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Overview
Historically, nations imposed
restrictions on immigration based
on Xenophobia or to protect
political, economic or ethnic
dominance.

https://guinta.house.gov/issues/immigration

The US determined that

immigration came under federal
jurisdiction in 1875.
Immigration services were
established in 1891.

http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection

In addition to ethnicity, the US

government was also concerned
with the moral composition of the
population.
The government became
concerned about the potential for
foreign laborers to negatively affect
employment or payment rates for
native laborers.
http://www.worldprop
ertyjournal.com/north-america-residential-news/-national-delinquencysurvey-mortgage-bankers-association-delinquency-rates-loansoutstanding-foreclosure-report-foreclosure-starts-number-offoreclosures-in-2012-6549.php

Congress abandoned the quota

system and based immigration
acceptance on the need of each
applicant.
Modern restrictions place more
emphasis on the the economic and
social effects of immigration

https://ehis
tory.osu.edu/sites/ehistory.osu.edu/files/mmh/clash/Imm_KKK/Immigrati
on%20Pages/Immigration-page1.htm

1830s Irish and German

immigration.

The US maintains one of the most

open immigration policies in the
world.

https://suite.io/maddison-newburg/4n3226q
1 percent of the worlds population
moved from a developing country to
a developed one.
Point
In 1984 the average earning for a
illegal immigrant rose by 6 percent

http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?
resourceID=000844

The US aloud people that became

homeless from world war II to
immigrate.

States that would legalize amnesty

would also increase minimum wage

http://www.ecotarget.com/legal/state-of-confusionpaper
If the undocumented immigrants got
citizenships the taxes would
actually go down instead of
increasing
Approximately 1.4 million
undocumented residents paid $500
million more then they got in social
services

http://interactive.
wxxi.org/node/85196
Giving undocumented immigrants
citizenship they could gain access
to social security and medicare and
health insurance
If they got citizenships they could
apply for better jobs and work for
more money

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/08/06/howmexican-immigrants-save-native-workers-fromrecession/

The border only makes more

deadly and more dangerous routes
for immigrants trying to cross.
they can also take cheap jobs and
low paying job.

http://knote.com/2
015/02/11/dont-work-hard-successful/
There is a lot of hard work like
construction that can be taken care
of and immigrants could help with
that
Counterpoint
Most illegal immigrants find low
paying jobs and since theyre
undocumented they dont pay taxes
on their wages.

http://phoenix.jobing.c
om/company_profile.asp?i=860&p=11578

Since they dont pay taxes, they

dont contribute to the public
services they use daily.
Many illegal immigrants send part
of their wages back home to their
families, using a wire transaction
known as remittances.
http://www.thecitywire.com/node/32706
Remittances cost $18 billion
annually.

Remittances are counted as an

export of capital and therefore a
reduction of GDP.

http://beta.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/unit-4-macrogdp-and-ppp-adjustments
Illegal immigration can also
endanger American security.
Illegal immigrants reduce American
wages.

http://economy.money.cnn.com/2013/05/24/immigrant
s-unemployment/
Recent data shows that illegal
immigrants only pay $16 billion in
taxes to the federal government but
ended up costing $26 billion by
utilizing federally subsidized
programs.
This results in a deficit of $10 billion
a year, which falls on American
taxpayers.

http://techvessels.com/6-causes-why-your-homebased-online-business-failed-to-make-money/