The Controversy Over Illegal Immigrants

One who enters the country to take up a permanent residence without legal authorization is referred to as an illegal immigrant. An illegal immigrant fails to recognize the legal procedures that are necessary to occupy the country they plan to enter. In some cases, immigrants that are permitted to enter a country are given clearance to reside in that country for an allotted window of time. This is referred to as a “visa”. An issue sometimes occurring with those who hold visas, is when that immigrant remains in the country long after the visa has expired. At that point residing in the country as an illegal immigrant. An important perspective within the debate over illegal immigrants is the influence they have on that countries economy. In the United States, it is argued that illegal immigrants take jobs from
Illegal immigrants do not compete for job with Americans. He also states they do not take jobs from Americans, but rather, the immigrants tend to fill in the gaps of employment where Americans fall short. Weather it is working on a farm, or programming computers, immigrants help to make the numbers of the work force more sufficient to meet the demands during normal growth. In 1997, the National Research Council completed a comprehensive study which shows that immigration actually boosts the income of American employees overall by as much as $10 billion, however, there is a slight decrease in wage for the lowest skilled Americans. The NRC concluded that immigration has no negative impact on the wages of black Americans. Griswold also states that by inflating the size of the labor force, immigrants swell the returns to capital, rousing more investment within the economy. And a byproduct of that is raising the bar for productivity and wages for Americans as well as immigrant