How does immigration affect the labor market?

Question

If immigration increases, who gains and who loses?

Answer 1

Big business gains because of cheap labor, workers who earn close to minimal wage lose because they're undercut by immigrants who are willing to work for less money.

Answer 2

In an ideal situation where immigration is controlled properly, immigrants will often fill some of the lowest positions in society, though some professional, qualified immigrants will work in more advanced and lucrative fields. Immigration, particularly in industrialized countries, is important because in most imdustrialized countries, the birth rate is below replacement and the country needs more young immigrants to support the economy and the aging populations. In this way, immigration keeps society running and benefits everyone

Answer 3

Depends on the situation, big business owners definetly gain as well as small businesses. Even some people gain not every one is a hard a laborer and I'm sure there are pleny of people out there who do not want to pay much to have their home painted or worked on.

On another note some illegal workers actually pay taxes with fake paper work because, they are here illegally they are scared to collect on taxes so the government has alot of extra cash to spend as well.

Answer 4

Big business gains /society gains the abuse of immigrants is a big problem in America by foolish politicians and its away ez to blame immigrants/Mexicans for all the problems in this society

Answer 5

Immigration brings wages down.

Answer 6

The profit margin is greater for the business owner, he really doesn't care about them, they are illegal so no ins. no benefits, cheaper to hire, and exploit.

Burden's the tax base, increases disease (no body's inoculated), raises taxes, they don't contribute to the tax base, or pay federal income tax, it will probably bankrupt the U.S Treasury because, nobody is doing anything about it, if you point it out, the illegals call us "Racist's", like that's suppose to get us upset or something, imagine that, "Criminals" calling us "Racist's", that's one for study !