The American Immigration Lawyers Association addresses five myths about immigration on their site. Foreign companies in the U.S. employ 2.2 million U.S. industrial workers. Immigrants are overrunning America. Although there are more immigrants than ever before living in the U.S., the percentage of immigrants as part of the population has dropped. Most immigrants are a drain on the U.S. economy.
Immigrants make an economic contribution to the U.S. economy.
More people than ever before are taking English as a Second Language classes. Immigrants contribute little to American society. Immigrants value family highly. Immigrants are motivated to succeed in the U.S. and statistics show that they do. Many are highly educated and skilled.