better life (Squyres). The poor in underdeveloped countries choose to have many children since they are a commodity, providing much-needed labor. Due to these large families who appear to be necessary for survival, it soon leads to lack of resources and more poverty to the region (Squyres). This increases the need for better survival for families and so then these families continue to have more children to help out with providing for the family. In the end, these people are forced to become migrants because their homes can no longer support them. Many of these migrants find themselves immigrating to the United States for hope for a better life. This can produce even more poverty in this country, which can turn out in the end to become a very large problem. Refugees may not be a big problem now, but sooner or later this tolerance by the United States government could backfire in the future. Soon refugees from around the world will begin to think that the United States is the place to go and the already large population of the country will grow even faster and larger than ever. The cost of settling these refugees is very costly also. According to Roger Winter, a refugee rights advocate working for the United States Committee for Refugees, estimated that the cost of settling a refugee in the United States would cover expenses helping 500 refugees abroad (Roleff).One of the reasons there is so much immigrant population in this country is because of the economy. In the past, immigration was helpful to the economy when people encouraged it so that the United States could become prosperous. Economic needs always forced Americans to seek immigrants for laborers and settlers. Today, it is a different story. Many people are afraid of losing their jobs because of immigration. “Immigration is currently flooding the labor market, primarily in the low-skill, low-wage sectors, and driving down wages and working conditions for man...
