Economic Impact of Immigration

Have you ever really considered just how important all of the factors involved in bringing a salad to the table at your favorite restaurant? If you have not, it is important that you read this paper to understand the impact that immigrated persons have on the population, jobs, wages, services, and ultimately the economy of California. Not to mention the intricate tie the economy has to one of California’s biggest commerces; agriculture. The intention of this paper is to discuss and investigate the impact of immigrated persons on the economy of California and a look at both sides of of the argument about what could happen without a constant level maintained of immigrated persons to keep the California economy moving. Without the immigrant workforce the commerce in the state would come to strand still. This is largely because in 2004 California had 36.6 million residents, and approximately 9.6 million of the population at that time was foreign born. This portion of the population represents more than a quarter of the total population of the state. Imagine if you will what impact the loss if a quarter of the state’s population were simply sent back to where they came from? Can we be led to believe that any commerce in the way that it functions now could endure a permanent decline in volume of 25% not to mention expected the loss of expected growth? For a single business, a decline of 25% for any length of time would certainly not allow it to survive for long as volume is what keeps a business alive. Should the population be culled down to the seventy five percent of United States born citizenry the situation would only snowball into the worst possible scenario for one of the world’s largest economies. After a fall of California’s economy then small countries would likely follow and certainly major financial shockwaves would be felt around the world. According to a report published by the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy (2004),

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