User talk:Seth Fangman/sandbox

Impact of Immigrants on American Wages
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Immigration into the United States has rapidly grown in recent years, [VAGUE] resulting in a large influx of immigrant workers looking for work in this country today [REDUNDANT]. As reported[WHO REPORTED IT] in 2015, there are 244 million immigrants[THE US POP. IS ONLY 325 MILLION, THIS SEEMS HIGH, POSSIBLE 24 MIL?] currently in the United States, a number that has grown from just 173 million[AGAIN, SEEMS HIGH] in the year 2000.[1] This large growth has to do with not only increased world population size[INCREASE IS NOT ONLY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN WORLD POPULATION], but also because of[DUE TO] an increased size[NUMBER] of individuals displaced due to[BY] political or economic conditions known as refugees. The result of large scale immigration in turn increases the supply of labor. Studies done in the 1990's by the National Academy of Science concludes[CONCLUDED] that cities with different proportions of immigrants found little effect on immigration itself[REDUNDANT] increasing job competition.[2] Further study has been needed as these[DELETE] preliminary studies were found to be[HAVE BEEN] criticized because the study assumes [IMMIGRATIONS EFFECTS ON] the labor markets effects are confined to just those[DELETE] cities where immigrants themselves[DELETE] live. When looked at as a whole, immigration has little to no effect on american[CAPITALIZE] wage production[WHAT IS WAGE PRODUCTION?]. In jobs of middle to high skill areas (college degree or greater) it is actually[HAS BEEN] shown wages can improve because of the large immigration influx in areas like[BY] "innovating sufficiently to raise productivity of all workers." [3] While there is little effect on mid-high skill workers[CONTRADICTORY CLAIM] we do see a decline in wages when focusing on[DELETE] low skill workers (high school graduate or less.)[SWITCH PERIOD AND PARENTHESIS] In a report done[A REPORT] by the Center of Immigration Studies shows, when looking at all workers, for every one percent increase in the immigration workforce we see the weekly wages of native born workers going down by about .5 percent points.[DELETE] With 10% of the labor force being made up of immigrants this may reduce wages of the average worker by around just[DELETE] 5%. When focusing on just low skilled workers, a one percent increase in the immigrant workforce reduces wages by .8 percent. With low skill occupations being worked by 15% immigrants[BEING 15% IMMIGRANT LABOR,] this suggests immigration can reduce the wages of the average native born worker by as much as 12%. When looked at as a whole the problem does not look to be that of large scale, this is changed when focusing in on the native workers who are working those same low skill jobs as the immigrants coming in. This showcases immigration is a significant contributor to the plight[EXPLAIN] of its[IT WHAT?] own minority population[LOW SKILL WORKERS].[NEEDS CITATIONS ON STATS,DATA,CLAIMS]

' NOTES: All edits are bolded and capitalized. This seems slammed together pretty quickly (Homecoming weekend, I feel it). When you write, try re-reading what you wrote out loud. A lot of your sentences were word salads that didn't make any sense, re-reading what you wrote will help clean that up. You were good on citations until the last 1/4 of the entry. Go through and cite your stats and claims. You had a lot of good ideas and points that need expanded upon to explain them better. Try to break up the single big paragraph and create some sections to expand your entry. I would also recommend looking up some data on the differences of economic impacts between legal and illegal immigration. Great topic choice! ' Kcline14 (talk) 20:43, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

I agree with all of the comments Kevin made. The contribution is sloppy and lacks a structure. It's not clear where this contribution will go. The discussion also begs for a graphic to make sense of the numbers. Also, the Center for Migration Studies is a go-to think tank for the anti-immigration movement. The group has for years published racist rants. The Sounthern Poverty Law Center labels the Center fo Immigration Studies a hate group. Therefore, I would be careful what you cite. How are there no citations to scholarly work? There are literally hundreds of articles and books on this topic.Cassell04 (talk) 17:03, 13 October 2018 (UTC)