(Fitz) It is an embarrassing fact to see that in reality undocumented immigrants bring in to the economy much more than they take out and that while they are hard at work receiving below minimum wage for difficult jobs; many Americans that partake in society are living off of the government and are a burden both for the undocumented immigrants and their fellow working Americans. Additionally, legalizing immigrants would cause large GDP gains and tax revenue. Research by UCLA Professor Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda shows that,” legalizing our nation’s undocumented immigrant population and reforming our legal immigration system would add a cumulative $1.5 trillion to U.S. GDP over a decade” (Hinojosa and Fitz). Despite opponent’s claims that mass deportation and removal of both immigrants and their citizen offspring would benefit America in the long run. Professor Francesco Fasani directly states in an economic study that, “Mass deportation reduces U.S. GDP by 1.46 percent …show more content…
In the larger scheme of the economic and socio-economic picture undocumented immigrants bring more to America’s economic table than they take, therefore branding them as an asset that could potentially increase GDP through legalization and stripping them of the shameful and untrue stereotype that they are takers, when clearly they play a large contributing role in American infrastructure and