With all the political arguing in the US more recently, it seems as though the two American parties cannot agree on anything these days. Enter Illegal Immigration...the one topic all parties seem to agree on; Illegal Aliens are bad, drain social programs and ruin quality of life. Both sides have their own 'solutions' for the supposed problem, and many politicians have been elected with the key focus of campaigns to stop Illegals from ruining the American lifestyle.

This notion is completely incorrect and people need to understand that illegals are not ruining the country but in fact helping it progress. If Europe has taught us anything, minimum wage, low population growth, and socialist protectionism leads to economic stagnation.

To understand how illegals are actually benefiting the US economy, one can turn to macroeconomics; unemployment is proportional to minimum wage. Even though the US itself has a minimum wage, illegals fill the otherwise impossible scenario of having no minimum wage.

Another aspect to consider is the American population; predictions these days estimate the population will be over 450m by 2050, most of that growth coming from immigration and the higher birth rate of illegals and other immigrants (tend to have larger birth rates). The sheer amount of growth needed to bring all these people to the standard of living inherent in the American Society itself will create much more growth than anyone can imagine.

One concern people have is the taxation issue, I consider this a moot point considering the red southern states have reduced the income tax component (Texas is income tax free) and the next generation of Mexican-Americans are registering to have access to the same services and opportunities as every other American citizen. Meanwhile these people are spending money just like every other consumer in the US; generating sales tax on all the objects and services bought.

Economically, illegals and immigrants will be the one key driving force in maintaining the US status as a superpower and not one person in this world is less deserving of a first world lifestyle, whether that be in the US, Canada or elsewhere.