Immigration Helps America Immigration can be defined as passing foreigners to a country and making it their permanent residence. Reasons ranging from politics, economy, natural disasters, wish to change ones surroundings and poverty are in the list of the major causes of immigration in both history and today. In untied states, immigration comes with complexities in its demographic nature. A lot of cultural and population growth changes have been witnessed as a result of immigration. In the following paper, I will focus on how immigration helps United States as compared to the mostly held view that it hurts America. The numbers of immigrants to United States has risen from thousands to a record high of one million immigrants by the year 2008. The table below can represent this information It has been observed that, from history American has served as a destination for most immigrants in the world the world (Williams 16). Immigration to a developed country has a lot of problem associated with it. In particular, United States has not been spared of these problems according to many experts (Massey et al. 53). On my view, though there is a positive inclination towards immigration that people tend to overlook. Firstly, there are the cultural differences; many people migrating to this country are from different localities. The ethnical perspective of these people is nearly incompatible. This incompatibility leads to exchange of the aspects of the two cultures hence enrichment of the untied states culture. This is a positive impact to of immigration. If the new people were just visiting and going back to where they came from, then such exchange could not have happened, therefore, after all immigration is not only a negative aspect in ... ... middle of paper ... ...dward Taylor. “Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium”. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.print Meilander, Peter C. “Towards a Theory of Immigration” Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.Print Rumbaut, Ruben, and Walter Ewing. "The myth of immigrant criminality and the paradox of Assimilation: Incarceration Rates among Native and Foreign-Born Men." The immigration policy center, spring 2007.Print U.S. Department of Homeland Security “Persons obtaining legal permanent resident status: Fiscal years 1820 to 2010” (2010) retrieved on 24 Feb. 2012 from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2010/table01.xls Williams Mary “Immigration”. San Diego: GreenHaven Press, 2004. 85. Print Zolberg, Aristide. “A Nation by Design: Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America” Harvard University Press, 2006.print
There is no denying that immigration will always be a factor in the development of the United States. Whether it is due to religious beliefs, economic problems or even war in their native country, emigrants will always come to America with hopes of starting a new life in the “Land of the Free”. Fortunately, the people who do choose to legally migrate to America are generally motivated for success and well-educated. Even the immigrants who are not well educated are motivated to succeed, work hard and take jobs in areas where labor forces are low or jobs that a native-born American may not even consider, effectively making them a contributing member of society.
Immigration has been a key factor of the success of the United States from the start. More specifically, without the influence of immigrants our country would not be the place that it is today. There is, however, great controversy surrounding the idea that immigration, whether legal or illegal, should be accepted or denied. Since the beginning of time, immigration has played a large role in the history of the United States. Immigration to the U.S. has been a popular desire since before the world wars (Archiv 141). The desire continues even today. One of America's most influencial leaders, George Washington, said:
America is known famously throughout the world with the nickname 'The melting pot.' The reason behind this is that America is extremely diverse and has many different people. Immigrants give America the chance to know the culture of many countries. They bring in their culture, religion, economic benefits, and ideology to America. I believe that the United States should allow legal immigrants from all over the world because they bring many benefits to it. Immigrants are a positive influence on United States of America.
America is a melting pot of different cultures, religions, ideas and identities, a country which over the years has been molded, shaped and changed by its people. There are many historical factors that gone into creating the country as we know it today, but none so influential as the immigration of millions to “the land of opportunity”. The millions of people who came to the United States in hopes of finding a better life greatly affected the course of American history, bring the the country new cultures, customs and beliefs . Irish-Catholic immigrants, “. . . the first great ethnic ‘minority’ in American cities,”(1) had a substantial influence on the industrialization, labor movement and politics of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Immigration to America is often a decision made in order to discover a better life for a family or individual. America’s founding ideals are usually what compel foreigners to move to the US. The stories of America being the “Land of Opportunity” have continued to persuade people to immigrate. Although immigration in the 20th century is much different from recent immigration, the underlying reasons for moving to the US are usually quite similar.
The United States experienced major waves of immigration during the colonial era, the first part of the 19th century and from the 1880s to 1920. Many people immigrated to America for
Immigration has played a major role in the economy of the United States, creating both deficits and surpluses in the U.S. economy. Arguments have been made that immigration brings more negative effects to the United States economy than it does positive, whereas on the other hand, people claim that immigrants have taken a major weight of the economy of the U.S. and has even allowed the economy to make significant growths. Considering the fact that the total accountable population of the U.S. is said to be made up of approximately 13% of immigrants, many arguments have been made for and against the entrance of immigrants into the United States. Immigration has effects upon the work force, the living conditions, the poverty rates, and other contributing
As a country founded on the many cultures drawn to a promise of a better life, the United States sees immigrants as vital to its expansion. Beginning with the first European settlements in 1607, America has since experienced successive waves of immigration that have risen and fallen over time. Throughout history, immigrants have helped form a distinct and unique political and social culture while providing labor for the growing economy. Immigrants shaped America. In the past, Americans embraced different cultures and assimilated new ideas, yet always maintained a strong sense of loyalty to the principles by which the country was founded on – life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Immigration meant more opportunities for innovators, scholars,
DeParle, J. (2010, June 25). Global Migration: A World Ever More on the Move. The New
In “A Nation Built for Immigrants” by Michael Barone emphasizes the impact of immigration in the United States. Immigration to the U.S wasn’t always done legally. Most people were pursuing better lives and opportunities or to escape horrors in their home country. Some people even wanted to create new communities that they could bring their culture to. Each community that came to the US brought part of their customs or language to the region they settled in. Migration within the country also played a huge part in US History, which includes slavery and the abolition of slavery.
“Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great change in the world”, This quote from “The American” by J.Hector st.john de crevecoeur (1735-1813) give how different people from different places come to America and made a great change in America. Immigration change America by bringing different cultures and different religion in American and America change those who come to live here by bringing different characters which was not the way those who live in America had. Immigrating to America influence those who came here and it transform America personality.
As early as the 19th century, immigrants have been coming to the US for job opportunities, better living conditions, and education. For many immigrants they see the US as a hope to have a new and better life. Although, because of the increase of immigrants coming to the US, many became concerned about the impact that they make in our economy. Many argues that the increase of immigrants coming to the US are harming the economy because of the fiscal drain that they caused. While others believe that immigration helps the economy. This creates a problem when people only see the negative perspective about immigration without knowing the positive impacts. Immigrants improve the economy by increasing the America’s
This saw an increasing number of immigrants and the population within the country as word passed around and people from various parts of the world came to observe and check this new country that was in search of people to work. Generally, the increased rate of immigration in America during the late 1800s and early 1900s could have been attributed to the increased need for people within the United States as the government
Immigration poses an ongoing debate in which people are becoming increasingly unsure as to whether immigrants are benefiting their society. This paper will examine three of the main benefits of immigration: the increase in diversity it provides, the rise in skills and labor and the benefits to the economy. Immigration leads to cross-cultural integration, therefore increasing ethnic variety. This increase in diversity is beneficial as it leads to improvements in society, as well as educational development. Increased immigration also means there are more skills and experts available to the hosting countries, as well as extra workers to take up jobs that need filling. Immigration also leads to improvements in the economy as taxes are paid and employment and wages increase.
Immigration is the act of leaving your country mostly native country to live in a foreign country, this act has been happening for centuries. Immigration on this country began heavily to occur during the early 1800's to the Great Depression. Why immigrants took the decision to leave everything behind and start again? Why are the waves of immigration so important for this county? How the natives of the country affronted and received the situation? And why is immigration so meaningful for the history of this country? All of these questions get to a point and is that; the immigration during this time period was decisive for the future and progressed of this wonderful country.