Research shows that foreign-born citizens make up a substantial proportion of engineers and scientists working in the U.S. Proponents of immigration claim that these individuals are occupying valuable jobs in the U.S. economy, so limitations on immigration policy should be enforced. What is one potential limitation of this conclusion?

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

A) There is no guarantee that U.S. citizens would be able to perform these jobs at the same or better levels than migrants do because Americans are not comparatively competitive in math and science education.
B) On average, research shows that diversity migrants are evaluated in the workplace at lower standards than American workers are, so changes to workplace policies should be made instead.
C) Native-born U.S. citizens already have priority employment policies they can rely on that advantage them in the labor market, so immigration reform will have no impact.
D) Foreign-born citizens are not typically qualified for jobs in other sectors, so forcing them out of these would increase the unemployment rate and national spending on support programs.