Foreign Workers

[killer-curry]

Are foreign workers beneficial for the country? Are they more profitable in industrial sector? Is there any negative effects of them and what will happen if the foreign workers are too many in the country?

 

[ShinyUmbreon189]

What you mean by foreign, like illegal immigrants that get paid under the table or immigrants that are here legally that are on the employers payroll?

I guess I can answer both.. Illegals go both ways in the work force.. It takes away jobs from legal citizens but also saves the employer money since the illegal immigrant isn't on payroll but the employer also risks serious criminal charges for tax evasion and having an illegal on the work force. I don't condone illegal immigrants working here for less, I don't like illegal immigrants period. Legal is fine. But then again, most of these jobs are taken from people that don't want to do them anyways, a lot of America is lazy and just want shit given to them so the employer doesn't really have an issue with it. Tho if I was an employer I wouldn't risk hiring an illegal immigrant or even push the buttons with tax evasions. I'll pass on the felony charges and potential prison time.

Legal immigrants, as I said I don't have a problem with them at all if they live here legally and are on payroll. Immigrants are usually more reliable for an employer because they don't have a problem doing the jobs other don't want to do and it's more optimistic for the immigrants then they ever had in their country. Most immigrants accept minimum wage where the average US citizen demands more, so it makes sense an employer would hire the immigrant, even putting qualifications aside. Do I agree with it? No. But It's not in my control, it's the employers decision so I just have to live with it. It's not like there aren't any jobs, it's just a little difficult at times.

 

[Somewhere_]

Its beneficial for different people: good for workers or employers (which would be good for consumers), but not as good for other workers in the country because it increases competition for jobs (less money = less money going back if the guest workers are not spending in the country).

I think it really depends on the economic situation of the country and stuff- its hard to say if there it is always good or always bad.

 

[Esper]

Undocumented workers are often in those jobs that people with legal status don't even want in the first place. Like, how many of us would want a job picking fruit all day for only a tiny bit of money? Where I live it's beneficial to have people willing to work lots of agricultural jobs because the whole sector of the economy would probably collapse without them. Of course, it's exploitative. So while some see it as win-win, I think it's not so great because it means that part of our economy is not built on a solid, moral foundation and could collapse if, say, someone like Trump were to actually (somehow) build a wall or something of that nature.