How do immigrants help the US economy?
Immigration helps the US economy in a couple of major ways. First, immigration means that the US has a workforce that is not declining in number. This is a very serious concern for other rich countries. Japan, for example, is aging rapidly and will have too few workers to provide for the elderly. With immigration, America does not suffer from this problem. Second, immigrants often fill jobs that require lower skills and education. This frees up “native” Americans to take better jobs. If we do not have to have a lot of “native” Americans doing low-skilled jobs, they can get more education and can take jobs that add more value to the economy and which give them better pay.
