Why does Trump insist on opening the knife to immigrants?

Because this is in line with his ideas of "American priority" and "American priority". The reason why we can master so much information about undocumented immigrants is related to the relief methods in the United States. For example, the "food website" that distributes food and meal tickets to the poor is a source of information for undocumented immigrants. It is through similar channels that the American government has mastered the number of undocumented immigrants and the benefits they enjoy.

Therefore, in his first speech at a joint session of Congress, Trump said: Families headed by foreigners (legal and illegal) are more likely to use public welfare provided by the federal government than those headed by local residents. Our immigration law must give priority to protecting taxpayers, promoting self-sufficiency, allowing new immigrants to raise their wages, helping to expand the middle class and strengthening national security.

However, some economists believe that the nativist policy of expelling a large number of undocumented immigrants has a negative impact on the American economy and society.

They believe that under the current economic situation, isolating the southern border and arresting undocumented residents who have lived in the United States for a long time may actually produce completely opposite results, which will turn the United States into an anti-immigrant "police country" and increase the long-term undocumented population in the United States.

Because, whether the American economy is good or bad, it depends largely on migrant workers, including undocumented immigrants. Overall, about 5% of the American labor force is undocumented, totaling about 8 million. Without these workers, how many native Americans are willing to apply for low-paying jobs without contracts and benefits? Then, some important industries, such as construction and service industries, as well as agriculture, will be hit.

However, according to the Immigration Research Center (Centre? For what? Immigrants? The research report (CIS for short) 2015 draws the conclusion that in 20 12, 5 1% families headed by immigrants (legal or illegal) enjoyed at least one "welfare plan", while only 30% local families enjoyed the plan.

However, on February 2nd, new york Daily News reported that the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy (Institute? Open? Tax? And then what? Economy? Policy), New york Institute of Fiscal Policy (New? York? Finance? Policy? According to the report released by the Institute, there are 4.5 million immigrants in new york, of whom about 810.7 million are undocumented immigrants. Among those undocumented immigrants, 575,000 are in new york, 654.38+007 million are in Long Island, 654.38+065,438+065,438+065,438+000,000 are in Hudson Valley (Hudson? Valley) area. About half of undocumented immigrants in new york pay only 1 1 billion dollars in taxes and fees every year. They use the tax number (taxpayer? Identification? $ Number, abbreviated as TIN) tax return. From the perspective of the United States, the total amount of federal and regional sales tax, consumption tax, property tax and income tax paid by undocumented immigrants every year reaches $65,438+0174 billion.

Therefore, whether undocumented immigrants have created more wealth or enjoyed more welfare for the United States is still under debate.