From the very beginning when life started on the Earth, people have the tendency to search for a better life. They, who are called immigrants, are looking for a better soil, safer environment, and better conditions for life. Not all of them are happy to leave their homes, some of them are forced to leave their country for many reasons: wars, natural disasters, plagues, poverty, personal problems, economic reasons, political oppression, etc. As the time passed by, we reached the modern age where people have no longer that freedom of having a nomadic life. There are rules and laws that they need to follow. They can't go from one country to another without following its law. But many laws that are for the citizens of some countries are not the …show more content…
But do they really deserve to have the same right as the citizens? The country by itself that provides home and shelter for immigrants can suffer from riots or rebellions that native residents could cause. Sometimes the immigrants want even more rights than citizens have. Nevertheless, the disasters and difficulties that immigrants are going through are enough for them to worry about. Don’t immigrants deserve the same rights as all the people in the world? Don’t they deserve to have an honest and decent job in the other countries since they have already finished school in their home country? Or they need to start right from the bottom because they are strangers in the new country? As they come to the new country, from their first steps onto the new ground they are considered as strangers. What they had in their homeland is not that important anymore. If they had a safe job, they don't have it anymore. If they have a degree, they don't have it anymore. It is a new beginning for them. All those years of studying and working hard until late hours to get a promotion or to improve themselves are going down the river as in the new country it doesn't count. Some of them know that this kind of ‘hospitality' awaits them, but there are many immigrants that are leaving their home country against their will. Is it really fair that skilled worker struggles to find a decent job just because native residents think that immigrants will take their jobs? ‘’ Most economic experts who have studied the relationship between immigration and U.S. employment report that immigrants create more jobs than they fill. They do this by forming new businesses, raising the productivity of already established businesses, investing capital and spending dollars on consumer goods.’’ In fact, the immigrants are not taking jobs, they are creating more jobs or filling the jobs that residents don’t
legally and take its benefits of social life. They will be able to visit their families; therefore,
Literal and figurative borders can restrict and control many aspects within the lives of people all over the world. All people should be able to make the decision of where they wish to settle, start a family, and eventually die as a happy and fulfilled human being. The idea of travelling or living in a different country other than where you were conceived and brought up is a dream many people aspire to in era, but all wander-lusting souls should have the opportunity to make that dream a reality and find happiness and a new home in an unfamiliar city or country. The issues with this can vary widely; sometimes there can be issues with obtaining legal immigration papers while moving across countries or maybe financially they are not ready to
Though immigration is not a new phenomenon in the world’s history, it has been notice that now days immigration has increased more than ever. This is mainly caused because of better ways of communication and transportation, which it makes it possible to people to move and enter other countries. However there are many types of immigrations such as economical, retirement immigrants or even ‘natural disasters’ immigrants. People sometimes seek a new life to save themselves from poverty and misery, thus they decide to enjoy the benefits of another country. Still there are other immigrants who are forced to leave their countries because of wars or even natural disasters, such as the tsunami in Japan 2011. Some philosophers consider closed borders to restrict people freedom of movement and that global justice is been violated. On the other hand Miller and other philosophers argued that immigration causes more disadvantages than advantages into the country they enter. Also they agree that states have a moral right to limit immigrations in order to prevent any changes in their culture, as immigration affects several things, even if this means that they will violate human rights. Another concern for the states is the welfare state where sometimes it may be limited and countries cannot afford any immigrants. However, is it right to oppose people rights of freedom, or is it correct for states to limit immigration?
Some would say, quotes John F. Kennedy, “Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.” Thus, in today’s society, we can say that immigrants are what made America possible—economically and socially. We are in a melting pot era where the impossible was made possible. From the time John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960, making a promise to change the national origins system to unite the nations of all countries equally. Hence, in 1965, under Lyndon Johnson’s administration, Kennedy’s promise came into light, amending the INS—favoring unification of families, not national origins. Although, the unification was made possible, the peacefulness never lasted.
Most immigrants usually fill essential service jobs in the economy, which are vacant. Unfortunately, like new immigrants throughout U.S. history, “they experience conditions that are commonly deprived, oppressive, and exploitive” (Conover, 2000). They are paid low wages with little potential for advancement, are subjected to hazardous working conditions, and are threatened with losing their jobs and even deportation if they voice dissatisfaction with the way they are treated. Many work several jobs to make ends meet. Many also live in substandard housing with abusive landlords, have few health cares options, and are victims of fraud and other crimes.
As such, even naturalized citizens of a country are considered to be immigrants. Herein then lies the heart of immigration philosophy – Do countries have the moral justification to close its borders to people seeking immigration?
Immigrants leave their countries in search for a better life and improvement of their situation. There is no singular reason for immigration; motivations range from better economic prospects to political safety. As of late, the number of immigrants living in the United States is an estimated 11 million. Those who immigrate are expected to contribute to the United States culturally, politically, and economically. Yet, full assimilation becomes difficult to achieve when the immigrant is made into “the other” by the country of reception.
According to recent studies, eighteen percent of illegal immigrants are construction workers, seventeen percent work in hotels and restaurants, sixteen percent are in manufacturing, six percent clean and do landscaping, and three percent of the illegal immigrants are working in agriculture (The Shifting); however, Americans believe that immigrants are working mainly in agriculture. Andrew Sum, an economist and the director of labor market studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, argued that if it weren’t for illegal immigrants, the United States economy would not have grown as much as it did throughout the 1990’s. Sum also argued that without immigrants, the labor force would decline by three to four percent.... ... middle of paper ... ...
labor was scarce and relatively dear. A decline in the birthrate, as well as increases in
their higher education since it is hard for them to return back to their home countries (229). In
Economically, immigrants greatly boost an economy by providing new job outlets, more money to companies, and reducing the unemployment rate. A large influx of immigrants will help many companies because of supply and demand, more people equals more needs to be provided. With the average immigrant worker working at lower wages, immigrants reduce the amount of money a company loses when paying their employees. A writer at The Fiscal Times connects this idea by claiming, “Without the immigrant labor, prices consumers pay for hotels and restaurants would be substantially higher (Furchgott-Roth).” Other than keeping vacations and dinners cheaper, immigration has yielded great results in the field of education. With a majority of immigrants relocating with their family or having a family in the new country, it is highly likely for them to send their offspring to school so that they can have a good education. This bodes well for the high school and/or college they attend because the children increase the graduation rate, which is one of many factors people use to determine how good a school is. Once acquiring a higher education, many of them will decide to open up their own business or wander into the job market. The former option has yielded excellent results for the United States, with immigrants owning almost one in five of the small businesses in America (Bass). The latter keeps a
Who is an immigrant? An immigrant is a person who has a citizenship in one country but enters another country to set up as a permanent resident. Sometimes countries are suffering greatly from lack of leadership, internal strife or war, and a collapsed economy. This is the case in Somalia, as well as in Syria, Libya, and Yemen. Syrian people are moving to Europe in order to find a peaceful home. Mexican immigrants come to the US looking for jobs. The people then move to new countries where they don’t speak the national language. In America, when the immigrants come, there are many difficulties: cultural differences regarding time and scheduling, transportation issues, and language difficulties.
In addition, the Immigration brings many profits to the host country. Firstly, immigrants supply to the host country a large amount of tax money. For example, I read in the “Ca Mau” newspaper, in the United Kingdom, the government research showed that the tax money that immigrants paid $ 4 billion higher than the amount of benefits intended to them. Moreover, in the United State, the National Research Council estimates that national income rose 8 billion in a year by immigrants.
Also, if situations are bad, they will have to steal to get food or other necessities. If they are caught, they will not be able to become a citizen and they will be most likely deported. Many families are separated as well. The conditions they live in are barely better than the ones they left. They live in poor, crowded communities with very little.
Immigrants not only represent the low-income jobs but also the high wages jobs. For instance, we find immigrants in the labor field of dentists, engineers, or nurses. They are part of the three sectors of the economy, the low, the middle and the high paid jobs. Now, there is enough evidence that shows that in the long run, immigrants do not reduce employments for Americans. According to Costa (et al), “in the short run immigrants may reduce Americans’ unemployment because the economy takes time to adjust to new immigration.” Of course this depends on the economic, politic, and social environment. Nevertheless, if the economy is growing and there are creations of firms, products, or services, there will also be a creation of new jobs, including for those Americans who are less