Can Mexican Immigrants Be Regarded As A Benefit To The Us?

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Can Mexican Immigrants be regarded as a benefit to the US?

At present there are about 11.4 million Mexican residing in the US. Because of this big number, they have a very big influence onAmerica’s economy and politics.
One of those aspects being contantly debated and considered regarding multiculturalism in the US is whether Mexican can be seen as a benefit to the country they have immigratedto or not.
On the one hand, they cannot really help support the economy in the USA, since more tan half of the Mexican foreign-born adults did not have a high school education when they arrived toAmerica. Therefore most immigrants are not qualified to perform any executive Jobs, the ones tat could improve USA’s economy. That is why they mostly serve as cheap labour force. For example animmigrant who only has primary education does not have the skills or knowledge to do a white-collar job and would most likely become a Factory worker.
Another disadvatage Mexican workers bring to NorthAmerica is the lack of control the US government has over them because of the high rates of ilegal immigration.
62% of all unauthorized immigrants in the US are Mexicans, this means that 6,650.000Mexicans reside there illegally. That is more tan half of all the immigrants coming from the southern neighbour country. A good example would be a family that crossed the “Río Bravo” and entered the USwithout any knowleddge about the country. That way they become ghosts for the government because officially, they don’t exist, but they are there anyways. This represents a big problema because they makeuse of all facilities and healthcare services even though they are not planned to be provided for. So there might not be enough supplies for someone who does pay for taxes and is entitled to theseservices.
On the other hand, the large-immigrant Mexican population benefits on ideology of multiculturalism and the value of diversity, particulary on the labour market and in popular culture. It...
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