The population had doubled within 30 years, driving many citizens out of business (farmers being the majority) and into either factory jobs with horrible conditions, or no job at all, resulting in an unemployment rate rising almost as fast as the immigration rate. The level of technology had skyrocketed, leaving even more people without a job while being replaced with machines, yet in the meantime, the employers and factory owners get wealthier as they have less of a need for workers. ... It were those people that obtained jobs and incomes to feed their families, because no matter how bad or h...

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For example, some Americans believe immigrants come to the United States to not pay taxes and take job opportunities away from Americans. ... As for the myth that thousands of job opportunities will be taken away from Americans, many of the children will grow up to become immigrant entrepreneurs creating jobs including for U.S. citizens. ... Immigrants are traveling to America not to be burdens on society rather they are contributing to our country by paying taxes and creating jobs. ... They should be placed on a path to legal citizenship so they can work legally in America with a decent payi...

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People have to have jobs. America has jobs, and Americans should be able to fill those jobs. There is a much different scenario in many places; however, immigrants often get good paying jobs that should have gone to Americans. ... Foreigners should have to pay more taxes than others, definitely not less. Sometimes immigrants will take jobs that no one else wants and that is ok, but it's not ok when high paying jobs go to Pakistanis that barely speak English and might be crazy. ...

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Also, immigration boosts our economy because there are more jobs out there, and more taxpayers to pay money to the government. ... " This means that immigrants that came to the US seeking job opportunity actually get jobs faster and more effectively. ... Furthermore, immigration boosts our economy because there are more jobs out there, and more taxpayers to pay money to the government. ... " This process allows immigrant America workers to pay all the same taxes as you and I pay. ... Immigration boosts our economy because there are more jobs out there, and more taxpayers to pay money...

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The unskilled immigrate will take whatever job is available at a much lower age that most Americans would receive for the same job. ... The article also indicates that several states that the taxpayers in those states pay an additional tax to cover health care and public schools that are used by the immigrate when the taxes the newcomer pays fall short. Most new immigrates families receive more publicly funded services than they pay in taxes. ... Eventhough immigrates use about the same services as American's, they pay less taxes because they own less property and are in lower paying ...

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The reason this is an issue is because illegal immigrants are seen as a burden on the American economy, they don't pay taxes, they take our jobs, they use our public services, and they consume our goods. ... Illegal immigrants pay for goods and services just like legal citizens, and they pay taxes on those goods and services. ... Lastly, illegal immigrants help with job creation and help to increase the labor force. As stated earlier, illegal immigrants consume goods and services, increasing their demand and creating more jobs. ... One of their main concerns is taxes, and how illegal immi...

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Even now, the undocumented immigrant students try to get any job they can. Even with job that they have to work full time, the payment is unfair. ... More people accept that terrible jobs. ... The job competition will become unfairly. ... Even if they pay taxes, the subsidy that the government has to pay for people is greater than that. ...

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Therefore, someone in the family must find a job. Most families will have both parents working, and in some cases, one of the children maintaining a job also, because the majority of jobs given to illegal immigrants are lower-wage occupations that require relatively little formal education. When the parents have their children holding jobs as a result of low-wages, they will probably want the kids to get an education, so their next generation won't be in the same predicament. ... According to the Center of Immigration Studies in 2010 for every amnestied immigrant, taxpayers are paying an ...

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One concern of the "new immigration" is that these immigrants are taking jobs from the U.S. citizens. ... As more and more immigrants come in with little to no skills in the workforce, they are searching for the low-wage jobs, causing the low wage workers to receive even less in their paychecks. Eventually, it is predicted that federal and state governments will no longer provide welfare to the legal immigrants and non-immigrants, which only means that more workers will be competing for very few low-level jobs. ... Also, because the immigrants are working the low wage jobs, they are paying...

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They use our hospitals and our schools without paying taxes or getting health insurance. ... " She said her sixteen years old granddaughter has had trouble in finding work because jobs were taken by illegal aliens. ... In this way illegal immigrants would not cross the border if they knew there was no chance of obtaining a job. As a result, the current illegal immigrant would slowly migrate back to their home country because there were no jobs up here. ... If we give them legal status, they will start paying all their taxes and help U.S economy....

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He stopped earning enough money to pay the rent, much less to send money to his family. ... They often have to go through a lot of things in order to get a good job. Even then, the jobs aren't always successful and many Mexicans are forced to return to Mexico. ...

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For many years immigrants have been leaving Mexico and parts of Central America in search of jobs in the US. ... " Some illegal immigrants have homes, family who are citizens, and jobs here in America, but if arrested and put on trial by an immigration judge, they can be deported and forced away from their families and jobs. ... They came here to better themselves and their families but they become another one of the jobless individuals waiting to receive any kind of job that will pay. ... It is true to say immigrants are taking jobs, but not in a negative way. They take jobs because they...

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The program was cut when Americans complaining that they were having their jobs stolen by illegal immigrants. ... If illegal aliens come to the United States looking for a job they will most likely receive one. ... A lot of jobs are being taken away from Americans for illegal immigrants. Stricter laws need to be in place, and more job sites need to be checked for illegal aliens. ... To save money while deporting illegal immigrants, the United States could also make the undocumented immigrants pay for their way back. ...

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Having this wall would lower the chances of immigrants seeking job prospects or drug running and human trafficking opportunities. ... "They must be at least 18 years old, and have good character, pass the English and U.S history and civics exams, and pay an application fee, with other requirements.... They work for low salary wages and do not take advantage of their jobs. Immigrants and native born workers are drawn toward different jobs. ... I think it is not fair to take the job and education opportunities away from these illegal immigrants. ...

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Another reason is for a better job. These people were often disappointed, because the jobs were not always available and didn't always pay better than the jobs in their Native country. ... People came to the US to look for jobs only to find that over 50% of the US population was homeless and unemployed. ... When jobs finally opened up, the Americans had a better chance of getting them than the immigrants did. ... Many people found jobs, houses, and even found place where they can practice their religion. ...

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Many immigrants move because the lack of money, jobs, and even food. If one does not have the correct qualifications one needs to get a good paying job, it is almost impossible to make money. ... Many people move for economic reasons, trying to find a better job and to earn more money. ...

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Most of these societies are developing countries where governments do not pay attention to immigration policy or potential immigrants do not seek to immigrate to these countries because of a lack of prospects of personal development or a poor standard of living (Shields, 17). ... In addition, immigrants usually are engaged in low paid jobs; meanwhile, in the majority of cases, native-born people refuse to do these jobs. In a result, immigrants play a crucial role in development of economy because low paid jobs are an integral part of work balance that is essential in the functioning of economi...

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Those lower wage earners in their homeland were stuck in lowest paid jobs and had no chances to upgrade themselves. ... The job recruiters form America hung posters and told stories about free land, a lot of opportunity to work for good money, and above all, the freedom to do as they wish. ... China was forced to pay indemnities of 21 million silver dollars and open five ports to foreign commerce. ... There was an increasing belief that immigrants were occupying too many jobs within the city. ... They were once again arguing that the Japanese were taking their jobs and not absorbing the Americ...

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They had no jobs, no food and rents were on the rise. Women, who were fortunate to have jobs, lost them in a declining linen industry. ... Some wealthier landlords were benevolent enough to pay for their tenants to emigrate to America and other English speaking countries. Many Irish boarded cotton ships headed for America and while a few were fortunate enough to pay for their own passages. ... When trying to find jobs the Irish were faced with quite a lot of discrimination. ...

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One thing Obama Connoisseurs must pay particular attention to is the language he uses when speaking of change. ... Improve Our Immigration System Obama and Biden believe we must fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill. ... Bring People Out of the Shadows Obama and Biden support a system that allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens. ...

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Firstly, the taxes we have to pay might go towards supporting these people that just show up in Canada and they don't do anything, but use our money. Another reason it isn't good is that they could get a job that you really wanted and went to school for. ...

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Some proposals are simply unjust and impractical, such as his idea to construct a border wall and make Mexico pay for it. ... He also states this will open more jobs for the American people, which many people are in agreement with. ... He also wants to introduce tariffs on foreign goods which ultimately would start a trade war that would hurt exports and American jobs. ... Many Trump supporters are people who have lost dreams or jobs and feel Trump can restore all of that for them. Trump does a nice job portraying himself as such a person, however, he has no clear plan on how to run the countr...

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There are 140 thousand visas allowed per year, which are divided into 5 preferences: 1) a person having an extraordinary ability that will serve the United States (there are 40 thousand visas allowed for this category) 2) a person who holds an advanced degree (another 40,000 allowed for these people) 3) a person having had at least two years training or experience in their line of work (40 thousand) 4) religious workers or U.S. government employees (ten thousand) and 5) a person who will invest fifty thousand to one million dollars in job creating that will employ at least 10 people (ten thous...

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Living in a place where there is hunger and slack of job opportunities leads good people into bad paths. ... Most schools in their hometowns have to pay tuitions in order for their kids to attend school each year or even each semester. ... Who will take over the jobs that will be empty once everyone leaves? Most of the construction jobs in United States are done by hispanics. Also many kitchen jobs are done by hispanics. ...

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Most Americans don't acknowledge that we all have responsibilities as being a United States Citizen, and if you ask a what their responsibility is the first thing that pops into their head is paying taxes but each right of an American Citizen from the Constitution requires responsibilities and each responsibility is different. ... The government wouldn't function correctly without the help of the citizens in America, being a citizen is the United States is like a job and in that job everyone has a specific role. The citizens job is to participate in the political process, respecting...

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