...country, especially in America; the government is trying to cut the number of its undocumented or illegal workers. But are undocumented workers ruining economy or supporting it, are they stealing jobs from local people or just taking unattractive jobs? Issue of undocumented or illegal workers is very complex, but I will try to find out the truth in my research. Once I had been in a small resort city and asked an owner of a small ice-cream place why most of the workers were foreigners. She told me that usually foreigners are more reliable and responsible and are more afraid of losing their jobs then American workers. That was the reason why every summer she tried to hire foreigners as first opinion and only than American workers. Is this an example of discrimination? I would not say so. Employer is interested to hire employees that would be able to perform their job in the best way. It just happened so that in a low paid hard jobs immigrants perform much better then American workers. Not only because this “low salary” is much higher than in their home country, but also because American workers are not willing to work hard for low salary. As a result, I would like to say the undocumented workers are supporting current American economy. Currently there are 11 million undocumented workers in the U.S. Mexicans constitute the huge part of the undocumented population as 57%, 23% are from other Latin countries, almost 10% are from Asia, 5% are from Europe and Canada and 5% are from different...
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...it has surely been brought to light more recently because of how profound it is being tackled by our current president. A lot of the real conflict comes from the perceived threat immigrants pose on American citizens, whether it be physically or economically. However, immigration does not pose a threat to the United States. Immigrants are merely trying to integrate themselves into American society by participating the best way they can while also fending for their own. Ultimately, several immigrants come to the United States in the pursuit of asylum....
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...especially economically, with increasing the diversity of the country, is to allow illegal immigrants to become American Citizens. The U.S is known for its great job and living opportunities, therefore, it’s not shocking that people would want to come to America and have better living conditions. These immigrants are not the only ones that have come here looking for a better life, as it is known this country was not our origin of country. The only difference between us and the immigrants, is we took this country forcefully from the Native Americans. They not only want a better life for themselves, but for their children as well. In a lot of cases you do see families giving birth in the United States and sadly end up getting broken up because, although the child is a U.S citizen the parents are not, and as a result they end up being deported. There is no question why parents would decide to want to have their child in America, they want a better life for their children especially better than what they had and America is a great place...
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...restrictive immigration bill in American history that that prohibited Chinese immigrants from entering the U.S. known as the Chinese Exclusion Act. All in all, it was an unsurprisingly development considering that anti-Chinese (and other Asian minorities) sentiment had been culminating since the flood of fortune-seeking immigrants during the 1848 California Gold Rush. That said, white resentment of the Chinese had largely arisen from two main factors: the perceived “job-stealing” of the Chinese immigrants and their refusal to assimilate into white culture. In the years following the Gold Rush, the Chinese population within the United states shot up from seven total Chinese...
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...“America was founded on immigrants. The immigrant experience is common to us all.” (Nia Vardalos) It is true that America was founded on immigrants. Most Americans have relatives that immigrated here to the U.S. Each had their own reason, whether that be in search of wealth, freedom, a fresh start and more. Life for the immigrants in the late 1800’s was extremely difficult. Immigrants either arrived through Ellis Island or Angel Island. Ellis Island was located in the East coast while Angel Island was located in the west coast. The U.S. received a huge amount of immigrants in the 1860s and the 1890s (Cayton, et. al., 299). Steam powered ships played a huge role in the 1800s. These ships could cross the Atlantic Ocean in two to three weeks....
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...Solutions There have been ongoing debates about how immigrants are stealing jobs from native-born Americans. However way it is projected in politics there is no doubt that the influx of people immigrating to the U.S has been a major source of economic growth. Looking at immigration from an economic standpoint we will see that there are some who benefit and some who are left at a disadvantage from the flood of immigrants over the years. It’s a complicated issue as to why wages in America have not seen meaningful increases even as the economy has seen evidence of improvement. The questions remains on weather policies like increasing the minimum wage or educating our expanding population and letting the wages adjust naturally are good choices to increase stagnate wages. By looking at the supply and demand labor model, we will see that immigration and its tie to stagnate wages in the United States and long term or short-term steps that can be taken to resolve the issue. Based on the basic economic model the labor supply is represented by the supply curve, and that it is upward sloping. The businesses represent the downward sloping demand curve, as they are the ones with jobs to offer. When surges of immigrants enter the labor force, it shifts the supply curve to the right along the demand curve. The demand curve does not change because workers are not able to dictate how many workers a firm will need for a particular job. The result is a greater quantity of workers but at a lower...
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...Thousands of immigrants come to America every year in hopes to find jobs, opportunities, friends, or as some call it, the “American Dream”. Most of them end up succeeding as well! However, not exactly everybody agrees with letting them over. People argue that they take jobs, money, education, and plenty of other things. Infact, over half of them aren't even legal. “There are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States” (Procon.org, Should the Government Allow Immigrants Who Are Here Illegally to Become US Citizens?). As you can see, there's quite a few. It's a Individual right for any legal citizen to have privileges such as healthcare, education, and job opportunities. However, illegal immigrants,...
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...a big problem. The ongoing problem is what are we going to do about illegal immigrants. According to Oxford English Dictionary, immigration is “the action of immigrating; entrance into a country for the purpose of settling there” (OED). Immigration is a very hot topic in the United States today. There have been many debates and discussions about the issue in regards to if immigration is beneficial to our country or if it’s not. There are millions of illegal immigrants in the country today. Many people think that these immigrants area big problem for our economy and other factors of the government. In reality these people have been doing the opposite. Immigration is all over the country and you have more than likely encountered some before. Immigration is a very important topic for a reason. The United States has been running well because of it but then again these immigrants are stealing many Americans jobs to an extent. There are many positive benefits that come from immigration. These include an increase in demand, more investment, increased operation, and more jobs being taken (Nadadur 1041). These all affect the economy of the United States in a positive way. Demand for jobs is increased because of the incoming flow of people that are looking for jobs. They come to America with the intent of getting a good job and being able to support their family. These jobs might not always be the best jobs but they still get to do more than they could at homeland country. Investment...
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...Illegal Immigration from the South It is one of the most debated things in the United States; how should illegal immigration from Mexico be handled? Many people believe that illegal immigrants destroy the economy and that we need to take drastic measures to prevent it such as forcing people to carry federal identification cards, increasing the number of Border Patrol officers, or even building barriers on the border. I believe that we need to begin caring about and understanding why these people are leaving their homes to come into the United States. Many people believe that these immigrants are coming over and causing problems, but in reality, they aren't causing as many problems as we think. They are taking jobs, but they are jobs that pay...
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...Mexicans, when not giving up, when not running like maniacs, often got wide-eyed, like a two-year-old stealing cookies. I didn’t do nothin’! I was just out here looking around! The more innocent thy acted, the more nervously slouchy and devil-may-care or childlike in their sinlessness, the more kinky the whole scene was, and the cop wpuld start finering his sidearm. (Urrea 16) I chose this passage in particular because Urrea did a good job creating an image while I was reading. I was laughing to myself because I was playing the conversation in my head. Comparing the illegal immigrants to little kids stealing cookies was a good simile to use. There was another part in the book that caught my attention, it was at the very beginning of chapter one, the first page and a half. Urrea caught my attention immediately. His use of imagery, he was very descriptive I could form a picture in my head. “They were burned nearly black, their lips huge and cracking, what paltry drool still available to them spuming from their mouths in a salty foam as they walked.” (Urrea 3) I knew Urrea was writing about natives of Mexico crossing the border to the United States, but this part made me think of an African American slave from back then. The way he described them made me think of a slave working out in the hot weather. Urrea wrote this book, The Devil’s Highway, to tell the truth about the U.S border patrol. He is a Mexican- American and was talking about how he had family that was chased away...
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...200 years. because this ideal is what drives millions of people since the first settlers came in 1492 to America. For some immigrants, this drive for a better life is so strong that they risk and sacrifice their lives in their attempts to attain it. For example, some immigrants are willing to come to America illegally. Norbert Santana, a writer for The Orange County Register, writes “the U.S. Bureau of Labor, the Pew Hispanic Center and the Center for Immigration Studies generally agree there are about 12 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S.” (pars. 18). There is no accurate method of counting how many illegal immigrants actually live in America; however, there are enough here to cause conflicts. Some illegal immigrants come to America for a few years to make money, and then they take their fortunes back home, while others come to live and to raise their families. All of these immigrants are unwelcome by many Americans because they perceive the immigrants illegal entry into the United States (U.S.) as a blatant disregard of the law. Many of these same Americans also believe that once Immigrant and Custom Enforcement (ICE) finds illegal immigrants, the U.S. government should deport them back to Mexico. Some Americans feel that illegal immigrants hurt the economy by stealing jobs from unemployed Americans and a few even believe these immigrants are terrorists. However, these prejudices cause...
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...working and taxpaying citizens there are in the US, the better the economy is and the faster it can grow. Immigration in the United States has always been a controversial subject due to many conflicting issues. The main issue has always been about the effects is has on the economy. Many people think that immigrants...
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...would say many immigrants living in the New York State would disagree. Actually, according to the United States Census Bureau, “Over 37 percent of New York City residents were born in another country with a total foreign population of 3,066,599 since 2011.” (Quote) New York City is known as the melting pot for all ethnicities; it is historically famous for Ellis Island and for being known as the gateway port to America. However, there is a group not counted for in the U.S. Census Bureau number which is undocumented immigrants. According to Passel’s analysis of 2000 to 2006 data, there are 374,000 undocumented workers in New York City, making up 10 percent of...
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...achieved dominance. With that dominance comes power and privilege. Minority groups since the beginning of colonialism in the U.S. have been trying to be apart (seen as equal) or separate themselves (pluralism) from the dominant group. However, there comes a time when once must conform to survive, regardless of the obstacles they may encounter. The conception that African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans, all minority groups, are created equal in the land of opportunity...
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...stems from the ignorance of majority of the people here in America that don’t understand the positive and important role immigrants play on our countries continuous growth. For the longest I always thought that the only immigrants coming into the country were those of lower educational, occupational, and English proficiency status and as a country “we are now getting the poorest of each race”. I attribute this mindset to the fact that I grew up misinformed about immigration because whenever the topic was brought up or mentioned, it seemed to always focus around illegal immigrants coming from Mexico supposedly stealing jobs from others, and around Asian immigrants coming to the country with no intention on learning English. With these two instances being the focal point of all conversations I was rather a part of our witnessed based around immigration, it’s understandable why I, and many others had/have negative thoughts towards immigration. After reading Immigrant America, reviewing reports by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), and in class discussions, my entire perspective on immigration based around education, occupations, and English proficiency in America has changed. Education has forever been the foundation for growth and prosperity for any and all individuals looking to better their livelihood. In America, it seems that immigrants are viewed to lie at either one end or the other on the spectrum revolving around...
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