Why Choose Love
Life is a balancing act where we all need to be compassionate human beings above all. In this case some of us are out of balance when it comes to love. I understand that some native-born Americans may love their families and communities so much that are afraid of the perceived dangers that come with an influx of immigrants. However, this is an assumption that has both immigrants and native-born Americans living in fear of one another. According to a long body of research, this is just not true. Overall, immigration is beneficial for America. So share your love for immigrants, they are part of your community.
Quotes which showcase the benefits that immigrants bring.
Ramiro Martinez finds, “more immigration means lower levels of homicide…(MARTINEZ & STOWELL, 2012, Pg. 188).” In reality greater economic disadvantage is at the heart of violence and native born individuals benefit from having foreign born individuals in their country (MARTINEZ & STOWELL, 2012, Pg. 189).”
We can also rest assured since there is little evidence that immigration significantly affects the overall employment levels of native-born workers (BLAU & MACKIE, 2017 Pg. 5).
Borjas has found that between 1980 and 2000 immigration did not affect wages of the general population but led to a five to ten per cent decrease in unskilled wages (Borjas, 2006). Card found that immigration had no negative impact on American workers (Card, 2005).
