Immigration: Does it Create Poverty?

Rector, Robert. "Immigration Is Increasing Poverty in the United States." Opposing Viewpoints: Poverty (2007) Galegroup Online Web. 25 Feb. 2010.

The article focuses on three main questions regarding immigration and proverty: 1) What percentage of all poor persons in the United States are first-generation immigrants? 2). How much is it estimated it will cost American taxpayers to support the 6 million legal immigrants? and 3). How does high-skilled immigrants cancel out low-skill immigrants, so no change in immigration policy is necessary? The predominant purpose of this article is to establish the poverty level among the immigrants' population. Opposing Viewpoints is a scholarly journal. This article supports the fact that bilingualism does not benefit the United States.