20 1 1 June CET-6 deep reading paragraph B 1 translation

There is a key question in the debate about illegal immigrants: Are these immigrants beneficial to the economy? Most Americans think they have no influence on the economy. In the recent new york Times /CBC opinion poll, 74% people think that illegal immigrants weaken economic development, while 65,438+07% people think that they can promote economic development. Although most economists agree that immigration, whether legal or illegal, has absolutely slight impact on the economy. Immigrants provide cheap labor, reduce the prices of all consumer goods from production to family, and let consumers leave a sum of money. They have supplemented-helped to increase their advantages-the aging American workforce, and there will be a large number of retirees in the coming decades. At the same time, the increase in the number of workers in the United States will help prevent the benefits paid to retirees due to the decrease in the working population, just as European countries have done in recent years. Then, why is the concept and reality of the economic impact of immigration so vague?