"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breath free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore; send these, the homeless, the tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" This quote was written by Emma Lazarus and is the most famous one on the statue of liberty today. This quote represents what America was founded on, immigration. Even with this, immigration today is a growing topic of controversy for many American's. Opinions range from open-door to closed-door advocates of immigration and many undecided, but when reviewing the statistics the open-door policy clearly benefits our country.
Some American citizens believe that immigrants will be willing to work for less, resulting in lower wages for American workers and a lower standard of living. However, this is not the case. Immigrants that work for less lower the costs of production for employers. With the cost of production lowered the employer can now lower the cost of the products they......
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