How Does Illegal Immigration Affect The Economy

Over 11 million people in the United States are illegal immigrants, who have full functioning lives in this country. Immigration and the economy has and will continue to be a huge issue in America. This paper will be an exploration into the impact illegal immigration has on the United States economy. The paper will discuss the effect low skilled undocumented workers have on native workers wages, the economies GDP and fiscal impact. The American dream is a term used to describe hope and aspirations that immigrants have coming to the United States, whether legal or illegal. Illegal immigration does have undeniably negative economic effects. Native born workers are faced with the dilemma to accept the job at a lower wage or to leave that field of work altogether. Some economists have found that undocumented workers have lowered the wages of U.S. adults without a high-school diploma or education. It could be argued however that this would encourage younger native born citizens to
Due too their relatively low incomes, the less educated, or the children dependent on them are often eligible for welfare programs. As a result, they use more in government services than they pay in taxes. This applies for people of all types of status. The National Research Council estimated in 1996 that all immigrant households create a net fiscal burden on all levels of government of between $11.4 billion and $20.2 billion annually. The NRC also found that the fiscal impact of immigration depends heavily on the education level of the immigrant in question. Economists have found that illegal immigrants have fiscal impact on the economy. Dr. Steven Camarota serves as the Director of Research for the Center for Immigration Studies and made a report for fiscal impact below i will add 2 graphs he created to help you better