Immigration Info Center
Immigration and the US Economy
Richard White
Nathan Chambers
Lane Chrismon
Every day in the United States our population grows. Nearly 12 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the United States and the majority work in low-skilled jobs (Davidson). Most illegal immigrants don't pay taxes. Most people think that immigration drains our economy $15 to $20 billion a year from tax payers.
The website http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=aeQKG53ULolk mainly talks about how people felt about the problems, like Alan Greenspan. He thinks that illegal immigration makes a significant contribution to U.S. economic growth by providing a flexible workforce. But what I think it does is it causes people that come over and get jobs, taking from non immigrant's jobs.
According to http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=491 between 1996 and 2002 the percentage of the population of immigrants in the United States work force was almost half (approx. 49% foreign born). By the year 2002 the population of immigrants in the U.S. work force was 86%, therefore making Americans in the work force 14%. Also, the number of operators, fabricators and laborers increased by over 600% between 1996 and 2000, therefore taking jobs from Americans.
According to http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/slideshow/fb2003/TextOnly/index.html there are approximately 33.5 million foreign-born people living in the United States, making up 11.7% of the population. According to the website, the population of Native-Born Americans with college education is 27.2%, and the amount of foreign-born is the exact same percentage. This takes away Mary jobs from the Native-Born Citizens.
Nathan Chambers
Lane Chrismon
Every day in the United States our population grows. Nearly 12 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the United States and the majority work in low-skilled jobs (Davidson). Most illegal immigrants don't pay taxes. Most people think that immigration drains our economy $15 to $20 billion a year from tax payers.
The website http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=aeQKG53ULolk mainly talks about how people felt about the problems, like Alan Greenspan. He thinks that illegal immigration makes a significant contribution to U.S. economic growth by providing a flexible workforce. But what I think it does is it causes people that come over and get jobs, taking from non immigrant's jobs.
According to http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=491 between 1996 and 2002 the percentage of the population of immigrants in the United States work force was almost half (approx. 49% foreign born). By the year 2002 the population of immigrants in the U.S. work force was 86%, therefore making Americans in the work force 14%. Also, the number of operators, fabricators and laborers increased by over 600% between 1996 and 2000, therefore taking jobs from Americans.
According to http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/slideshow/fb2003/TextOnly/index.html there are approximately 33.5 million foreign-born people living in the United States, making up 11.7% of the population. According to the website, the population of Native-Born Americans with college education is 27.2%, and the amount of foreign-born is the exact same percentage. This takes away Mary jobs from the Native-Born Citizens.
