American Immigration Control Foundation

http://www.immigrationorgs.org/organizations/aic-americans-for-immigration-control.html

Coalition (mention these groups in paper)
Federation for American Immigration Reform
American Council for Immigration Reform
Center for Immigration Studies

Opposing Coalitions:
American Hotel and Lodging Association
American Healthcare Association
National Association of Manufacturers
Service Employee International Union
National Retail Federation
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Laborers International Union of North America
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
La Raza

Researchers:
Joe – taxes/rebates
Thomas – wages
Steven – overpopulation/takes jobs away from workers

Opposing:
Yucheng -wages
Angela – overpopulation/takes jobs away from workers
Chad – taxes/rebates

Arguments:
overpopulation
wages

Taken from the slide:
•Avoid phrases like “we believe” or “we think.”  Make declarative statements (or state your positions as fact) and then provide evidence.

What you think is less important than you can argue.
•Avoid rhetorical questions
•Use pronouns properly
•In-text citations are mandatory
•A works cited page is mandatory
•The use of evidence is mandatory

Evidence can range from data and hard facts down to a quote from a newspaper article or from an expert.
Summarize, analyze, explain, and evaluate published work rather than merely reporting it.

Intro

1.    against the $20 pay (Tim: a-c)
a.    It is estimated that there are more than 3 million migrant workers in the U.S. so the $20/hour would be overbearing

http://www.unctv.org/content/sites/default/files/0000011508-fs-Migrant%20Demographics.pdf

b.    Most American Citizens don’t even make that wage even in the service industry
c.    16.5% of the labor force is foreign born. 78% of farmworkers are foreign born
KELLY (D-F)
d.    Nurses aids make $9.50/hour and those with an associates degree make $16.50
i.    http://dpeaflcio.org/programs-publications/issue-fact-sheets/guest-worker-programs-and-the-science-technology-engineering-and-

mathematics-stem-workforce/
e.    minimum wages are regulated by state, and therefore can not be expected to mandated everywhere
f.    the federal minimum wage is $7.25, so these workers would be making more than wage workers in America.

2.    against visa workers bringing families
a.    Overpopulation (Steven Ikegwu)
i.    Unless we act to change our country’s immigration policies, U.S. population will double this century
ii.    Immigration is the largest factor contributing to population growth in the U.S. Immigration contributes over 2.25 million people

to the U.S. population
iii.    http://www.susps.org/overview/immigration.html
iv.    no one watching to ensure the individual workers either renew after three years or leave. that requires more money from tax payers

and more people in order to do.
v.    Lineage of W Visa dependent families will create higher population under poverty line

b.    Takes jobs from American workers (Kyle)
i.    The overall size of the working-age native-born population increased by 16.4 million from 2000 to 2013, yet the number of natives

actually holding a job was 1.3 million lower in 2013 than 2000.
ii.    Between the first quarter of 2000 and the first quarter of 2013, the native-born population accounted for two-thirds of overall

growth in the working-age population (16 to 65), but none of the net growth in employment among the working-age has gone to natives.
iii.    http://cis.org/immigrant-gains-native-losses-in-the-job-market-2000-to-2013
c.    Green card and work visa process becomes useless if family members can work once they’re in the country through their family

member’s work visa
d.    With such a high minimum wage proposed, there would be a huge incentive for more migrant workers to come in
e.    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lance-simmens/are-foreign-workers-and-f_b_8221212.html – Authors Lance Simmons and James Otto, an

attorney representing displaced American workers.
.    That foreign students [who can obtain a “guest worker” visa easily] are not required to pay any federal taxes for the first five

calendar years under the law governing F-1 status.
i.    In 2015 the U.S. Departments of State, Homeland Security, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued reports documenting that in

excess of 9 million un-skilled foreign workers per year entered the country in 2013 and 2014. In 2014 the number was just shy of 10

million.
ii.    Between 2007 to 2014 60 million unskilled foreign workers replaced American workers.
iii.    The Department of Homeland Security reports that between 2007 and 2013 an average of over 1.3 million foreign students entered the

country.
iv.    There are approximately 62 million American workers who have dropped out of the work force because they either cannot find a job

or are too discouraged to continue looking.

f. In 2015 and 2014, numerous companies announced layoffs in their IT departments, notable companies include the Walt Disney Company,

Southern California Edison, and Fossil. The layoffs were part of an offshore outsourcing plan, which will result in about 1,000 people

losing their jobs at just these three companies. Some of the laid off IT professionals will be replaced by temporary foreign workers in

the U.S. while the remaining work will be moved to India. The use of H-1B visas beneficiaries to replace U.S. workers at wages that are

about 30 percent lower is legal under U.S. law. [http://dpeaflcio.org/programs-publications/issue-fact-sheets/guest-worker-programs-and-

the-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-stem-workforce/]

g. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm 7.9 million are unemployed.

3.    against visa renewal every three years (Vanessa)
a.    If they renew it three times, they are eligible for citizenship
b.    more people can migrate in annually
c.    takes jobs from new people in work force
•    companies that employee guest workers and companies that employee their families have less available employment spots

4.    Taxes/Rebates (Simon)
a.    they don’t have to pay into Social Security or Medicare
b.    if they choose to leave the country all of their taxes get refunded
c.    Public benefits are taxes payed by all Americans. The W Visa states:—W Visa holders, their spouses, dependents, and children shall

be eligible for all public benefits. So Americans are paying increased taxes for potentially illigal immigrants. It can be argued that

they also pay taxes but their tax rates are not the same and in addition their wages are much higher.

http://dpeaflcio.org/programs-publications/issue-fact-sheets/guest-worker-programs-and-the-science-technology-engineering-and-

mathematics-stem-workfor
ce/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country

CROSS EXAMINATION REPUBLICAN:
Cross Examination, Republican
1.     Do you think that 20-dollar pay is too much for workers with W-visas?
2.     Why is it required for the W-visa workers to bring their families, when they are here to work?
3.     Do you think that the renewal will have problem with population control and job availability?
4.     Do you think that providing jobs for workers with W-visas is more important than providing jobs for American citizens?
5.     What economic benefits does America get from giving out 300,000 visas annually?
6.     Why are the companies that hire W-visa workers getting exempt from payroll taxes for that particular employee? (Simon)