Pros and Cons of Immigration in the United States

Pros and Cons of Immigration in the United States

            Presently, immigration in the United States has been one of the major issues raising debates among different people, such as state and religion leaders. With the technological advancement in globalization and the improved infrastructure that has facilitated easy and faster movement, immigration to various states has increased. The immigration process in the United States is stressful sometimes, but it entails both negative and positive impacts on the individual, society, and state at large. Immigration has been a prevalent factor, which raises different issues for families and culture. Many people are against the United States immigration policy, while others support the program since it boosts the American economy, brings new culture, and immigrants bring new and good morals to the state. On the other hand, immigration to the United States is associated with being the primary cause of over-population, create wage disparities, and leads to racism.

First, the immigration of people to the United States boosts the economy. When immigrants move to the state, they raise the general productivity of American labor, thus facilitating economic growth. Also, immigrants go to the United States to search for greener pastures, with the necessary skills, they are employed in industries and other sectors. Since different sectors are expanding, they attract investment, thus creating job opportunities for these immigrants. Besides, some immigrants are prompted to start their businesses, compared to the U.S. born civilians, whereby they create job opportunities and pay taxes to the state, therefore boosting the economy. According to a study conducted by Stuart (2016), it was established that many companies valued more than $1 belonged to immigrants.

Secondly, immigrants to the United States bring new culture, which changes the fabric of the society. Technically, immigrants bring, change, and expand new cultures to the United States by bringing new expertise, art, customs, and ideas. Different ethnic groups live in harmony under the American flag, building a shared culture. Immigrants create a pool of cultural experiences, which create collaborations with the local citizens, leading to better outcomes. Diverse customs, norms, and ethics are nurtured through technical innovation after diffusion with the immigrants who introduce a new culture to the state (Ager and Brückner 2013). Besides, some immigrants talk native languages and continue attaining English proficiency, where later, they become overwhelmingly fluent in English. As they introduce their language to the Americans, bringing a new culture to the state.

Additionally, immigrants in the United States bring good morals, which are embraced by the citizens, society, and state. Different immigrants have different reasons for going to the United States, for example, to spread the gospel, others advocate for the abolition of slavery, while others enlighten people on the effects of racism. These people have depicted good morals workplaces and public places, which has encouraged the U.S. residents to follow their steps. Also, immigrants form organizations that advocate for good morals, such as the exit from crimes, drug and substance abuse, and ways to minimize divorce issues.

Furthermore, immigration in the United States helps them to create a global market. Immigrants contribute a lot to the creation of more global markets compared to the local markets, thus creating a stronger base for the United States economy. When immigrants go to the United States and secure jobs, they generate new ideas, products, and innovations to the country. Besides, since most of them make up a large percentage of the workforce, the produced products are sold at the global market, where they counter competition to other goods from other countries (Gordon et al., 8). The United States technological advancement, contributed by the immigrants, acts as a powerful force to drive them to the global market. These employed immigrants have contributed to the production of goods and services, which translate competition in the global market, thus offering benefits to the United States economy.

On the other hand, immigration to the United States leads to over-population issues. The United States is one of the developed countries, which tends to attract more immigrants from different parts of the world. In most cases, many immigrants follow the correct channel to gain citizenship and enter in the United States, while others illegally sneak in through the borders. This rapid legal and illegal immigration can lead to over-population, which succumbs the state resources (Gordon et al., 10) Overpopulation in the United States leads to the exhaustion of wealth since the consumption is high, thus it will fail to control the fierce rivalries over the resources. Also, there are existing numbers for limited job vacancies in different economic sectors in the United States, and the high population of both the immigrants and the U.S. born citizens compete for the same opportunities, which leads to unemployment.

Also, immigration to the United States creates wage disparities. Some immigrants to the United States come from developing countries, such as Guatemala, and they are always ready to take any job even at the lowest wage rate offered than non-immigrants (Lingxin 271). If the country has enough labor to work for lower wages, then non-immigrants are affected due to the wage gap created, thus affecting job growth. Besides, the state would spend less cash to support employment opportunities.

Lastly, racism in the United States has been a prevalent issue, which may be attributed to immigration. Racism still exists in the United States, for example, after carrying out the most decisive and racist campaigns in the world history, Donald Trump ascended to the presidential seat in 2017 (Vanessa & Isabella 1). The United States is a nation that has been built by immigrants and has been a melting pot for different cultures, which means that racism has been a rampant issue. When the United States economy needs labor, they limit the restrictions to entry, thus more immigrants are welcomed. On the other hand, when the state does not need their labor, immigrants get deported, they shift restrictions and even engage in racist rhetoric. Through these actions, immigration in the United States leads to racism, despite many people obtaining legal documentation and rights to enjoy U.S. citizenship.

In conclusion, immigration in the United States has been an issue, which has raised many debates, whether these people should be allowed or not. In this case, immigration has both positive and negative effects on the immigrants, residents, community, and the state. On the positive side, immigration in the United States boosts the American economy, brings new culture, and immigrants bring new and good morals to the state. Contrary, immigration has some disadvantages in the U.S. since it is associated with over-population, leads to wage disparities, and racism.