Robert Reich demonstrated in his essay "Why the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer" that job opportunities for all three groups of workers have decreased. Through his metaphor of the three boats that rise and fall with the tides, Reich was able to present how the American economy went from having everyone in the same economic boat to having people in three different types of boats, depending of their economic role, who are all trying to survive the tides that attack each boat differently. Robert Reich suggests that increased immigration is a hopeful sign that it will help save the American economy. Although most people perceive the effect of increased immigration negatively, immigration reform could be the solution for America. However, an increase in the number of immigrants to the United States will actually increase the number of jobs provided to people who need them. This is explained through the idea that jobs are not divided among people in the form of a fixed number of jobs specifically balanced to fit the number of American workers. Analyzing the effect of immigrants on the economy over the last two hundred years, we can see that as the number of immigrants increased, the larger the economy became, which therefore created more jobs. Immigration reform will increase demand for goods and services, which, in return, means more demand for labor and more jobs for American workers. Immigrants are ambitious because they have gone through many hardships and overcome many risks to achieve life in the United States. This personality trait is so important to accelerate the growth of the economy. Their ambition is also an explanation for why immigrant children are more successful at earning college degrees than native-born American children. Immigrant children are also more likely to have a higher income than their parents. Immigration reform will make it easier for entrepreneurs to come here and start businesses, creating good jobs for American workers. The reform will make it easier for high-skilled immigrants and those educated at U.S. colleges and universities to work right here in America, developing new technologies and innovative processes that make our economy more productive and more competitive. A highly skilled workforce in a more productive economy increases the rate of return for businesses and corporations investing in the United States of America, which leads to greater investments in the future and a dramatic increase in profits.