The definition of Immigrate is a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence.1 In the qgazette.com stated from President Franklin D. Roosevelt “Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists [sic]," President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1938. Present day "immigrants and revolutionists" will make America even stronger and safer than it presently is--but only if those immigrants can enter this country legally so they can profess full allegiance to the United States of America.2 The issue is that we have an abundant amount of immigrates that are not legal. These illegals have pros and cons on our economy. This is no longer a simple national problem, but has become a more local problem. More and more companies are hiring illegal immigrations because of the cost saving to the company. These employers can pay them less without the employer having to pay taxes and health insurance. These immigrant’s work for less money and harder, because they are working for a better life for their families that we take advantage of being Americans. Over a decade ago, Phil Bryant presented an audit to the public “The Impact of illegal immigration on Mississippi: Costs and Population Trends.” In his report he presented the following: “An estimated 49,000 Mississippi illegal immigrants were contributing about $44.2 million annually in sales and income taxes to the state’s revenue stream while accounting for at least $69.2 million in education, healthcare, public safety and “remittance” costs (the money sent back to their home country by working illegal immigrants).”3 In his findings these people that are working for their American dream, but illegally is costing legal Mississippi taxpayers about a net $25 million annually.
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All these figures do not include Medicaid, worker’s compensation, unemployment benefits, or other welfare programs. All these figures were figures he presented over ten years ago. The numbers have greatly increased throughout the years. Illegal immigrants have helped our economy in some ways. Many employers have and are using illegals and saving their company or business. The local and small businesses are just trying to stay afloat by using them. Mike McCormick the president of Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation has stated that these businesses, small companies, and farms have only two choices. Use them as labor or we will have to close or move to another country and import our products. 3 Our American farmers only want to survive and produce our food in the United States than somewhere else. The uses of illegals have also hurt our legal …show more content…
This program is like a Visa and grants eligibility to such as education and work experience, and met the visa requirements. Marliatu “Molly” Bah from Southaven came to the United States from the West African nation of Sierra Leone in 2000 and settled in Southaven. She has worked here for over sixteen years. She has worked hard at low paying jobs and has created her own business in Southaven. In July she opened Mailbox and Ship at 521 Stateline Road West in Southaven.4 She is an example that some immigrants are not bad and only want what is best for her family and helps the economy with a legal tax paying
All these figures do not include Medicaid, worker’s compensation, unemployment benefits, or other welfare programs. All these figures were figures he presented over ten years ago. The numbers have greatly increased throughout the years. Illegal immigrants have helped our economy in some ways. Many employers have and are using illegals and saving their company or business. The local and small businesses are just trying to stay afloat by using them. Mike McCormick the president of Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation has stated that these businesses, small companies, and farms have only two choices. Use them as labor or we will have to close or move to another country and import our products. 3 Our American farmers only want to survive and produce our food in the United States than somewhere else. The uses of illegals have also hurt our legal …show more content…
This program is like a Visa and grants eligibility to such as education and work experience, and met the visa requirements. Marliatu “Molly” Bah from Southaven came to the United States from the West African nation of Sierra Leone in 2000 and settled in Southaven. She has worked here for over sixteen years. She has worked hard at low paying jobs and has created her own business in Southaven. In July she opened Mailbox and Ship at 521 Stateline Road West in Southaven.4 She is an example that some immigrants are not bad and only want what is best for her family and helps the economy with a legal tax paying