Immigration’s benefits and impacts in the US economy

Immigration is a subject that touches Americans deeply, for understandable reasons. America is a nation peopled almost exclusively by immigrants or those who are descended from immigrants (Griswold, D.T, 2012). Moreover, in the Revista Academica del Cisan Unam (2011), White, K.M (2011) stated that “The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, and immigration policy has always been controversial. The history of immigration in the United States is contrasted in this article with a normative standard of naturalization (immigration policy) based on the Declaration of Independence”.
For centuries, according to Lehman T.E. (1995), the American culture has been a beacon of hope to the oppressed peoples of collectivist economies and authoritarian or totalitarian governments throughout the world. However, basic economic open analysis and numerous empirical studies have confirmed that immigrants boost the productive capacity of the United States through their labor, their human capital and their entrepreneurial spirit. Furthermore, immigrants complement native-born workers by filling niches in the labor market. Lower-skilled immigrants seek low-paying jobs that an insufficient number of American Aspire to fill, providing more affordable goods and services to consumers while creating more rewarding employment opportunities for the native-born. Higher skilled immigrants allow American companies to create new products and raise productivity by stimulating innovation. Moreover, immigrant workers make capital more productive boosting investment, output per worker and government tax receipts (Griswold, D.T, 2012)
Taking similar approach, Hanson, G.H (2012), stated that low-skilled immigrants whether legal or illegal, pay taxes and use government services (Camarota 2004). They pay sales taxes when they make purchases and property taxes for the housing they rent or own. According to Mr. Hanson, a worker who presents a social security to an employer, be the number valid or not, will have payroll taxes deducted from his or her paycheck, with those sent in to the federal government.
America was founded by immigrants. It is a place where people from all cultures have called home. Therefore, an advantage of immigration to the United States is the increase in diversity and culture throughout the country. Although many people argue that this is not a good thing, many others feel that diversity and culture can serve to educate