What Are The Negative Effects Of Immigration

Immigration is the movement of people, legally or illegally, from their country to settle in a foreign country for various reasons extending from job opportunities to religious freedoms. Immigration has been taking place for hundreds of years, beginning with the Colonial Immigration which took place in 1607 when English settlers first arrived in America (HIstory). Due to immigration in the United States, immigrants have become some of our scientists, engineers, and innovators, and began creating their own jobs, as well as owning various businesses, leading to the employment of many Americans and other immigrants. Immigrants have also began to improve our society technologically by developing new cutting-edge technologies and companies such as Google, Yahoo!, and eBay (Huffington Post). Without immigration, the United States would not have some of the businesses that we have now, nor would we have these advances in technology.
According to the American Immigration Council, “there is no correlation between immigration and unemployment”, meaning that immigration does not contribute to the unemployment rate in the United States. Instead of immigrants occupying U.S jobs, leading to unemployment for American citizens, immigrants have actually been helping to sustain U.S jobs by purchasing American goods and services such as; food, clothing, cars, and houses, as well as starting their own businesses. Immigration also has no effect on the unemployment rate in the U.S because there is no competition between American citizens and immigrants for jobs because immigrants and Americans tend to differ in terms of location, job specialization, and education causing each group of people to be eligible for different