Are Immigrants a Burden to the US?

Immigrants are not a burden to the U.S. Therefore, we shouldn't stop all immigration . Immigrants are hard workers and are not causing unemployment for legal citizens.

The work ethic of today's immigrants is as strong as that of the Irish, Italians, and Poles of early immigration. According to a 1990 census, foreign born males have a 77% labor force participation. Now, compare that to the 74% participation of native-born Americans and you see that immigrants are not as lazy as some would have you believe. 5.1% of working age immigrants, the majority of which were legally admitted, receive welfare benefits. 5.3% of working age, native born Americans also receive welfare benefits . Immigrants, both legal and illegal, are the minority of those receiving welfare and are not the only ones receiving it as the facts show.

Immigrants, even undocumented ones are not causing unemployment for legal citizens. The INS says that there are 1.25% of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Around 1% can't be the cause of the 7% unemployment rate. The loss of jobs and lower wages are primarily aren't the effect of immigration. The loss of jobs and lower wages are primarily an effect of manufacturers moving overseas and federal economic policies. So, what are the jobs that immigrants are supposedly stealing from us? Well, undocumented immigrants typically work in low wage-jobs not filled by U.S. born workers.

Bush's proposed walls on both our Mexican and our Canadian borders will not solve any problems. These projects were probaby designed to put more money into Halliburton and Dick Cheney's pockets.