the United States, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 35:6, 1037-1052
Summary
Nadadur acknowledges the financial burden that illegal immigrants place on the US economy, but ultimately he asserts that illegal immigration aids the US economy overall. Nadadur dives deep into the effect that illegal immigration has on wages, jobs and the labor market. Nadadur primarily explores how the job market can be divided into primary and secondary labor markets. The secondary sector consists of low-skill, short term service jobs with lower wages and the primary sector consists of skilled jobs with employment stability. Nadadur asserts that illegal immigrants only have an effect on the secondary market.
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Quotes
“90 percent of the wages that the undocumented population earns are currently spent inside the US. As a result, “The total consumptive capacity of illegal immigrants remaining in the US is around $450 billion.” (1044)
"immigrants also positively benefit the economy by increasing demand, spurring investment, and keeping receiving-country industries competitive through enhancing capital productivity" (1040).
"illegal immigrants are more temporary than legal immigrants and fit the profile of labor needed by secondary sector jobs" (1042)
key terms
Primary sector-skilled, permanent, service jobs (blue collar)
secondary sector-unskilled, low wage, temporary jobs (white collar)Value
This article is a huge assert to my piece, it is my argument to show that illegal immigration is a positive benefit to our economy and students are not overall threatened in the job market by illegal immigration. Furthermore, I can also use it to present the counter argument that illegal immigration does create cost for tax payers, which is furthered by the DREAM Act, since the host country is now assuming more cost for educating these non-citizens.
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