The United States economy, illegal immigration.?

Answer 1

It is a fact that immigrants (illegal or not) have always contributed their labor, sweat, blood and lives to doing those things which no one else will do and do it for a much lower price, thereby allowing America to afford those things which they would not otherwise be able to afford. I am ashamed of the way the American people treat the immigrants. It only shows the hypocrisy and deceitful attitude that truly pervades the people of this nation. They will be nice to your face and stab you in the back when you do not know it. I for one am not ready to start paying $15 for a head of lettuce because the lettuce farmers can no longer hire an immigrant for $2 an hour and are now forced to pay an American the $7 an hour demanded--IF they can even find someone to work in the first place. I live around a bunch of tobacco-chewing, pick-up driving rednecks and hicks and they would not work for twice that and usually stay on the dole for the duration of their lives. Unfortunately, their type comprises the majority of people in this country.

Answer 2

If you are asking, does illegal immigration effect the US economy? Yes for several reasons.

One, it totally throws out the market process of supply and demand and wages. They do things for cheap so they won't get caught and it pulls down the wages of legal workers because people say, "I can get someone else to do that for less $."

Second, They send their wages back home killing the demand side of the economy. They don't spend their money here, so the products and services they would buy are not needed. Kills jobs.

As everyone says, "They are hard workers!!" That's true of 1st generation illegal immigrants. But studies have proven, the second generation is much less productive.

Answer 3

dcljax gave a great answer. I'll only add that this imbalance of supply and demand is really crushing middle America. You are seeing much more development on the E and W Coast as well as TX and AZ, largely b/c of cheap labor.

This imbalance is taking resources that would normally go to Middle America...and the consequences will exist now and for future generations as many jobs are displaced and the infrastructure that exists (schools, utilities, roads, etc) begins to crumble.

Thus the US is rebuilding it's infrastructure right now to handle the migration to the coasts and southwest, instead of using what it already has. Then it will do it yet again, when there is a return to these regions.

So you are seeing undue hardship on many Americans in these states, and a huge toll on energy and the environment.