American Jobs

With today's economy, now more than ever, American citizens are concerned with finding and keeping a job. Many people seem to believe that the immigrants coming into the United States are at fault for the many people who are unemployed. In the history of the United States, patterns and needs of immigrants to fulfill jobs and laws and policies regarding immigration have changed frequently and they have all shaped the structure of our country today.
The United States was founded by people who wanted better lives and still today, people are looking to come to this country to do this exact same thing. I ask the quesition, if our ancestors were able to come to the United States to create a new life and find work, why can't other immigrants do the same thing today?
Many may answer this question by saying that it is not okay for these people to come and take jobs away from U.S. citizens, but are they really taking them away? Many immigrants take low paying, dangerous jobs, or jobs that require them to clean or serve others in some way. I wonder who actually shows up for the interviews for these positions. Do white, American citizens actually want these jobs? I do believe that if the choice is between an American citizen (even if it is an immigrant that has become legal) or an illigal immigrant, the job should definitely go to the U.S. citizen but I sill just question whether most Americans would be willing to take such a job. President Bush made a good point by saying that it's a fact that there are some jobs in the U.S. that Americans just are not filling. If Americans aren't going to take these jobs, who else is left to take them but immigrants? I also agree with many of the points that Michele Wucker made in the article, "American Jobs". She explained that immigrants, both legal and illegal have actually helped increased the number of jobs in American and that immigration has helped keep prices down by having lower labor costs and sufficient number of workers to complete the job. I think that it is very true that without immigrant workers, companies may not have had enough employees to produce enough goods to make money and without immigrant labor, wages may increase. Both of these would cause prices to go up, making U.S. citizens pay more for products. Also many products may never have been made and companies may have have been able to expand. There are many immigrants that bring new ideas and skills to higher level positions have have helped U.S. companies improve.
Of course there are two sides to this story and I do agree that American citizens shouldn't be losing their jobs to illegal immigrants but I do not think that anyone can deny that the United States needs immigrant workers to keep this country going.