immigrants是什么意思？

Milkman, the sociologist, argues that American craftsmanship isn't disappearing as quickly as some would argue - that it has instead shifted to immigrants.

According to Ruth Milkman, American craftsmanship, instead of disappearing, is being taken up by immigrants

Its schools will be overwhelmed by the growing number of illegal immigrants.

At the heart of the debate over illegal immigration lies one key question: are immigrants good or bad for the economy

Immigrants provide cheap labor, lower the prices of everything from farm produce to new homes, and leave consumers with a little more money in their pockets.

Others highlight the strain that undocumented immigrants place on public services, like schools, hospitals, and jails

Among high-skilled, better-educated employees, however, opposition was strongest in states with both high numbers of immigrants and relatively generous social services.

Whether immigrants are good or bad for the economy has been puzzling economists

They are no match for illegal immigrants in labor skills.

What is the chief concern of native high-skilled, better-educated employees about the inflow of immigrants

In many countries immigrants have been filling such gaps in the labour force as have already emerged (and remember that the real shortage is still around ten years off).

But over the next few decades labour forces in rich countries are set to shrink so much that inflows of immigrants would have to increase enormously to compensate: to at least twice their current size in western Europe's most youthful countries, and three times in the older ones

Japan would need a large multiple of the few immigrants it has at present.

To compensate for the fast-shrinking labour force, Japan would need large numbers of immigrants from overseas.

large numbers of immigrants from overseas.