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This 6 page paper argues that immigration is bad for the U.S. It is designed to be controversial and provocative. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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be regulated much more stringently. Discussion At the outset, it must be said that most sources disagree with the thesis of this paper; that is, most say that immigrants have
been a significant boon to the United States and made many valuable contributions. Having said that, it follows that the object of this paper must be to generate controversy and
thus lead to discussion of immigration. Some arguments can be made against immigration but they are narrow in scope. In their work, Dustmann and Preston investigate the question and find
that there is a wide range of responses "to questions relating to perceived impact of immigrants on economic outcomes" (Dustmann and Preston 3). These authors developed a model that allows
for "three factors in determining anti-immigrant feelings: labour [sic] market considerations, welfare considerations, and racial attitudes" (Dustmann and Preston 4). All three factors are important in determining why people object
to immigrants, but the racial component is particularly important for those without a great deal of education. Dustmann and Preston wanted to broaden the inquiry to include factors relating not
just to competition for jobs, but also to concerns about the burden of immigrants on public services and whether or not efficiency overall increases or decreases as people immigrate. They
wanted to study the circumstances under which immigration benefits or harms different population groups, because that is the indicator on which most people base their reactions to immigrants (Dustmann and
Preston). That is, people who lose their job to an immigrant are quite likely to be hostile to immigration whereas it might not matter to someone whose job is secure.
The authors devised a model to analyze "welfare effects of immigration through taxation and welfare payments" (Dustmann and Preston 6). These are the two areas of greatest concern to most
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