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Many immigrants are natural entrepreneurs. They are often educated, trained, and very inventive when they establish a new idea. Immigrants are also productive, making it possible to create new jobs, drive innovation, or make existing businesses become more flexible.

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In the United States, about 800,000 people become naturalized U.S. citizens. To achieve this goal, they first had to be a legalized immigrant. Their presence does more than bring an exchange of cultures. It allows for more knowledge and wisdom to be shared with others. By increasing the cultural awareness of everyone, more moments of common ground can be found.

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When immigration occurs at natural levels, it creates a small increase in the national GDP. The productivity of immigrants can boost the GDP by as much as 0.4% in a single year.

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Immigrants are more likely to move to a new location to pursue a job opportunity than native citizens. That means places which are struggling economically can begin to experience a recovery with greater speed as immigrants come to work.

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5. Immigration encourages lower prices at the point-of-sale.

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5. Immigration encourages lower prices at the point-of-sale.

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Immigration workers are not the only ones that benefit from their presence at the local level. The complementary workers involved in each industry benefit as well. That means supervisors, lawyers, and translators all have new opportunities available to them which they may not have had otherwise. As demands for new workers rise, the prices tend to fall for goods and services, which allows everyone to benefit from the lower costs.

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Economics & Government : Positive Effects of Immigration