Immigration debate

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Immigration Debate
- Immigration stimulates the economy:
  - Jobs, housing, taxes
  - 68% young immigrants in work
- Most Americans want stricter controls on immigration since 9/11
- Immigrants keep wages down and keep the USA competative
- Thousands of immigrants enter the USA illegally each year and do not pay tax but use education system ect...
  - 29% of immigrants have no health insurance
  - These people have costed the USA an estimated $30 billion
  - Estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in USA - 2012
- Immigrants do low paid work that Americans will not do
  - Eg- Gardeners, feild hands, maids, pool attendands, sweat shop workers
Immigration stimulates the economy:
- Jobs, housing, taxes
- 68% young immigrants in work