Mitos sobre los inmigrantes

Los inmigrantes no quieren aprender Inglés - FALSO

Dentro de diez años después de haber entrado al país, mas que 75% de los inmigrantes hablan el inglés. El 91% de los inmigrantes de segunda generación lo habla con fluidez.

(Fuente: 2009 American Community Survey. 2004 Current Population Survey. Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, Pew Hispanic Center. PPIC Statewide Survey, April 2007. CBS News/New York Times Poll, May 2007.)

Los inmigrantes no pagan impuestos - FALSO

Los inmigrantes indocumentados pagan impuestos. Pagan impuestos sobre sus entradas, su propiedad, sus ventas y compras. También contribuyen a Medicare y proporcionan hasta 7 mil millones de dólares al año a la Caja de Seguro Social.

(Fuente: Immigration Policy Center, “Undocumented Immigrants as Taxpayers,” (November 2007).

Inmigrantes aumentan la tasa de crimen - FALSO

La investigación ha demostrado que las comunidades de inmigrantes no aumentan la tasa de criminalidad y que los inmigrantes cometen menos delitos que los ciudadanos americanos. Mientras que la población de inmigrantes indocumentados se duplicó 1994-2005, los delitos violentos se redujo en un 34% y crímenes en contra de la propiedad disminuyeron en un 32%.

(Fuente: Immigration Policy Center, “Ímmigrants and Crime: Are They Connected,” December, 2007 - See more at: http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org/myths.shtml#sthash.KbmmD1FM.dpuf)

Los inmigrantes quitan empleos a los estadounidenses - FALSO

Según el importante Centro Hispano Pew  "El rápido incremento en la población de inmigrantes no está asociado con efectos negativos sobre el empleo de los trabajadores nacidos en el país."

(Fuente: The Urban Institute, “Trends in the Low-Wage Immigrant Labor Force, 2000-2005,” March, 2007, http://www.urban.org/publications/411426.html; Rakesh Kochhar, “Growth in the Foreign Born Workforce and Employment of the Native Born,” Pew Hispanic Center, August 10, 2006)

Los inmigrantes son una carga para los Estados Economía Unidas - FALSO

La comunidad inmigrante no es una carga para la economía de Estados Unidos. Al contrario, produce un beneficio neto. Investigaciones revelan que al final, el inmigrante paga un promedio de 80.000 dólares más en impuestos de lo que recaudan en los servicios gubernamentales. Para los inmigrantes con títulos universitarios el retorno fiscal neta es $ 198.000. Además, la American Farm Bureau afirma que sin trabajadores invitados que la economía estadounidense podría perder hasta $ 9000 millones al año en la producción agrícola y el 20 por ciento de la producción actual sería ir al extranjero.

(Fuente: CATO Institute, CATO Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb108/hb108-63.pdf -)

Los inmigrantes indocumentados son una carga para el sistema de salud - FALSO

Los gobiernos federales, estatales y locales gastan aproximadamente 1.1 mil millones de dólares al año en costos de salud para los inmigrantes indocumentados. Esto se compara con 88 mil millones de dólares gastados para el cuidado de los adultos no ancianos en los EE.UU. Las personas nacidas en el extranjero tienden a usar menos los servicios de salud, ya que son relativamente más saludables que sus contrapartes nacidos en el país.

(Fuente: The Rand Corporation, “RAND Study Shows Relatively Little Public Money Spent Providing Healthcare to Undocumented Immigrants,” November 14, 2006, http://www.rand.org/news/press.06/11.14.html)

Countering the Myths about Immigrants

Immigrants don’t want to learn English — FALSE

While first generation, non-English speaking immigrants often have lower rates of English proficiency than native speakers, 91% of second generation immigrants are fluent or near fluent English speakers.  By the third generation, 97% speak English fluently or near fluently.

(Source: Shirin Hakimzadeh and D’Vera Cohn, “English Usage Among Hispanics in the United States,” Pew Hispanic Forum, Dec. 6, 2007.)

Immigrants Don’t Pay Taxes — FALSE

Undocumented immigrants pay taxes. They pay sales taxes where applicable and property taxes—directly if they own and indirectly if they rent.   They also contribute to Medicare and provide as much as 7 billion dollars a year to the Social Security Fund. 

(Source: Immigration Policy Center, “Undocumented Immigrants as Taxpayers,” (November 2007)

Immigrants Increase the Crime rate — FALSE

Research has shown that immigrant communities do not increase the crime rate and that immigrants commit fewer crimes than native born Americans.  While the undocumented immigrant population doubled from 1994 to 2005, violent crime dropped by 34% and property crimes decreased by 32%. First generation immigrants are 45% less likely to commit violent crimes than Americanized, third generation immigrants.

(Source: Immigration Policy Center, “Ímmigrants and Crime: Are They Connected,” December, 2007)

Immigrants Take Jobs Away from Americans — FALSE

The Pew Hispanic Center notes that “Rapid increases in the foreign-born population at the state level are not associated with negative effects on the employment of native-born workers.”  In fact, given that the number of native born low wage earners is falling nationally, immigrants are playing an important role in offsetting that decline.

(Source: The Urban Institute, “Trends in the Low-Wage Immigrant Labor Force, 2000-2005,” March, 2007)

Immigrants are a drain on the United States Economy — FALSE

The immigrant community proves to be a net benefit to the economy.  Research reveals that the average immigrant pays a net 80,000 dollars more in taxes than they collect in government services. Without guest workers the U.S. economy would lose as much as $9 billion a year in agricultural production and 20 percent of current production would go overseas.

(Source: CATO Institute, CATO Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress)

 Undocumented immigrants are a Burden on the Healthcare System — FALSE

The government spends approximately 1.1 billion dollars annually on healthcare costs for undocumented immigrants. This compares to 88 billion dollars spent on all health care for non-elderly adults in the U.S. in 2000.  Foreign born individuals tend to use fewer health care services because they are relatively healthier than their native born counterparts.

(Source: The Rand Corporation, “RAND Study Shows Relatively Little Public Money Spent Providing Healthcare to Undocumented Immigrants,” November 14, 2006).

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