Immigrants Increasing Jobs in the U.S.
Immigrants may be spiking an increase in jobs in the United States with cheap labor. While the number of immigrants into the U.S. continues to rise, they could be actually having a positive impact in the overall job market. A new study shows that with cheap labor available, jobs are more likely to stay within the U.S. and not be outsourced elsewhere. This is welcoming news as the economy slumps and people look around for answers. The new study called, "Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs", shows that immigrants are most likely competing with outsourced laborers and not taking local jobs away from Americans. These cheap workers supposedly fill in the gaps that other workers do not want to do in our job market. This provides evidence that globalization and immigration should not always be looked upon negatively.
Economic growth within areas of high immigration has shown signs that it is growing faster. These laborers can fill jobs that provide other jobs for Americans. Supervisor and manager roles will be available if there are people to be managed and supervised. One example from the study is how an immigrant will take a construction worker role, while a local might be promoted to manager of the construction site. Immigrants can help keep American businesses operating with their workforce. This factor needs to be looked at when discussing immigration policy reform.
Americans, historically have been scared about foreigners. Thinking foreigners will come in and take all of our jobs without providing a benefit has been a scare tactic used for stalling realistic immigration reform. Americans complement immigrants, and immigrants complement Americans. Even if it's not a perfect fifty-fifty split, there are still benefits for both sides in the job market.
Now is the time to look for realistic and reasonable solutions for growing the world economy. Turning down workers that want to put in a good hard day's work when it benefits both sides is foolish.
Source: COWEN, TYLER. "How Immigrants Create More Jobs." New York Times 31 Oct. 2010: 6. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web.
