PHIL 347 Week 3 Course Project; Issue Review

Immigration Course Project: Issue review Chamberlain College of Nursing PHIL 347N Assignment Date Immigration Topic: Immigration Issue: Should the United States eliminate all barriers to immigration and adopt an open border policy? Economic Aspect Pro According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), immigrants are good for the United States (U.S.) economy (ACLU, 20200). Immigrants create new jobs by reforming new business and spend their money on American goods and services (ACLU, 2020). They also pay taxes, which help raise the productivity business in the U.S. (ACLU, 2020). Con Americans believe that immigrants take jobs away from them and increase crime (Wydick, 2018). This claim is repeated by the Trump Administration to justify its crackdown on immigrants (Wydick, 2018). According to Wydick (2018), investigation had revealed the opposite statement; however, Trumps' Administration installs fear in the American about immigrants by playing psychological tricks (Wydick, 2018). Trump had vowed to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program (DACA), by making it more difficult for green card holders to maintain their status in the U.S. (Garcia, 2019). He plays on the emotion and fears of the American people towards immigrants. Political Aspect Pro Immigrants have an impact on a political party. According to Mayda & Peri (2018), there is a correlation between high skilled workers (college-educated), and low skilled workers (non-college-educated). Low skilled workers significantly increase votes for the Republican Party (Mayda & Peri, 2018). Con On the same note, highly skilled immigrants hurt the Republican Party (Mayda & Peri, 2018). Many factors contribute to how American view immigrants, and which why the American people vote. According to Smith (2016), white America tends to agree less with the Democratic Party platform when foreigners are described as a threat to Americans. Both the Republican and Democ