Approximately 1.1 million immigrants have received jobs from 2008 to 2010. It's estimated that 35% of these people were here illegally. Businesses tend to hire someone who is an immigrant because they don't have to pay payroll taxes and the person is willing to do the work for a lower wage. This is a problem in the United States because our unemployment is so high. With more people landing jobs here than are available for it's citizens, that 9.4% unemployment rate won't decrease much. Many of these jobs are construction type work or jobs that not many Americans are willing to do. One thing President Obama is considering is tightening the border and being more strict about illegal immigrants.
I definitely think we need to come up with a stronger set of rules for these employers and immigrants. Businesses shouldn't be allowed to hire them if they aren't citizens because they're cheating the system. Plus, they're putting so many more people out of work by not hiring them. This may be a free-enterprise system, but it doesn't mean they can go against the law that way. I understand they're probably just trying to support a family and everything too, but sometimes a country, especially one as strong as the United States, needs to look out for its own.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41182482/ns/business-us_business/
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