In George Borjas’s, ‘We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative’ the first chapter mentions a comparison that stood out to me. He mentioned that immigration and international trade have much in common because they both involve the movement of something across national boundaries. Moving forward, he progresses his prior statements into the realm of the workforce and how immigrants fill needed labor slots. Despite the economic benefits that are generated from such an action, there are some downfalls to this. One of them being the fact that these jobs are only temporarily filled, leaving a specific country filled with unnecessary people. I found this topic to be interesting as there are two sides to the argument in terms of the utilization of immigrants in society.
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