Immigration policies can dramatically change the economy United States and potentially change our daily lives. Also, relegation on immigration will easily result in changes on cultural and religious diversity and will ultimately affect everyone. Immigration is a huge topic in the United States and made the country that it now is today. “Immigration has profoundly shaped American politics and culture. Immigrants not only provided labor for the growing economy but also gave the United States a distinctly unique social and political culture. These effects continue today.” Immigration has played a huge role throughout the United States history and is an extremely controversial topic that you pretty much hear of every day. Illegal immigrants are thought to be, nowadays, as criminals doing only what's worse for the …show more content…
economy of the U.S. Nowadays, people don't realize nor think twice about why immigrants come and what they actually do to the economy. Interestingly enough, Immigration isn't a new topic and has been going on for thousands of years and it definitely won’t stop anytime soon. Therefore, it's most likely that even the most “American” citizens have ancestors that were ironically immigrants too. “In 2006, immigration became a hot topic as politicians debated about how to handle the large number of illegal immigrants in the United States. But these debates are nothing new. Historically, Americans have frequently scorned new arrivals, despite the fact that their ancestors were also immigrants. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, for example, Congress passed laws regulating how many immigrants could enter the United States from each country, excluding Asians entirely until the 1960s.” The stereotypes these days for immigrants are ludicrous today portraying mainly Mexicans as criminals stealing away tax money and job stealers. It is funny how, practically, everyone’s ancestors were Immigrants and you just can’t classify them all as criminals. “Some 12,000 years ago, the first indigenous people crossed the ice bridge connecting Asia to North America, yet it wasn't until the end of the 15th century that Europeans set their eyes on the New World in numbers. The French and Spanish were the first to establish settlements before the English and Dutch, among others, founded their first permanent colonies. On the eve of the American Revolution, the land was already a kaleidoscope of languages and ethnicities.” People tend to forget that immigrants originally came from around the world, and not just from Mexico and South America. People don’t bare to notice that immigrants aren’t taking any fancy, well paying jobs. Actually, they are always involved in inexpensive labor that helps boost the economy. In the other hand, not all illegal immigrants are 100% peacefull. It has been noted that when some come commit a crime, intentionally or unintentionally, flee back to their country to avoid any charges. This, of course, takes more money out of our government’s pocket. Indeed, undocumented workers help boost the economy in substantial ways. They are unskilled workers, for the most part, and instead of taking away jobs of the well paid and skilled workers, they help them. Undocumented workers actually work rather well with other skilled workers by dividing up and completing tasks among their skill levels. “The impact on everyone else, though, is surprisingly positive. Giovanni Peri, an economist at the University of California, Davis, has written a series of influential papers comparing the labor markets in states with high immigration levels to those with low ones. He concluded that undocumented workers do not compete with skilled laborers — instead, they complement them.” Since undocumented workers don’t compete with skilled workers, then there shouldn’t be much of the hate going on in this nation against immigration. On the contrast, some sources indicate that undocumented workers do in fact tend to take some jobs that some Americans otherwise would’ve taken. Also, there are additional economic downfalls because of undocumented workers by lowering the wages of people with a high school diploma by a bit. “Labor economists have concluded that undocumented workers have lowered the wages of U.S. adults without a high-school diploma — 25 million of them — by anywhere between 0.4 to 7.4 percent.” Immigration is good for the economical growth and development of the United States. Immigration reform will easily help grow the economy rather than hurting it by the increase of productivity. Furthermore, multiple studies prove it. “The Bipartisan Policy Center estimates that reform would boost gross domestic product by 4.8 percent and productivity by 1.0 percent over 20 years. Reform would also increase U.S. employment and raise wages. The Congressional Budget Office projects it would add 9 million workers to the labor force while slightly increasing wages over 20 years.” Immigration reform is frowned upon by a substantial amount of people, thinking that it will automatically take away all jobs and we'll all be doomed for life. Ironically, the complete opposite is true. Sources can contradict each other and some people base all there studies on one source, which is unacceptable. On the contrary, some analysts state that immigration does in fact take away plenty of jobs that Americans would get and wage depression. Immigration is, in fact, causing overpopulation her in the United States. “The damage caused by overpopulation is severe. First, high population tallies and subpar salaries are intrinsically linked. When the rate of population growth exceeds the rate of economic growth, standards of living fall. Low income countries are home to the highest birthrates, despite economic prospects in those countries being poor. That means soaring unemployment statistics.” According to this information, overpopulation will decrease the standards of living here in the states. This could easily even raise the taxes that we pay for goods in our daily lives. Additionally, a key example of overpopulation is having an abundant amount of children attending public schools. Where do all of the funds for the teachers to teach these extra bunch of kids you may ask? From our very own wallets because of taxes. “In public education, 8 percent of schools exceed their capacities by more than 25 percent because of population increases. One-third conduct classes in portable classrooms, and one-fifth are actually forced to turn congregation halls such as gymnasiums into makeshift learning environments. Even worse, various school districts are now considering building structures on ecologically hazardous grounds.” Also, some economists blame the bad unemployment rate, which is slightly above five percent, on immigration and that companies don’t care at all if they hire illegal immigrants for lower wages. “But the exception is companies that rely on this labor, particularly food processors, cleaning companies and agriculture. They always want more because more means less pay. These companies could care less about public benefits, unemployment rates and rest of the pathologies that an excess of immigrants can bring. And they turn very nasty when criticized.” It is interesting how the majority of democrats here in the states actually think and believe that overpopulation isn’t a bad thing and we’re headed towards the right direction. “According to Rasmussen Reports, 61 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. Sixty-eight percent of whites and 54 percent of non-black minority voters believe we’re on the wrong track, while 60 percent of black voters and 55 percent of Democrats believe the country is headed in the right direction.” Back to the positives, immigration shapes what the united states is and the act that we don’t exactly have one common culture.
The beauty is that we even share cultures day to day and speak different languages. There is an enormous variety amongst ourselves and there has to be a place here in the states for anyone to enjoy. Immigration policies can utterly destroy all of this and ruin the authentic mixture of cultures the states are known for. “The ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity brought by immigrants in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has shaped American history and politics.” For the most part, the pros definitely outweigh the cons and I’m sitting towards letting immigration happen. Immigration, according to factual evidence, helps the United States economy by boosting it ways previously mentioned and most notably by helping workers get their jobs or tasks done, boosting the economy, and creating the United States a place of different cultures and vibes. Next time someone bitches about immigrants coming over, they should look around their home and remember who were the ones actually that built it and made it a better place to live
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It is true that the more people from different cultures that are in a given area, the more the cultures are diversified. However, with all realities, some claim that immigrants dilute the American culture. Indeed, they cause some changes to the culture. Nevertheless, these changes can bring a wealth of attraction and a source of beauty for the country that everyone should be proud of. It is obvious that every single immigrant in the US has his own culture and way of life. When all these are added together, they form a very rich culture. In addition, they bring various interesting aspects such as food, music, literature, etc. That makes the Americans rich in cultural knowledge. The importance of cultural diversity is that it teaches the people to understand each other’s views, interests, and ideas and helps people view the world in different ways. This would finally lead the society to work towards each other’s interest, mutual goals, and objectives. Tamar Jacoby in his article “Are Today’s Immigrants Assimilating in U.S Society, Yes,” he said that, “Those who are coming now are people who understand cultural fluidity, understand intermarriage and find that a natural, easy thing. This maintains unity and balances in the society” (411). Once this stage is reached, all the problems would be solved. Then it can be said that America has reached a true democracy, echoed by
The United States of America has the largest foreign-born population in the world. With nearly thirteen percent of the total population being foreign-born, one may find it hard to imagine an immigrant-free country (U.S. Bureau of the Census). Immigration has been an integral part of the United States’ overall success and the country’s economy since it was established and without it, would have never been founded at all. Although there are some negative issues associated with immigration and many native-born Americans believe to be more of a problem than a solution, overall it actually has a positive effect. Immigrants in America, among other things, fill jobs where native-born Americans may not want to work or cannot work, they contribute to Social Services and Medicaid through taxes and they help provide the backbone of America, especially by working jobs that natives may have not even considered.
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.
When thinking about a family member being removed from a country because that was not there place of origin, is a sickening thought. This thought crosses the minds of immigrant’s every day. Being an immigrant in the United States was supposed to be welcoming and an abundant of opportunity; now they receiver scrutiny and embarrassment from thousands of Americans, jobs are scarce, and when they do find jobs they receive low compensation. This country was fabricated from immigrants and people fleeing genocide; however, that time has changed and our borders are now closed. Taking a look in to the opposing side, there are many reasons why border control is imperative. Take into account that there
The United States is in the midst of a major debate over immigrants and their place in our economic and political life. As during other times in our history, immigrants, are being blamed for causing or contributing to the social, economic and political ills of our society. Politicians from both major parties, at both the national and state levels, are promoting a range of punitive legislative proposals that single out immigrants for adverse treatment by the government. Many violate basic civil liberties principles.
The United States of America, being a country founded by immigrants, is known all over the world as the land of great opportunities. People from all walks of life travelled across the globe, taking a chance to find a better life for them and their family. Over the years, the population of immigrants has grown immensely, resulting in the currently controversial issue of illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants are the people who have overstayed the time granted on their US, visa or those who have broken the federal law by crossing the border illegally. Matt O’Brien stated in his article “The government thinks that 10.8 million illegal immigrants lived in the country in January 2009, down from a peak of nearly 12 million in 2007.”(Para, 2) While some argue that illegal immigrants burden the United States of America and its economy, others believe that they have become essential and are an important part of the US, economy.
Many people have come to America for a better life and to get away from all the troubles of their homeland. These immigrants, like those throughout U.S. history, are generally hard workers and make important contributions to the economy through their productive labor and purchasing power. America is considered a melting pot of many diffrent ethinic group. Immigrants should be able to enter America with little if any resistance from any border patrol. Immigrants in america take the low paying, hard labor jobs that , unfortunately, some americans don't want.
As an effect legal immigration would make way for new jobs and if more people had more jobs they would more likely invest in the economy. Many immigrants remain illegal due to the long and rigorous applications and tests required to become a legal citizen. As well as hard tests, the fee to apply is a substantial amount especially for poor immigrants looking to immigrate for economic reasons (Swain). Many immigrants protest to lower fees to allow for a more efficient way to gain citizenship. Politicians debate on whether to lower fees often (EdTech). Many politicians believe if the fees where lowered it would allow a large number of immigrants into America. Allowing large number of immigrants could have both positive and negative effects. Crime rates could be increased, at the same time jobs would be created and the economy would begin to increase due to the amount of money spent in
The arrival of immigrants to the United States is often associated with fear. Immigrants are vulnerable to attacks if they are cast as threats to the way of American life. A deeper look into immigration policies reveals that immigrant restrictions are seated in racialized notions. Immigrants before the founding of the nation came for the opportunities of a better life. The immigrants who would continue to come thereafter came for much the same reasons. But government policies demonstrate repeated attempts to block the immigration of undesirable immigrant communities.
labor was scarce and relatively dear. A decline in the birthrate, as well as increases in
According to The New York Times, immigrants increase the total GDP of the US, help the job market, and increase mean income across the country. Many common misconceptions about the effects of immigration to the US can easily be countered with some research. A few of these misconceptions include that immigrants have an adverse affect on the US job market and take away jobs from native workers, and that they don’t contribute to the economy, rather, leaching off of it, and that they hold the country back in terms of innovation. These delusions are paper thin. Immigrants are absolutely a net positive to the economy. Not only are they “nearly 50 percent more likely to start a business than native-born workers.”, they (immigrants) or their children have founded just over 40% of the companies in the fortune 500 index (Why Immigrants). In addition, because of the fact that they are more likely to start a business than native born workers, they actually create more jobs than they take; let’s say that 25 immigrants come to the united states and start businesses and they only hire four employees, that's 100 new jobs: far more than they would take. Immigrants are misconstrued as invaders that have come to take our jobs and mess up our economy and our education system, nothing could be further from the
When it comes to immigrants, it is clear to distinguish that they can be portrayed in a wrongful way. Immigrants can be detected to be criminals, rapist, having low income, and etc. Immigrants are also viewed as individuals that are taking jobs away from U.S. Citizens, which is not the case. I believe that immigrants work just as hard or even harder to acquire these jobs so that they can support their families. Therefore, countless immigrants risk their life coming to America so that they can have that better life for their families. “Illegal aliens come to the United States to take jobs that offer them greater opportunity, and they are often welcomed by U.S. employers who are able to hire them for wages lower than they would have to pay to
Nowadays, Immigration, which is a phenomenon of migration, is very normal and popular in the world. Furthermore, in the world, many countries have the large number of people who immigrate because of many reasons likes finding suitable jobs or new place to live. Many people think that immigrants will give them many problems about the economy and society. However, other people think that immigrants bring many profits for their countries. In my opinion, I think that all things have both good and bad sides and immigration is no exception. In the other hand, I think that immigrations will give the host countries more economic benefits than limitations.
The word “immigration” is often viewed in American society as something negative. Moreover, many states in America have created policies intended to harm immigrants.
As we see today in the United States there are many Issues on Immigration. We see that there are many Political effects of Immigration and controversy. The U.S. is once again becoming a country of immigrants. Immigrant arrivals are currently about 1.25 million people per year account for 40% of population growth nationally. Also, there are major court cases that have set the precedent for immigration laws. Solutions are also very important to the country such as the legalization of Immigrants.