Fortunately, “low-skilled immigrants usually fill gaps in American labor markets and generally enhance domestic business prospects rather than destroy jobs; this occurs because of an important phenomenon, the presence of what are known as “complementary” workers, namely those who add value to the work of others.” (Cowen, 2010) In addition to investing and starting new businesses, immigrants filled in jobs of different pay-rate and skill spectrums where a high percentage of Americans do not want to fill. Many jobs that requires long set of working hours are often taken by immigrants. Americans are least likely to take low-skilled jobs and it is the immigrants who take those jobs. Thus, it is often found that majority of low-skilled jobs are taken by immigrants. With less opportunity and benefits for them, immigrants are encouraged to take any job available to them.
It is a shame that many naïve people assume that if they go to America, life will be great! Albeit, life is a lot easier here than in many other countries, but not as easy as the American Dream makes it sound. If you ask me, it sounds more like a nightmare. Although I would love to agree with the many who believe that attaining the American Dream is still a very real
The workforce is full of opportunities that even middle to low classed Americans do not want. Many illegal immigrants come to our country seeking even the lowest level of work, as long as they are getting money to raise and support a family, then they are happy. If an immigrant wants to come to our country to better their lives and improve our economy, why would we push them away? Koebler, Jason. "11 Cities With the Most Hispanics."
In many aspects, the class of jobs offered to the immigrants in United States is better than what they have in their countries of origin. The search for a good source of livelihood is one of the major reasons why people immigrate to the United States. Unfortunately, the nature of American job and their paycheck scheme is different from what obtains elsewhere; but even at that immigrants are happy to immigrate to the United States for these great
“Those supporting illegal immigration argue that the state of California along with other states has benefited from the arrival of immigrants due to the lower cost of labor and immigrant contributions”(Immigration Support 1). One of the main reasons why americans have unions is to make sure their getting paid enough for the work they put into a curtain company. Illegal immigrants cant be part of a union because they are not citizens nor do they want to be deported so they are willing to take up anything to make money for their families. “Illegal immigrants tend to have a reputation for being hard workers and will take on jobs that Americans would not normally take” (Immigrants Support 1). On the other hand, American feel that immigrants are taking their jobs from them, which in reality they are.
The local economy and the global forces and economic pressures have affected people’s prospects in achieving a rich lifestyle and rely heavily on government entitlements and programs which so many criticize as going in the wrong direction. But in reality, entitlements like Medicaid, food assistance (SNAP), Medicare and Social Security have helped so many Americans survive through these hard times, although many of these programs do not form part of the American Dream in many minds. In the past many Americans depended on manufacturing jobs for their livelihood. When they got a job, there was a great amount of certainty that they could rely on it to progress and sustain a healthy lifestyle for their family to buy a home, car and everything that came with it. Today those jobs have gone to other developing nations who can afford to hire employees at low wage.
Not everyone who applies to immigrate to the United States is accepted. Immigrants are judged on their ability to support themselves and their dependants and their capacity to contribute to American society. Therefore, by definition, legal immigrants are those most likely to contribute to American society: Simply put, they are a potential asset. There are also strong moral arguments in favor of immigration. In the first place every America, with the exception of Native Americans is an immigrant.
People struggle determining what the American Dream is. No one can clearly define what the American dream is but can only describe what it means to them. Many say the American Dream is coming to America to have the many opportunities and live their lives in riches. Others demonstrate that the American Dream is being treated fairly and equally, no matter what race, color skin, and family they come from. Those who are blessed enough to be born in a life of wealth and comfortable livelihood may not be able to grasp the meaning of the American Dream, but others who struggle in life and are restrained by the opportunities that did not come their way, tend to understand what the American Dream is.
The United States has had a proud history of accepting all people with the desire to better themselves and fulfill the American Dream. The most often used argument against illegal immigration is that it is detrimental to the overall economic feasibility of the United States. Although many illegal immigrants pay taxes and improve local economies, it is much better in the long term for US immigrants to be of legal status, as this would eliminate many problems currently faced by them. For example, if the current system legalized all immigrants, it may be even better for the economy as well as for their human rights, because there would be no more black-market smuggling economy. This move would also allow, “immigrants to have higher productivity
has raised many concerns over what our immigration policy should be. While the pro-immigrant supporters say “immigrants do jobs natives won’t do” is overly stated, it is true that there are fewer Americans who work in the same field as low-skilled immigrants such as in agriculture. As a consequence to this fact, most Americans benefit from immigration because it reduces the wages of some low-earning American workers who compete with immigrants for jobs. This is not a problem because U.S. labor markets are flexible to absorb immigrants without depressing low-skilled Americans’ earnings. One reason for this is that employers are able to adapt their production methods to the available work force, which goes well with their ability to adapt to changes in immigration policy.