In: Economics
write a response to this discussion prompt:
Should countries restrict immigration? Why/Why not?
This is a very complicated topic regarding immigration but there are advantages and disadvantages of it and based on the weights and situations of the country the country can take a decision regarding immigration and in this regard The main advantage of immigration is that more quality workers can include to the country higher in skills or low wage workers can enter the country as a result of which the production levels of the output increases and this can be an advantage to the country because the GDP level of the country also increases but due to immigration one of the main problem that arises in the country is unemployed where the immigrants get to take over the jobs of the the local people as a result of which welfare aspect is hampered due to the unemployment level consider the unemployment level is very high among the locals then the country should stop immigration in order to employee the local people but the unemployment level is low then the country can continue to allow immigration so that production can increase and immigration is a sensitive issue subjective to the situation that a country is facing