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The economic impact of illegal immigrants in the United States is challenging to measure and politically contentious. Since it's a challenging field to quantify, it leaves room for varying methodologies of study, and so the definitive results of the economic impact can change

One possibility is that foreign workers entering the country illegal can lower wages and increase overall costs of production. This comes from the theory that when there are more illegal immigrants in the country, there will be more immigrants looking for employment because most illegal immigrants prefer to work. This increases competition among low-skilled local workers, and this will push wages for the domestic low-skilled labor market down. Simultaneously the increased supply in unskilled illegal migrants can offset technological developments and "reduce the country's economy's competitiveness in the international market". The opposing theory is that even though this can happen in some areas with more low-skilled employment, on the net illegal immigration increases the welfare of domestic workers because their additional consumption outweighs the costs of welfare. Along the same lines it is argued that illegal immigrants work for lower wages, then domestic residents recognize these profits and can choose to either spend or save this new revenue, so the net outcome can be decided by the net of these two economic forces. Studies have shown that overall in the long run illegal immigration benefits the country in terms of it's general production, but introducing many people in the labor market can lead to income distribution that an tend towards domestic workers and immigrant workers on other occasions. The net short-term impacts of some aspects of illegal immigration can be inconclusive. Though this net effect changes, the number of immigrants crossing the border is less unclear.

In Los Angeles County, California, an area that received high inflow of immigrants, 45% of the county’s working age population were immigrants. But their total expenditure on healthcare represented 33% of total spending. The foreign-born individuals, which in this study included undocumented immigrants, used less sources than they provided. We know this because the labor force participation among undocumented immigrants tends be higher than local populations.

However, there are theories that these net positive affects are concentrated in cities that have higher rates of immigration, and the small effects of immigration are so because American’s move to other cities from these high-immigration cities due to lost job opportunities.

The U.S. Department of Labor showed that in 2010 the labor-force participation rate among immigrants or foreign-born individuals was 67.9 while for people born locally it was 64.1.

Here is the article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_illegal_immigrants_in_the_United_States

Peer Review
What does the article (or section) do well?

The part that you edited was well written and has good structure. The first paragraph introduces the topic well and the second paragraph supplies the appropriate facts and information. What changes would you suggest overall?

Overall I would suggest writing more paragraphs and expanding more on the implications of the surge in immigration. You could split it up into different areas of America or different time periods. Also, it may help to have some pictures of the statistics you mention.

What is the most important thing that the author could do to improve his/her contribution?

Expand more on the topic.

Did you glean anything from your classmate's work that could be applicable to your own? If so, let him/her know!

Your writing style is clean and logical, I will definitely try to emulate your writing technique.

Good luck in finishing your article! If you have any more feedback or questions feel free to email me.

Sean Yu