-born American because immigrants involved in their children’s success in education and wanted them to become scientists, doctors and …show more content…
Immigrants bring in innovation ideas, high-skilled workers that live the American Dreams. These immigrants bring in the future scientist, engineers, and doctors in-house. Immigrants create new businesses and create more job opportunities. Help fill in the job gaps for natives to grow in their career. Immigrants helps the economy to expand by increasing the demand of housing markets and car industries. As a result, we should not overlook the qualities that the immigrants bring into this country and they are crucial to

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