Presidential race 2016

[HairOfTheDog]

I think better examples of jobs often fied by II's would be restaurant, car wash, agriculture, low end construction, agriculture. Whities won't take those jobs at the same wages. Get rid of all the II's, up go wages, up go prices, down go jobs....

People say II's are a drain on the system but they also spend most everything they make.

I need to find a scholarly article supporting my position (maybe with some charts and statistics thrown in). Then someone who disagrees can go find one that completely disputes whatever I post.

You're right about the types of jobs held by illegal immigrants.



There have been less than 1 million illegal immigrants coming into the US each year over the past 8 years; it's been declining since the peak in 2007.

Illegals come in and other illegals go out. So, even though illegal immigration has been a publicly known issue/practice since the 60s, it's not like the percentage of the population keeps growing and growing in correlation with the rate of entry.

The number of immigrants from Mexico has been decreasing steadily over the last several years; most new immigrants are from South/Central America. There are about 11 million illegal immigrants here now; about 3.5% of the population. However, they make up over 5% of the American labor market because most illegals are of working age and it's not like they can apply for unemployment or welfare. The immigrants largely come here to work and are hired by employers who obviously can't use indentured servants, slaves or child labor like in the early day of our country, and who can no longer attract or maintain American born workers to pick crops, scrub toilets, wash dishes... (or because the employers can't/won't pay minimum wage and be profitable enough to stay in business).

Over half the illegal immigrant population lives in four states: California, Florida, Texas and New York. The crime rate for illegal immigrants across all states is lower than that of the general population.

You'll find economists and analysts who argue illegals add way more to the economy than they cost (many illegals are subject to payroll taxes via fake SS cards but can't draw on what they put in; illegals paid $15 billion in SS taxes last year and $10 billion in state and local taxes). And, you'll find other economists and analysts who estimate that the cost exceeds the benefit. Most agree with Alan Greenspan, however, that illegal immigration slightly benefits the US economy, a 1% or less gain - all pluses and minuses considered in dollars and cents.

You can find a bunch of the economists/analysts pro/con pieces in one place: http://immigration.procon.org/view.answe...nID=000788

Here are some other sources of immigration info:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/20/news/eco...ion-myths/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-f...opulation/
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/201...n-the-u-s/