Title: 5 Ways Immigration Actually Benefits a Country’s Culture
Headings: 5 Ways Immigration Actually Benefits a Country’s Culture
5 Ways Immigration Actually Benefits a Country’s Culture
Trump said that immigration is a "shame."
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1. Immigrants Expand Culture by Introducing New Ideas and Customs
2. Immigrants Improve Economies Through Hard Work and Entrepreneurship
3. Immigration Funds Government Activity, Helping All Citizens
4. Immigration Makes the World More Connected
5. Immigration Benefits Immigrants

Content: Far from erasing the existing culture, they expand it. Nowhere is this more clear than in the United States, where hundreds of different ethnic groups live in harmony under the banner of the American flag building a collective culture. Read More: 14 Photos That Show America's Long History of Immigration
Immigrants have brought blue jeans, Google, tacos, Apple, hip-hop, and way too many other things to the US than we can list here. 2. Immigrants Improve Economies Through Hard Work and Entrepreneurship
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Lots of research has been done showing the positive effect immigrants have on local and national economies. A common misconception, however, is that immigrants steal jobs from native-born citizens. “Immigrants and US-born workers generally do not compete for the same jobs,” the economists Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney wrote for the Hamilton Project. “ Instead, many immigrants complement the work of US employees and increase their productivity.”