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Is Immigration A Problem?

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Immigration

What is immigration? Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. “Some people say that immigration is the next major issue the country must face,” but the question remains. Is immigration a problem we must face? There are some bad effects like greater poverty and education costs, but the good certainly outweighs the bad. There are many good outcomes from immigrants, but the top five are: economic gain, increase in cultural diversity, increase in the standard of living in the part of immigrant, a younger workforce, and skilled workers in need sectors.

People say that immigrants take all our jobs and leave us with nothing, but in reality immigrants take the job that Americans feel they are too good to do. For example, immigrants take the jobs of trash men, school janitors, and gardeners. Americans as a whole feel as if those jobs are beneath them and they should not have to partake in those types of jobs, but on the other hand Americans do not feel that Immigrants should come in their land and steal their jobs.

It has been said that because of immigrant’s minimum wage keeps getting lower. This is not true. Because of immigrants, we are able to get “consumer goods” at such a low price. Also because immigrants work for less than minimum wage, it cuts the prices of our goods, which allows us to get it for the prices we do. “When people migrate from one nation to another, the supply of labor in the

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