Both legal and illegal immigrants actually create more jobs. How? Well, most people think there's a limited number of jobs in an economy. That's actually an economic fallacy.
See how immigrants generate jobsBoth legal and illegal immigrants lower crime rates dramatically. Contrary to popular belief, immigrants don't bring crime - they're 1/2 to 1/5 as likely to commit crimes compared to American citizens.
See how immigrants lower crimeCountries need a growing, young workforce to prevent economic stagnation and higher tax burdens. America is barely above replacement value and only due to robust immigration. But it is still not enough.
In the past, America was able to integrate as many as three times as many immigrants as in the present day. Ideally, we should return to these levels.
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Providing an easily-obtained visa would lead to billions more in economic growth. There's literally no way - not any - for the vast majority of economically productive immigrants to get a visa - let alone a visa that allows for an eventual green card and citizenship.
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Over the past two decades, most efforts to estimate the fiscal impact of immigration in the United States have concluded that, in aggregate and over the long term, tax revenues of all types generated by immigrants—both legal and unauthorized—exceed the cost of the services they use. - Congressional Budget Office
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