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Student’s Name: Professor’s Name: Course: Date: Immigration Immigration to the United States is an international organization comprising of individuals who neither possess nor are natives’ citizens to study, reside, settle or take up employment in the United States. According to a recent report conducted in 2016, more than 43.7 million immigrants are residing in America. This number is estimated to account for about 13.5% of the total number of United States population, which is thought to be about 323.1 million. In the year 2015-2016, the number of foreigners being born was known to increase by about 449,000 that is approximately 1% rise (Martin, 96). This was indicated to be a decline compared to the 2.1% growth experienced in the year 2014 and 2015. According to a 2017 survey, the total number of American born children and the immigrants total to approximately 86.4 million people this is about 27% of the overall country population. Immigration has been considered the reason behind the cultural changes in the population growth in America. Furthermore, it has been credited with being supportive towards the dynamism of the U.S economy and growth. This from the fact that refugees and immigrants are also taxpayers, entrepreneurs, consumers and job creators. For instance, during the year 2016, immigrants added about $2 trillion to the domestic growth product of America. In the year 2010, the immigrants and their children invented more than 40% out of the 500 fortune companies. The children of immigrants invented about 114 companies with 90 companies being founded by their parents (Alba et al., 234). This makes immigrants vital towards the country’s tax
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