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Project 3-Final Draft
Project 3-Final Draft
ESL 33B
Dr. Carlisi
Final Draft Research Paper
30 May 2017
Thesis Statement
Although many Americans complain that undocumented immigrants destroying the economy of
the United States, the reality is that undocumented immigrants have positive effects on the
Detail outline:
I. Introduction:
A. History about undocumented immigrants and the economy of the United States:
worked not only in agriculture but also in other jobs, the US government
pass the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act to prevent
2. The reason why people try to immigrate to the US. is that they
want to search the good opportunities for works, education and living
II. The negative effects of undocumented immigrants on the economy of the United States.
A. The United States government pay a lot of money for children who are born in
B. Illegal women and children are larger users of health care than illegal males (
Nadadur 1047) .
C. Tax return: illegal immigrants do pay taxes on their wages , however, they can get
tax return from the government if they have low income and children ( Orrentus
95).
III. Although undocumented immigrants causes more fiscal cost for the government, they
bring more benefits to the United States economy than those costs:
A. They have large contribution to the Social Security fund because the native born
B. They also contribute to the United State economy by purchasing the American
goods and reducing the wages that they are paid ( Marietta 4)
C. Illegal immigrants make the consumer cost down because paying them with low
IV. The positive effects of undocumented immigrants on the economy of the United States:
Schwartz 2)
economy (Schwartz 2)
B. Undocumented immigrants are taking the jobs that most Native Americans do not
want to do
1. Secondary jobs with low wages, unsafe and bad working condition
Nadadur 1042)
b. Because of their low education , they are usually paid with low
others:
a. Natives who are unskilled still work in secondary jobs but they has
Nadadur 1041)
C. Discouraging people from entering our country will cause bad effects on the
economy:
(Schwartz 3)
(Schwartz 3)
2. The United States economy will not have enough workers for
Schwartz 2)
that he has to pay the fee to find enough people to work on his
farm ( Madrano )
V. Conclusion:
The undocumented immigrants have more positive impacts than negative impacts on the
economy of the United States. Although many Americans continue to claim that undocumented
immigrants are destroy the economy, people need to look the situation on both faces before they
judge them and acknowledge that they undocumented immigrants are important for the economy
Undocumented immigrants has become a controversy in the United States for many years.
Before 1964, the government encouraged people from other countries to enter their country
because they needed a great deal of workers for agriculture (Nadadur 1039,1040). As a result,
and was out of control. The government had to pass the Immigration Reform and Control Act to
reduce them from entering the country(Nadadur 1039,1040). Because America is known as the
land of opportunities, the more tighter law, the more people wanted to come. People try to cross
the border illegally to search for job, education and better lives( Marietta 2).There are 11.2
million undocumented immigrants are living in the United States ( Marietta 2). It is not a small
number and they do cause a lot of problem for the economy of the United States and affect on
Americans' live. Many Americans people think that undocumented has negative effects for the
United States, especially on the economy. However, many economist has proved that they has
brought to America more benefits than fiscal costs. As a result, Americans should be aware of
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Undocumented immigrants are taking the secondary jobs that most Americans do not want to do.
The majority of undocumented immigrants are working in the jobs with lower-skilled, low
wages, unsafe and bad working condition. The reason why they have to do these kind of jobs is
that they have low education and they need money to provide for their family. Critics of
undocumented immigrants believe that they are taking Americans workers' job away by working
with low wages. Is that true?.The question is answers by Passel and Cohn in the article " Size of
US Unauthorized Immigrants Workforce Stable after the Great Recession" in the data from
Figure 1.
Fig 1. Unauthorized immigrants and US.-born workers' occupation
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2016/11/03/occupations-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers/
This is the chart about the comparison between unauthorized immigrants' occupation and U.S-
born workers' occupation. According to Pew research center, half of unauthorized immigrants are
employed in services and construction occupation. Production, farming and transportation jobs
employed 26 % of undocumented immigrants , but 16% of US-born worker. In the field that
higher education are required, there is 62% of US born workers are employed in sale, office
data has shown that Americans do not need to do secondary jobs and undocumented immigrants
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