Undocumented Workers Benefiting America
21 March 2011
Undocumented Workers Benefiting America Contrary to what most Americans believe, illegal immigrants are not causing our economy to weaken, in fact, they are causing just the opposite. Immigration enforcement has increased greatly in the past few years and undocumented immigrant workers are being deported much more frequently. America refuses to recognize the positive impact these illegal workers have on our economy. Without the surplus of illegal immigrant workers in the U.S. our country’s economy would suffer greatly. Illegal immigrant workers help our economy flourish and they positively influence the American workforce.
Even though the effect illegal immigrants have on this country is a hot topic of conversation, the majority of Americans are unaware of the facts regarding their presence. A report was done by D’Vera Cohn and Jeffrey S. Passel of the PEW Hispanic Center; in February of this year that established national and state trends in regards to the unauthorized immigrant population for the year 2010. In March of 2010 an estimated 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants were living in America, representing 3.7 percent of the total U.S population of 305,999,000 people (Cohn and Passel 15). An estimated 8 million unauthorized immigrants were apart of the U.S. workforce, accounting for 5.2 percent of the total U.S. workforce of 154,939,000 people (Cohn and Passel 21). PEW also included estimates for Illinois in its report. In 2010, Illinois had a total population of 12,840,000 people, unauthorized immigrants accounted for 4.1 percent of the states population totaling 525,000 people (Cohn and Passel 14). Pew also estimated that a total number of 6,719,000 people made up Illinois’ labor force; unauthorized immigrant workers represented 5.6 percent of the total labor force, totaling 375,000 people (Cohn and Passel 14).
It is believed by many Americans that illegal immigrant workers pay no taxes for the money they make and still benefit from
Undocumented Workers Benefiting America Contrary to what most Americans believe, illegal immigrants are not causing our economy to weaken, in fact, they are causing just the opposite. Immigration enforcement has increased greatly in the past few years and undocumented immigrant workers are being deported much more frequently. America refuses to recognize the positive impact these illegal workers have on our economy. Without the surplus of illegal immigrant workers in the U.S. our country’s economy would suffer greatly. Illegal immigrant workers help our economy flourish and they positively influence the American workforce.
Even though the effect illegal immigrants have on this country is a hot topic of conversation, the majority of Americans are unaware of the facts regarding their presence. A report was done by D’Vera Cohn and Jeffrey S. Passel of the PEW Hispanic Center; in February of this year that established national and state trends in regards to the unauthorized immigrant population for the year 2010. In March of 2010 an estimated 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants were living in America, representing 3.7 percent of the total U.S population of 305,999,000 people (Cohn and Passel 15). An estimated 8 million unauthorized immigrants were apart of the U.S. workforce, accounting for 5.2 percent of the total U.S. workforce of 154,939,000 people (Cohn and Passel 21). PEW also included estimates for Illinois in its report. In 2010, Illinois had a total population of 12,840,000 people, unauthorized immigrants accounted for 4.1 percent of the states population totaling 525,000 people (Cohn and Passel 14). Pew also estimated that a total number of 6,719,000 people made up Illinois’ labor force; unauthorized immigrant workers represented 5.6 percent of the total labor force, totaling 375,000 people (Cohn and Passel 14).
It is believed by many Americans that illegal immigrant workers pay no taxes for the money they make and still benefit from
Bibliography: Journalist Chris Collins wrote the article “Experts Disagree over Impact of Illegal Immigrants on the workforce” (11/27/2010) Journalist Gene Curbbison authored the article, “Illegal Immigrants Costs, Benefits Disputed” (05/03/2010) Bruce Mauriello is the writer of “Tax-Paying Illegal Workers Contribute to the Economy” (08/27/2010) Passel, Jeffrey S., and D 'vera Cohn. "Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends, 2010." PEW Hispanic Research. 01 Feb. 2011. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. <http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/133.pdf>. Skeel, Shirley. "What If We Threw out All the Illegal Immigrants? - MSN Money." MSN.com. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. <http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/WhatIfWeThrewOutAllTheIllegalImmigrants.aspx>.