The stakeholder that I choose for my groups topic is the economic impact that undocumented immigration has on us. I chose the economic stakeholder because this is where undocumented immigrants receive their finances and I felt that this was a stakeholder I could interact with well because I feel for what they go through just to be an American like me and others. The argument in made by my stakeholder is how having immigrant workers is a positive and negative to the world. In the article the Davidson and two other colleagues says, "The main argument in support of undocumented immigration is that migrant workers do jobs that Americans do not want to do (1)." Americans complain about jobs and what not but don't want the jobs being taking away from them. The negative is that Americans are selfish and hate that the immigrants are taking these jobs such as, "construction, restaurants, and agricultural produce; because of prices being lowered by the immigrants impact in these jobs" ( 1). This is true if the wages are lowered Americans won't take them so therefore the immigrants get the jobs to provide for their families. The positive impact that immigrants have on the economic is what money they get comes back to the government in some way. Matthew says that on the flip side, "much of what undocumented workers earn is cycled back into the economy via their purchases and their low wages, which cut prices for American consumers." By them buying stuff the money that they earn goes to us so therefore they are not only taking away from the US economy. How do we know if the undocumented workers have a negative or positive impact in our economy and what factors do we use to say if they our negative or positive?
References
Davidson, Adam. "Illegal Immigrants and the U.S. Economy." National Public Radio (2006). 8 Dec. 2007
Malanga, Steven. "How Unskilled Immigrants Hurt Our Economy." City Journal (2006). 8 Dec. 2007
31. Camarota, Steven. "The High Cost of Cheap Labor." Center for Immigration Studies (2004). 8 Dec. 2007
