Should The United States Allow Immigrants?

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immigrants. When we split these immigrants into further subgroups we find that they can widely vary in origin and country. The largest of the groups accounts for about 46 percent of all immigrants and includes Hispanics and Latinos. 19.2 percent of these immigrants are a non-Hispanic white.8 percent of Immigrants are black, and finally 26.3 are Asian or some other race/ethnicity. So telling by these numbers its safe to say this issue has a large impact and can affect a lot more people than you initially think. That's more than one out of 10 people you may see walking down the street would be immigrants and about 1 in 25 are unauthorized.
Besides the numbers one may ask what kind of impacts are thought to be brought with these immigrants whether they be positive or negative. Quite possibly the most concerning issue is are these immigrants taking jobs from U.S. citizens? The answer to this is yes but only in certain situations and also very slightly. It is found that in ...

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social security numbers or those of the already deceased. Therefore they pay into income taxes that they will never get tax returns, social security, or any other government tax benefit because of their legal status in the United States.
The second impact that immigrants bring is actually a positive one. The fact of the matter is that immigrants do many of the jobs that Americans do not want to do. As much as we hate to admit it, people do not enjoy labor intensive jobs that don’t pay well. And by immigrants having these jobs they actually fill these positions and can do so at a very low wage. By the immigrants working at a low wage filling these positions, it actually preserves ...

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