Can it Immigrants actually benefit us socially?

Immigration is one of the most talked about issues in our recent election. It can be debated of course that immigration should be stopped. Immigration in fact is a necessary requirement for continued economic growth in the U.S.

Approximately 40% of immigrants stay in the U.S by overstaying their visas. Most pay taxes and are consumers. The U.S. faces shortcomings in high tech workers especially software programming, now being supplied largely by Asian and Indian immigrations. For example, the top ten high tech computer and software companies earned 31 billion dollars in revenue in 2002. In addition, most immigrants arrive in the prime years of productivity. More than 70% of immigrants are over the age of 18 on arrival. This means that over 17 million immigrants in the U.S. today were educated in their home countries and not in the U.S. Also, Illegal immigrants contribute about as much in taxes as they receive in benefits. In addition to contribution in labor and technology.

Immigrants are not only major contributors to our economic well being but are becoming an increasingly influential influence in our workforce in addition to major contribution to our tax base. Immigrants are beneficial to our society. The social facts show that we are indeed progressing economically because they are here.


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