grace wiseman second place winners in the student cam, petition. their message look set a legal immigration and the impact on jobs in the u.s. economy. >> immigration, allowing people to enter our borders can be beneficial to immigrants and the rest of the country. when it comes to immigration, it is not right versus left, republican vs. democrat issue. it is those who have power to influence policy.

average american heart regardless of political affiliation does want to see immigration laws enforced. amnesty. chris immigration laws. take up the highest unemployment rate right now is the young people. -- >> the highest and a plummet right now is the young people. the problem is is the way we have done it, they do not pay tax. you have to pay tax. and the employer would pay the tax. pay becauseid not it will not be here -- foreigner does not pay because they will not be here long. but we did not have the

employer pay either. if the employer hires you, you will have to pay 15 percent more. why would anyone hire american when you can hire foreigners and pay them 15% less? with high unemployment, is the sticking point for a lot of people. a lot of little things like that within our immigration system that should be tweaked and never are. >> having immigrants and america can be very valuable to our economy. >> immigrants create jobs, create businesses, pay taxes. that are of documents it will pay a wide range of taxes. your testimony was that

immigration actually saved new york, stimulation of the economy. can you briefly describe how that worked? >> i cannot speak with authority on any place outside of the five boroughs of new york city. i can tell you we think we have roughly 500,000 undocumented. but they have a very low crime rate because they do not want to go near the ins. 75% pay taxes. there is withholding and no place to send the refund. social security will go bankrupt six years earlier if he did not have the undocumented in this country. the undocumented, because the pace social security but do not get benefits. so security but did not get the benefits. some of the maybe do not have

the language skills to get a higher-paying jobs. educatedhem are highly professionals, but there degrees may be from another country. >> maybe you could offer more visas to the immigrants who let's face it will probably be doing the jobs anyway. the improved legal status may allow the recourse if they are abused. it stands to reason if your co- worker cannot be exploited, you exploitedo be yourself. eventually americans may consider taking the jobs again. most decrepit reasons is to give them better lives. drugs.uption,

issues of domestic violence. [inaudible] we're looking for a better life .o provide our kids countries can be negatively affected by having so many people leaving them. >> i did think some countries of theirng some skilled workers. but there is the other argument as well, a country like mexico has a lot of poverty and crime. they are seeing citizens that are very happy to push the problems north. the best people who understand

the problem are fleeing. is an immigrant country. based on immigration. that is the beauty of this country. exposed to different ethnic groups, languages, culture. that is the enrichment of this country. of do not see that in many those countries. >> to me, that is the united states. anyone who wants to become american, that is the beauty of the american culture, we all come from somewhere else. even if we are native american, we have to adjust for the larger culture. anyone who wants to become an american can and will be accepted as an american. whether you change your name or not. that is the beauty of it. washington, d.c.,

and could not imagine going back. belgium is a very small country. it is all the same. i cannot imagine going back. i wanted to stay here. >> there are major risks we as americans take by allowing immigrants into the country. one of the biggest concerns we have is the national security. >> we have workers that come in and work for the employer for one day. it then they disappear, because no one keeps track of them. no one does background. do you really trust the government telling you -- we have people walking across the border. we do not know anything about them and we are handing them

driver's license and social security numbers. this is a huge in national security risk with all of that. >> immigration can be a good thing, but we will continue to pray bigger problems. immigration is an issue that needs to be tackled now. >> congratulations to all the winners in this year's student cam's competition. to see more winners go to c- span.org. discussion10:00, a at the brookings institution on u.s. options in dealing with north korea. enterprise institute forum on the internal politics of north korea. the american2:30, express ceo discusses digital commerce and global competition. orphaned at age 11, she lives

with her favorite uncle, james buchanan. years later he becomes president and she serves as white house hostess. she is the first to be called first lady on a regular basis and so popular she sets out trends in clothing. me. lane. we will look at her life and that of her predecessor. -- harriet lane. atst ladies come tonight 9:00 eastern on c-span and c- span3. also, on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> this morning, adam green talked about the budget request president obama released last week and cuts to entitlement programs like social security in medicare. then, roger wicker takes your question about the budget, gun- control, and the situation on the korean peninsula.