Many White Collar Jobs Will Be Left Empty
The stereotype we have for undocumented immigrants is that they work unskilled jobs where the focus is on manual labor. A report by the Pew Research Center in 2012 showed that, as it happens, millions...
View ArticleHomicide Rates Will Likely Drop In Certain Areas
In the interest of trying to protect the ability of undocumented immigrants to stay in America, in some cases their defenders go overboard in propping them up as contributors to society. One of those...
View ArticleReal Estate Values Will Drop
As we indicated in entry nine, many illegal immigrants have jobs that pay well enough that they can live fairly affluent lives. Indeed, in 2009 Pew Hispanic Center estimated 35% of all undocumented...
View ArticleRepatriates Will Be Abused
As indicated by the large number of homeowners among illegal immigrants that have been in America for more than ten years, for many of them America feels much more like home than Mexico ever could, or...
View ArticleBillions of Dollars in Government Support Would Be Freed
Returning to the issue of the sheer cost of deporting millions of people, people that favor the idea will likely cite the expense the government brings on itself by keeping them around and often...
View ArticleThe Dairy Industry Would Be Devastated
For many people who live paycheck to paycheck, it may seem as if illegal immigrants are used as labor just as a pure cost-cutting measure out of greed. It turns out that for many of them it’s more a...
View ArticleFarm Businesses Would Be Destroyed
As we said in entry nine, a surprisingly small number of illegal immigrants work on farms compared to white collar environments. Nevertheless, in agrarian states that have stepped up their...
View ArticleThe Construction Industry Will Be Hit Hardest
As we mentioned previously, removing millions of homeowners from America is inevitably going to vastly undercut the demand for new houses. In one area, however, it will raise housing costs. North...
View ArticleUnskilled Worker Wages Will Increase
On the other hand, Harvard University economist George Borjas has reported that low-skilled workers born in America have suffered financial damage across the board. The Wall Street Journal published a...
View ArticleThings That Would Happen if All Illegal Immigrants Left the US
The issue of how the United States of America will deal with undocumented people entering its borders is so hot that many Americans were willing to embrace a ridiculous campaign promise as of building...
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