The Trump administration’s arguments to restrict immigration

The immigration sector of the US has been substantially modified over the past three years. Since President Trump took office in 2017, one of his main purposes has been to reduce the number of foreigners entering the country annually.

The current administration of the US ensures that massive immigration, even through legal processes, can be tremendously detrimental to the local economy.

President Trump argues that immigrants tend to overuse social benefits, local resources, and that they take away job opportunities from American citizens.

Speaking specifically about the US employment sector, the Trump administration plans to continue reducing opportunities for skilled foreign workers and increasing restrictions for local businesses. With this, the current administration seeks to protect the jobs of the local population and encourage businesses to offer salaries only to American citizens.

Recently, the arrival of the global Coronavirus pandemic in the US gave the Trump administration the opportunity to implement emergency measures that considerably reduce the amount of work permits and visas issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

For instance, due to the current unemployment rate, President Trump announced that work visas will be suspended at least until 2021. This action plan aims to protect the local economy and employment during these times of global crisis.

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Recent study shows that immigrants are essential to overcome the current crisis

A recent study conducted by several experts from renowned universities investigates and analyzes the role of immigrants in the employment sector of the US.

The study is called “Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the United States” and it presents specific data from last decades that shows that immigrants constantly boost the economy and contribute to the country through entrepreneurship.

Some of the main findings are:

• Immigrants create companies and businesses that offer 42% more employment for the local population, compared to American businesses.
• They constantly create entrepreneurship projects that are not related only to medium and small companies, but to large industries that contribute to the socio-economic development.
• Immigrants are 80% more entrepreneurial than the native population.
• They represent a substantial percentage of the workforce in essential industries such as the US’ food supply chain, construction, agriculture, engineering, research, and technology.

One of the main conclusions of the study is that “Overall, the entrepreneurial lens suggests that immigrants appear to play a relatively strong role in expanding labor demand relative to labor supply, compared to the native-born population.”

It is important to clarify that immigrants not only bring an entrepreneurial spirit to the US, but also benefit local businesses that hire them through employment visas issued by the USCIS.

In order for a local company to request a qualified foreign worker, it must demonstrate that there are no trained local personnel to fill the job position. Therefore, dozens of critics argue that restricting business immigration is damaging multiple sectors of the local market.

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