Immigrant Worker: A Case Study

In addition to being cheaper, it also requires less investment in human capital to hire an immigrant worker. The United States has plenty of educated citizens who are willing to work in the technology fields. However, these Americans require training. Employers see it as more expensive and inconvenient to have to train Americans. “The H-1B program ‘has become a major means of circumventing the costs of paying skilled American workers or the costs of training them,’” (Nguyen). Therefore, when given the option, employers while go for the more economical approach and hire foreign workers.
When it comes to immigration, Americans tend to be open to the idea up until the point when they lose an opportunity to a foreigner. Immigration became most
government and funds. It has been believed that foreigners place a strain on the U.S. taxpayer by filling up prisons. In reality, 2% of native born Americans are imprisoned. On the other hand, less than 0.5% of immigrants are imprisoned. In other words, native born citizens are 5X more likely to be imprisoned than their foreign born counterparts (Greenstone). Additionally, it is believed that immigrants reap the benefits of public services but do not pay taxes. This is far from the truth. “In fact the majority of immigrants, being of prime working age and in-eligible for many public services, tend to contribute more to the public sector than they actually use” (Chomsky). Whether documented or undocumented, immigrants tend to use less public services than the average American. This can be attributed to many things. For documented workers, there is a fear that if they use public services they will be seen as a burden on the economy, and therefore they will be less likely to be granted full citizenship. For undocumented workers, the reasons are different. Undocumented workers are ineligible for public services and fear running the risk of being discovered by government officials (Chomsky). Another problem that adds to the misconception of immigrants not paying taxes is the amount of money they contribute. Documented immigrants do pay taxes just like all other legal workers. However, because immigrants tend to make less money, they have less money to contribute. In terms of percent of income, immigrants pay just as much as their America counterparts. However when looking at the actual dollar amount immigrants contribute to taxes, it is apparent that immigrants contribute less to