The net effects of immigration has on a local economy include the below:
- Stress and pressures on local services
- Stress and pressures on healthcare
- Stress and pressures on housing
- Stress and pressures on infrastructure
- Stress and pressures on education
- Net effects to quality of life
- Net effects to urbanization
- Net effects to environment
- Net effects to overpopulation
- Net effects to competition
- Net effects to crime and security
- Net effects to local law enforcement
- Net effects to local unemployment rates in respect of immigration
- Net effects to consumer spending behavior
- Net effects to local exchange rate
- Net effects to payscales
- Net effects to inflation
- Net effects to taxes
In many cases, this is dependent on the quality of immigration which could have positive or negative effects to the economy. Highly skilled immigrants that are stingy and work for significantly less pay thresholds may effect local consumer spending behaviors, drive supply and demand curves, cause an increase local unemployment rates, increase local competition for jobs, effect quality of housing demand, and much more. In both cases, dependent on the quality of immigrants, this may also effect other local services as well as crime and security rates, significantly changing and influencing the lifestyle over time. This may be a reason why in some countries segregation takes over so as to curb the influx of immigration taking over and influencing major aspects of society like cultural makeup and laws.
