Undocumented Immigrants

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History Discussion: Undocumented Immigrants
I believe undocumented immigrants should not be deported because I found article #1 to be very persuasive since the author presents the economic benefits of undocumented immigrants. In article #1 the author points that even undocumented immigrants pay a significant amount of tax in a year. A study conducted by the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy found out that immigrants paid 11.2 billion dollars in local and state taxes. This was a substantial amount of money to the government. It is crucial to note that immigrants are barred from many social services in the United States which shows that they pay for services that they do not receive. The National Foundation for American Policy projects that immigrants will add a total of 611 billion dollars in the next 75 years. The above information only proves that immigrants only add more to the economy of America more than they drain out of the Economy of America.
The other persuasive article is article #3. According to Daniel Griswold, the majority of immigrants do not run for jobs with fellow United States born citizens. He argues that the rate of unemployment in the United States has nothing to do with immigrants. There is no substantial evidence to show that immigrants take down the wage rate of America. According to Griswold, the present unemployment rate of America of close to 9 percent is not associated with immigrants. He argues that according to the Pe...