Explain the role of immigrants from Latin America in the modern American economy.?
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Most of them, take up positions in unskilled labor. Without them many businesses would have to pay higher salaries to get non-immigrants to do those jobs. It would make certain services/products more expensive.
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The Knife Is NOT At The Throat Of The USA\n\nThe US Economy Will NOT COLLAPSE\nWhen 20 Million ILLEGAL ALIENS \nAre Unceremoniously DEPORTED\n\nWHEN The ILLEGAL ALIENS Are Deported\nAnd The Border Is Secure\nThe Nation Of MEXICO Will Suffer The Effects\nTenfold More Than The USA\n\nThe MEXICAN ECONOMY Will Fall To Its KNEES\n\n\n\n\n\nYour Article Is Propaganda From The Left\n\nIt Does NOT Distinguish Latin American Immigrants\nFrom ILLEGAL ALIENS
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Mexican immigrants bring us a new labor pool that is generally willing to do labor jobs that are thought of as undesireable by some.  They also bring us new culture that we can all learn from and appreciate.  Not all immigrants are in the labor class though and have education and skills that are needed in many communities.\n\nUnfortunatly these fine immigrants are not well recieved in the US because many of their countrymen do not follow the rules of immigration and enter the US illegally.  That is a shame and a disadvantage to these fine, law obeying hard working people.
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GLOBALIZATION\n\nThe politicians are being bribed to destroy America, we call these bribes campaign contributions. Monied interests who want to unify the Western Hemisphere into a single trade bloc from Canada to Chile have been supporting politicians who will make laws and policy decisions to bring about this goal. For years the ground work has quietly been laid, NAFTA, lax border enforcement, foreign aid to developing nations to impoversh those nations and make them subject to foreign money manipulation.\n\nWith the flood of illegals in the US the main opposition to this trade bloc, the US middle class, is being eliminated. Soon the middle class will vanish and there will be no group with the political will to resist the New World order being constructed against our interests.\n\nSo by allowing this massive influx of people into our nation it will destroy the middle class and stop the opposition for these trade blocs and ultimatly a New World Order.
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Corporations. They've been entrenched against unions for years. The "undocumented immigrants" sounds like a Nativist talking point but there is something else to consider. Raise that minimum wage and you'll HAVE american jobs created since the current minimum waeg is unlivable.
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At the moment immigrants are a large portion of our work force in this country.  This contributes to our Gross National Profit.  Because they are here doing jobs that Americans will not do it helps businesses make a profit and stay in business.  A lot of people want to complain that they are in our country taking jobs away from us, but I find this to not be true.  If Americans would do any job that was asked of them and not expect a doctors wage for a janitors job businesses would not look for this cheaper workers.
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Basically Mexicans are from Mexico. Latino generally represents people from South America. You know - Brazil, Portugal, Chile etc.
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"We help the comunites and without us you would be nothing."\nHAHAHAHAHAHA!\n\nOh I’m sorry I know laughing isn't very professional but that comment was so damn funny.  Obviously you either lack an understanding of basic economics or you haven’t thought things though.  The U.S. has a very capital intensive economy meaning we work 'smarter' in most sectors using machinery and educated workers in order to be more productive.  \n\nThis is totally opposite of third world countries such as Mexico which have to use large amounts of unskilled labor in order to produce labor intensive goods.  If all the illegal immigrants left the United States we wouldn't be dealt a crushing blow.  Quite the opposite, we'd be forced to eliminate tariffs and subsidies and then import labor intensive products such as strawberries and tomato’s at a cheaper price from South America.  \n\nThis would allow us to pursue our comparative advantage by producing capital intensive goods and services such as: software, engineering, financial management, etc. And propel our economy forward.  \n\nThe illegal immigrants filling positions which cannot be out-sourced or replaced by machines [which are very few positions] will be filled by citizens of this country.  But instead of those positions being filled by illegals' working under the table for $4 an hour and not paying taxes; the smaller supply of labor being provided by U.S. citizens will raise salaries these back up to a living wage.  Citizens will be able to make a living as a janitor or construction worker again, our economy will be better off due to lowered import tariffs and trade barriers, and we will know that one of Osama Bin Laden’s flunkies isn't sneaking across the border with a Nuclear Bomb.\n\nEveryone wins but the illegal immigrants.  But hey they shouldn't be here in the first place. \n\nBasically this all boils down to us looking out for our own interests as a nation.  I'm all for LEGAL immigration.  In fact I support it.  I think that we should allow people to immigrate to this country based on: \n\nEducational level - The more educated you are the more you bring to the table in our capital intensive economy.\n\nEconomic status - If you bring a lot of money to invest, it will benefit the U.S.\n\nAbility to speak english - English is the common language here.  Duh.\n\nEthnic Diversity - We are a nation of immigrants from around the world.  Diversity gives us strength.  Plus it's unfair to allow citizens of one country a greater chance at staying here then everyone else.  Also if you take a homogenous group of foreigners and place them together geographically it makes it harder for them to assimilate to our culture.  The idea is that THEY become Americans not that WE become: Mexicans, Indians, Koreans, etc.\n\nNeeded Job Skills - If the need for more workers in a given field is adversely effecting our economy we should import them.\n\nPolitical Persecution - If you are fleeing from an authoritarian regime such as Cuba, Iran, or North Korea you should be given extra consideration in coming here.\n\nI don't know why so many illegal immigrants, especially latinos have a huge chip on their shoulder all of the sudden.  After all THEY ARE THE ONES WHO BROKE THE LAW and they are the ones who shouldn't be here.  I wish our representitives would grow enough balls to tackle the problem head on and put these criminals in their place.\n\nEDIT:\n\n"When they specifically say mexicans instead of just saying undocumented workers or mentioning all the other groups that also come to the States illegally, they come off as racist."\n\nHey jackass: Mexico is a country not a race of people.  So how can people be racist when refering to a citizens of a specific country?  For example you can be of Filipino descent [and there are Filipino communities in Mexico] and be born in Tijuana and you will be a 'Mexican' citizen.  \nCalling someone
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immigrants who are for it are going to walk out of thier jobs, immigrants are not going to go to school and not buy anything. They want to see, what happens if those people are not in the states and to see the impact on US economy.
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I'm guessing that you're talking about Spanish-speaking immigrants from places like Mexico and South America.  Previous answerers have had a lot to say about this question, so I'll just add a little.\n\nThe Spanish-speaking immigrants I know would very much like to learn English so they can get ahead in the United States.  However, they often work long hours for very little pay so they can just put food into their mouths and the mouths of their families.  This leaves them with very little time and/or money to spend on English classes.  For example, I know a 72-year-old woman who works long days for very little pay cleaning people's houses, and she's desperately trying to learn English, but she doesn't have the time or money to take many English classes.  People often take advantage of her by only paying her a few dollars an hour for her hard work.  It's really not fair.\n\nIt's not a question of inability, it's a question of limited resources.  I imagine that if you were in the same situation, it would be hard for you too.\n\nJust so you know for the future, Spanish is the name of the language, but the people are called Mexicans, Venezuelans, Argentinians, and so on.  A term that works for all people of those backgrounds is Latino/a/os.  If you say someone is Spanish that means the person comes from Spain.
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Who's to say that all illegal immigrants from South America are unskilled? That's a poor conclusion. Yes - people who are skilled and come to the US legally are better for the system than those who are not. But legally or not, many come to the US to escape prejudice and discrimination in their own countries (which is ironic the come to the States.. but that's for another conversation). So why already greet them with stereotypes? Especially from people who perhaps are trying to leave behind similar issues.
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You are so smug and self righteous I surprised you don't actually know this.\n\nMexico is changing from an agricultural to an industrial economy.  That displaces a huge quantity of the work force who come from farming communities where education wasn't a priority.  They don't have the educational background or general aptitude for a job in a factory and there are fewer and fewer farms.\n\nThe US went through this which is why immigration laws were enacted in the first place, to slow down the number of immigrants coming into the US and FDR came up with welfare to cover the people already here.  When it happened in Russia Stalin just marched 36,000,000 people into Siberia and off the map.
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I run a shop in florida my boss used to start people out at 10$ an hour he layed off my crew and hired illegal mexacans at 7$ an hour he is a multi millionaire.The lumbaryard next to me has nothing but illegal immigrants thats where my boss got his the man that owns it bought an island in the bahamas and built a mansion on it he roofed the mansion with tounge and groove teak at a cost of about 200,000 dollars both men are considerd small buisnessmen by the U.S. goverment.I grew up in southern California and was always impressed with the illegals and how hard they worked and tried to become a part of the culture.I had to take up spanish because my crew has told me they should not have to learn english since my boss wanted spanish workers.My neighbors for 3yrs dont speak english but think its wonderfull that i am learning spanish.If anyone in this country thinks these are the mexicans of old they are badly mistaken they want everything America has to offer and are more than willing to work and sacrifice for it but they do not want to be american they do not want to add there culture to ours or emrace are traditions what they want is a complete illemination of the border and cheap labor will be a thing of the past.Mexico is a socialist country and they will do the same here.I keep hearing this is all about fear as if the things i have seen are anomalys twelve million people who will vote because they are not stupid will have a huge impact on the way this country is run.Hope this helps sorry it was so long
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Globalization sends jobs overseas. More and more Americans are living in poverty.\n\nSome of the other nations are too poor to compete, so they stay in poverty.\n\nOnly the elite become wealthy from globalization.
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I am glad to have foreigners in my country because they are cheap labor. How many white men do you know that would work for less than 5 dollars an hour in a field under the scourching sun while crop planes drop insecticides on them while they are picking the fruits and vegetables that we eat that we pay hardly anything for. If there were no immigrants our produce and so many other things that we use and eat daily and take for granted would not be accesible because the costs would be to high. So whoever said that immigrants come and take the white mans jobs, you are full of it. They take the jobs that nobody wants, such as housekeepers, field workers, janitors, and so on, I hope that you get the point. For those that live in the U.S. remember 90% of us are descended from immigrants. Mexico is part of America, they are just South America. they did not have to take a boat to get to the America's, they were already here. If you actually look at the statistics most people that are on welfare are white women, not mexicans. I have met plenty of hispanic immigrants that are in the process of learning  English, believe me people it does not take over night to learn a language. Americans are very ignorant and stupid when it comes to things like this. How many of you actually learned a new language before visiting another country? Some of these immigrants really are here on a short term basis, they are here to make money to take back to their families. Just like any American that works or tries a new investment, all you are trying to do is support your family. Be respectful of other people, remember One Nation Under God, it is not very christian to be so ignorant.......
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Corruption bleeds into every part of a nation.  Latin American countries are often teh victims of corrupt officials, which decreases their ability to form a working economy.  Every prosperous nation has something in common- in the begining, there was much strife, and the leaders sacraficed for the good of the people.  The nation's citizens work together for a common goal.  Free and prosperous economies don't develop in places where every individual is out for themselves.
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wow.  very well said.  what happend between white settlers and native americans, while very sad and wrong, is in the long gone past and its flat stupid to be upset over that.  i am upset with illegals because they come here ILLEGALY and DEMAND that we give them free stuff and financial help and all the freedoms of a US citizen.  while they may seek a better life by coming to America (cuz we just that cool) if we wanted you here, we would let you here.  many latin american countries are underdeveloped and diseases can travel through borders easily when people sneak across them.  plain and simple.