There are many arguments on the topic; ranging from job security to increase in crime, the debates never seem to exhaust. ... It is also highly unlikely that the unemployed and legal residents would take on the rough labor and low-paying jobs that were previously held by the illegals. ... For work you can find easily in America, you have to pay corrupt officials to get a job. ... These statistics show that immigrants are willing to take the lower paying, undesirable jobs that some Americans won't take. ... These farm jobs are the jobs that other Americans would want to work. ...

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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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According to the Department of Justice and Attorney-General a gender pay-gap is common. ... Another proposed reason is male jobs are valued more than female jobs traditionally. ... This ultimately stimulates the business and provides jobs. ... Illegal immigrants do not have many opportunities with finding a job. ... Business owners who avoid paying mandatory taxes for personal gain is avarice. ...

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These "illegal citizens" are being paid to do the same job as you, are living in the same neighborhood as you, and are not having to pay taxes because they aren't registered in the country. ... Illegal immigrants come to the United States to take jobs that offer them greater opportunity, and they are often welcomed by U.S. employers who are able to hire them for wages lower than they would have to pay to hire U.S. workers. ... With their hard work, jobs are getting done. ... The Americans that work hard for their money are not pleased with having to pay taxes to pay off these im...

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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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Economics is a big factor that influences immigrants to find a way to come into the United States to find a job. ... Not only that but it will also help to the creation of 121,000 extra jobs over the next ten years. ... They wake up every morning for work just like you, they have to eat, pay rent, pay bills, and taxes just as any U.S. citizens would. Illegal immigrants have trouble finding jobs, but that doesn't stop them. ... Carla is not the only one, many people like her open their own business and make more job opportunities. ...

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They are ready to do jobs that some of Americans are not even ready to look at. They do cattle jobs and other poultry and farm jobs that need more of diligent skills. ... (The Worst Jobs). ... They also create jobs for many people,as they come here the demands for goods increase as they buy more goods and they also pay off their taxes. ... Illegal immigrants with no criminal records, and proper tax paying documents could get US citizenship and the ones who have criminal records could be sent back to their home country . ...

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Although illegal immigration is often considered a negative impact as Americans are being displace, these immigrants pay a major tribute towards the United States. Even though many immigrants come to the United States to work undesirable jobs, many businesses would not exist without their cooperation. ... Many immigrants work as janitors not only because it's an easy job, but local natives won't work these kinds of jobs as they do not pay enough. ... Even if many immigrants "have that essential human right to seek a better life" as Martinez mentioned (480), they pay a maj...

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When a job wage is cut smaller because an illegal will take the pay cut, this is causing issues for the average American because someone wouldn't want to settle for less pay because of immigrants aiming for the same job. When two people come in for the same job but won't take the price cut. ... The manager interviews both of them, the citizen with an education is a perfect candidate, but wants top pay for his services. The illegal knows basic skills, but was never trained, is willing to take low pay for his services. ... Usually with food stamps, it is required to show identification...

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Also an immigrant pays about 80,000 dollars more in taxes than he or she will earn in the time that they work in America. ... This causes problems in some cases if they are not able to understand what is happening in their job. ... This has caused many employers to put these people in lower paying jobs where they don't have to deal with many people so that the language barrier will not cause as much of a problem. ... With these stats there have been many immigrants who have started to sue their employers for discrimination in giving the good jobs with the higher pay. ... If we start h...

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Most of the time, immigrants come to the United States in search for better job opportunities, with the majority working in Arizona. ... However, when undocumented immigrants are deported, they stop buying groceries, they stop paying rent, and they stop paying taxes, which severely affects the state's economic status by adding billions of dollars in debt. ... Some people may argue that the massive number of illegal immigrants working in the United States has made it harder for American's to find jobs. ... In fact, it has been proven that undocumented workers don't "take jobs aw...

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Let's look at the question of jobs. ... Our children will pay the price of uncontrolled immigration. ... We are not doing a good job with our own poor, as we see more people without jobs. ... A common belief is that aliens fulfill many of the least desirable jobs. ... Actually, many Americans already work in these low-paying jobs. ...

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Once immigrants get used to the system they become consumers of Canadian public services and start pay taxes. ... Studies show that immigrants in Canada impose a burden $6,000 each by consuming more in services than they pay in taxes. ... The result of this is that firms will now pay a lower average wage and will therefore increase their demand for labor since the cost of hiring a worker declines. ... Immigration can increase competition for existing jobs but it can also create new jobs. ... Immigration generate jobs. 2. ...

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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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Another reason for foreigners to move to is the better job opportunity in the US. ... Although it seems like job opportunities are diminishing here in the US too, finding a job is more challenging in other countries. ... Proponents have claimed that illegal immigrants do not pay taxes and yet they use up many tax-based resources. ... After the person starts working, tax is removed from every single pay check the person receives. ... The problem arises when the amount of tax they pay is compared to the resource they consume. ...

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So you are forced to pay them in the form of task that they need completed. ... That decision kept you from many higher end job opportunities. ... One example is they take away jobs from American citizens. ... They take jobs from many of the poor. ... They do this by taking money from Americans, and not paying into the tax system. ...

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Welfare, though it can be good, is misused by many low class recipients and is too easily obtained for those merely looking for a way to be lazy and avoid getting a paying job. ... This is why many Americans do not go out and obtain jobs. ... Obtaining a job because of a disability is not impossible. ... Jackson pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 11 to 23 months house arrest, five years' probation, and was ordered to pay full restitution, court costs, and fees. ... It is important to catch the people committing welfare fraud and make them pay back or serve their punishment. ...

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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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Do you think that illegal immigrants would actually be able to pay taxes? ... Statistics now show that immigrants crowd out both white and black Americans when it comes to filling new jobs. ... That is 76 million people who have to find jobs and places to live. ... (O"Sullivan) Taxes that these immigrants will not be able to pay, which just means more money out of the taxpayer's pocket. ... He fills the cheap labor jobs that most Americans wouldn't normally take but he does not offer them citizenship. ...

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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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For example, when the Lithuanian man lost his job because someone else had paid for it, he was incredibly homesick and couldn't find a job yet he continued to search and not to give up hope. His hard work and perseverance does eventually pay off, and he finds a good job with better wages, as is shown in the following quote: It [joining the union] has raised my wages. ... In my first job I got $5 a week. With the improvement of his job and wages, also came an improvement in his quality of life. ... On his trip to the United States, he worked on the boat he was taking over to avoi...

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