This is an unbiased question. Do you believe immigrants are detrimental to the U.S. economy? Why or why not?

Question

This is a survey for a class paper I will be writing, and I would like to get a multitude of real responses to see how Americans and Non-Americans feel about immigrants and the growing U.S. economy.

Answer 1

hillary clinton is a shameless fakew, lose the presidency 08.

Answer 2

I'm a Canadian so I can't answer for the U.S. but I almost moved to South Dakota.. I even put a small deposit on a white house. Lost it as some liar caused me to be put in a hospital for assessment! I wouldn't be surprised if that liar bought the place! Well many think U.S citizens coming to Canada are detrimental to the Canadian Economy and Yes Immigrants too! I think differently Many US people spend money in Canada. Many Canadians Spend money in the U.S! It's probably this way with some immigrants too for either Canada or the U.S. Sure some of them take a few jobs away but there's others that
create jobs.

Answer 3

No. Immigrants (illegal) aren't necessarily detrimental to the U.S. economy. They may take all the lower wage jobs from Americans, but they provide competition among the other career choices. They, in a way, push our economy forward (even if it is only a little) from the bottom of the ladder.

What is detrimental to our economy is outsourcing. Stop blaming the illegal immigrants for everything and open your eyes. All of the major corporations are moving to other countries where they can obtain cheap labor easily. We are starting to loose our jobs and our economy is slowly going downhill because of that. The Ford plants in Ohio are about to close, two in Northeast Ohio, that are going to be moved to China. Talk about unfair...and higher unemployment rates even if they're offering buyout rates.

Answer 4

All things earthly have down sides and up sides, neither which is static but dynamic. All things earthly depend on an unceasing and steady inflow and outflow. The object itself is is not at issue but rather, what the observer makes of it.

Accordingly, immigration is not at issue but rather, what a host nation of such emigres makes of immigration...

Nature does differentiate; hence, the varieties of life -- all things animate and sentient or not. Therefore I ask, is a negative response natural or constructed; then again, is a positive response natural or constructed?

In the example of the United States -- which I should have to suppose is the nation about which you are asking -- the true problem has not derived from emigres but rather, rests with a system that has fallen to ineptitudes within, with its own lacking apt and appropriate public relations, one which at best poorly conveys the boon of a viable immigration mechanism to an otherwise unknowing and therefore fearful public.

Ours is a nation that comprises a system that should hold sufficient competence to teach policy properly in terms of international relations, community awarenes, socio-economics, fine arts, and humanities -- in other words, that which shares the intention and will to address what it means to be human beings and the want to ensure the meaning persists whether we cross bridges -- or oceans -- of culture or not.

Like DNA which entreats a species to vary and blend differences to ensure its survival, so a nation does best that exchanges variation to ensure strength, vitality, and creativity.

All else is fear and bigotry, and by these two things, flat out ignorance that will yield little for us as Americans but defeatism and assures for us a nation replete with an infirm and infertile people...

Answer 5

Americans arent crying about the fact that alot of New york was built by immigrant hands. I think immigrants help America immensly. Americans hire immigrants to do work at low paying jobs that most americans wont work at. They dont have to insure them. Most immigrants are hard worker supporting not only themselves, but usually their families back in their country, so they are very reliable because they depend on the income so.

Answer 6

No, I do not believe they are detrimental to the US economy. California is the fifth largest economy in the world. We owe at least a portion of that to our agriculture. This would collapse if it weren't for our friends to the South who slip across the border and work our fields for almost nothing. I've never seen a native born American willing to do that kind of work for what is feasible for the farmer to pay. Unless we want to start paying $5 for a head of lettuce, we kind of need even the unskilled, non-english speaking immigrants.

~Morg~

Answer 7

The US is and was mainly made up of immigrants. I dont believe they are detrimental to the economy. Many bring skills that boost the economy

Answer 8

Most Americans don't like it because they feel they get perks that Americans that pay taxes for cannot get. They get loans and government assistance that we pay in taxes to use and we cant have those funds. They can work like everyone eles but to use tax dollars to open buisness and then treat us bad overcharge us in these establishments and then disrepect our country. On 9/11 ,friend was in a 711 type of store buying gas and coffee and saw the first plan hit on a tv in the store and watch those *** holes cheer!!!! Mostly the think they are smarter and they laugh at us and treat us like jokes while they lay up and suck in our tax dollar only to over charge and disrepect us in the stores our dollars bought!

Answer 9

Excuse me, but unless you are American Indian you are an immigrant or a descendant of an immigrant. If you ask me (and you are) Big fat CEO's with their multimillion dollar salaries are the reason behind the demise of the US economy. Not the people making just livable and below livable wages.

Answer 10

America's riches were built on the backs of immigrants. The cotton plantations? Bought at the price of African slaves. Her industrialization? Impossible without dirt-cheap labor imported overseas, 25 % of whom returned to Europe eventually. And always, the reaction was the same. Native-born workers protested their foreign counterparts' willingness to work longer and harder for pittance wages, notwithstanding the fact that cheap labor allows us to have cheap products.

Might I hazard to mention that America is a nation of immigrants, excepting Native Americans? I rest my case.

Answer 11

This country was founded by immigrants on the backs of enslaved immigrants, only after the slaughter of millions of natives. The immigrants of today are not murderers, but hard workers whom I as an American applaud.