It's that simple. When asked about the charges that immigrants deprive others of work opportunities, Rida Ibrahim, another Ethiopian who manages a parking garage in Rosalyn, Virginia, dismisses them. There is certainly no shortage of jobs. You see help wanted signs everywhere. It's all about what you are willing to do with your time.
Recent research bears out the economic impact that immigrants are having.
Examining 250 recently issued U.S. patents chosen at random, AdTI found that over 19 percent of the patents in a random sample of 48 were issued to immigrants alone or to immigrants collaborating with U.S.- born coinventors. This is over twice immigrants' proportion of the U.S. population. The immigrant inventors identified in the study included researchers, executives, entrepreneurs, and an MIT professor. Four started their own businesses, generating over 1,600 jobs. This is not just a Silicon Valley computer-engineer phenomenon, either.