Immigrants and Our Economy

    Immigrants shaped America. The country that we reside in today is mainly made up of immigrants, or at least descendants. Our country was grown from the sweat and blood forged by willing immigrants from across seas. The worked the land and built up what is now one of the greatest countries on earth. The difference between today and the beginning is that almost all immigrants migrated to the new world legally. They used there skills to settle the West, and today scientist and engineers decorate and strengthen our universities. There is a certain need for them in our society. However, with no demand for low income workers our economy is flooded with immigrants searching for jobs. Wages are driven down to unlivable values, and the American citizen suffers. Businesses are forced to overlook native citizens because they are too costly. They turn to illegal immigrants so hungry for work they will accept jobs with dirt wages no questions asked. Taking advantage of the abundance of people with now citizenship harms poor American citizens who are unable to obtain a job. Our economy is better then it was five years ago, but it is still a lingering problem that has not been avidly addressed by Obama or Bush administrations. As of right now it would be almost guaranteed that any business playing by the rules may collapse. The imbedded immigrants in our society make it difficult to decipher if the economy may be able to get along without them. Hiring such people is almost as degrading as stealing gods from your neighbor. Its disrespectful to the law and also to your fellow neighbor. There is no doubt that current presidential candidate Hilary Clinton has used the appealing story of amnesty to congregate voters to her cause. It seems appealing adopting all of these immigrants but it may be unsuitable and not thought out. On the other end of the spectrum we have this absurd thought of building a wall to keep out intruders. Trump may sound like a mad man at times, but I think he is using the wall as a symbol. America means business and I guess that's his way of projecting that image. I have heard little of Clinton's plans for our immigration situation, but I here different thoughts from Trump every other day. It is hard to decipher who will do better in the aspect of our American well being. I have pushed away my doubts and have decided that Trump may be our last ditch effort in putting change into affect. He is not my favorite person on the planet and I wish there was better options. Clinton is e negative at the moment and there's just something about I truly do not enjoy. Best Luck America.

Source

Morici, Peter. "The Real Cost of Illegal Immigration." Washington Times. The Washington Times, 06 Sept. 2016. Web. 08 Sept. 2016.