The bad impact of immigration on the U.S. economy. Essay

THE BAD IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE US ECONOMY
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Immigration is a hotly debated topic in the United States especially in the political circles. Over the years, millions of people have immigrated into the United States from all parts of the world and it has become a melting pot of cultures. However, many natives and American citizens worry about the long-term effects of welcoming immigrants and it is the contentious issue that politicians have fronted many proposals some dubious to stop immigration into the country. In the last few years, the trump administration has cracked down on illegal immigrants citing that they are taking Americans’ jobs and they are the reason for increased crime in the country. He has suggested to build a wall on the south border of the United States with Mexico since most immigrants come from the south. Most Americans point out that immigrants are economic burden. However, is it really true that immigration is entirely bad for the u’s economy?
One of the dangers of immigration and that the US economy is grappling with currently is inflation of the labor market. Since most of the immigrants are of working age, they come to seek work in the United States. This inflates the labor pool and compel the forces of demand and supply to reduce the cost of labor. Most of the immigrants can work for meagre salaries and in some industries especially which are labor intensive, they opt to use the immigrants whether documented or not to maximize their profits. One of the industries that have benefitted from the inflation on labor market is the agricultural industry which needs many workers for their crops in various stages i.e. planting, weeding and harvesting. Most locals cannot take these jobs because of their poor pay which sometimes is below the minimum wage set by the federal government. Though from the surface the inflation on the labor market may seem to only affect the job seekers in lowly skilled positions, it has a domino effect which eventually even the most skilled people in the labor industry. Additionally, it is not only the skilled labor which is entering the United States. The issue of labor inflation does not only apply to unskilled immigrants, it also affects the employment prospects of trained natives. They compete for the same jobs with highly skilled immigrants who are ready to take lower wages and salaries than the natives.
Secondly, most immigrants are usually lowly skilled and they come from countries which are not predominantly English speakers which compels employers to incur additional costs in training them and adapting them for the American business society CITATION Ber18 \l 1033 (Bernstein & Vilter, 2018). For the United States, most immigrants come from Mexico and other south American countries which are not native English speakers. Other immigrants come from Middle East and Far East, Africa And Asia. In each of these continents, there are very few which speak English and or have elaborate education systems which can train labor to meet the US standards. The best-case scenario to immigrate to the US would be from some countries in Europe which are English speakers and their educational system is relatively the same as tha...