Bring On More Immigrants
An Ardent longing For the Promised Land A trip around the world’s seven continents will reveal a hunger amongst many to live in one of the world’s most powerful and influential country. It is no surprise that this country is the United States of America. From the snow covered plains of Antarctica to the outback of Australia, America is regarded as the ‘Beacon of success.’ America’s 16.3 trillion dollar economic debt and high unemployment rate has caused many of its citizens to put the blame on the influx of immigrants in search of their American dream. The outcry that immigrants are siphoning America’s economy and taking over jobs, led author Shayan Zadeh to write his article, “Bring on More Immigrant Entrepreneurs.” In his
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These economists may have forgotten that illegal immigrants also pay taxes just like legal American residents, they take on low wages which keeps the cost of consumer goods low, they shop in the same grocery store we shop in and pay the required sales taxes as other residents; the amount of money spent on welfare for illegal immigrates is but a fraction compared to the billions of dollars illegal immigrants pump into the U.S economy. This is not to say that I am in support of illegal immigration, absolutely not. I came to the U.S legally and will want other immigrants to legally come in to the U.S as well. The fact is that these immigrants are already here with their U.S born children and considering some of the benefits they bring to the economy, we cannot send them back to their country especially if they are not living a life of crime. We should not forget the immense contribution of highly skilled immigrants to the American economy. In an article by Giovanni Peri for University of California, Berkeley, Peri agrees that highly educated immigrants are a huge asset to the U.S. economy, “One-quarter of the U.S.-based Nobel laureates of the last 50 years were foreign-born, and highly educated immigrants account for about one-third of U.S. innovation […] This growth has increased per capital income in the United States by 8 percent over the last 20 years” (Berkeley.edu). The essence of peri’s argument is that immigrants make up a part of U.S economic bedrock. We cannot fail to recognize this to be a fact when we go to corporate offices on Wall Street, affluent technology companies on Silicon Valley in California and many other research and technology focused companies around the country. Most of these companies have an appreciable number of Chinese, Indians,
These economists may have forgotten that illegal immigrants also pay taxes just like legal American residents, they take on low wages which keeps the cost of consumer goods low, they shop in the same grocery store we shop in and pay the required sales taxes as other residents; the amount of money spent on welfare for illegal immigrates is but a fraction compared to the billions of dollars illegal immigrants pump into the U.S economy. This is not to say that I am in support of illegal immigration, absolutely not. I came to the U.S legally and will want other immigrants to legally come in to the U.S as well. The fact is that these immigrants are already here with their U.S born children and considering some of the benefits they bring to the economy, we cannot send them back to their country especially if they are not living a life of crime. We should not forget the immense contribution of highly skilled immigrants to the American economy. In an article by Giovanni Peri for University of California, Berkeley, Peri agrees that highly educated immigrants are a huge asset to the U.S. economy, “One-quarter of the U.S.-based Nobel laureates of the last 50 years were foreign-born, and highly educated immigrants account for about one-third of U.S. innovation […] This growth has increased per capital income in the United States by 8 percent over the last 20 years” (Berkeley.edu). The essence of peri’s argument is that immigrants make up a part of U.S economic bedrock. We cannot fail to recognize this to be a fact when we go to corporate offices on Wall Street, affluent technology companies on Silicon Valley in California and many other research and technology focused companies around the country. Most of these companies have an appreciable number of Chinese, Indians,