The Pros And Cons Of Immigrants Getting Started

Immigrants Getting Started

Immigration is an entrepreneurial act where one leaves their home culture to invest skills in another country to assist themselves and their family. When immigrants enter another country, they may have features such as entrepreneurial attitude, dedication to work, membership in a small social network and loyalty which will assist these immigrants is finding the best fit job to start with before moving up. Also, it seems there are some cases where Hispanic immigrants are better off than US-born Hispanics until there is full cultural change of negative behavioral norms of the U.S.
Nonetheless, adaptation to a new culture can cause difficulty for Hispanic individuals. With language barriers, trying to negotiate a

new culture may cause the most difficulty. Immigrants would like to easily adapt into their new cultures so that they are treated fairly. However, “there is also anecdotal evidence to suggest that assimilation can be ‘identity undermining and threatening’” (Delcampo,2011). The immigrant may feel they will have to choose one of the cultures, because their identity can be undermining and threatening due to assimilation. The immigrants are trying to avoid having the identity be undermining or threatening so they try to find a middle for the two cultures. However, the desire for acceptance in their new culture, but still wanting to be a part of the old culture, may cause tension for the immigrant.
Americans seem to believe new immigrants reduce the amount of resources for the US-born population. It seems the older generations are having a harder time accepting the immigrants into our country and have a higher likelihood of having an anti-immigrant attitude. The anti-immigrant attitude then causes immigrant to often be undervalued and underemployed in the United States workforce. However, Americans seem to have no problem with US-born Hispanics working in the US labor force. How are they any different than the immigrants? Both the immigrants and US-born Hispanics come from the same heritage and most likely both had some sort of poverty growing up. The United States is discriminating against Hispanic immigrants when we have Hispanics already in the U.S. working. What would be the difference with immigrants working?
Discrimination

Hispanic professionals have very little significance and have limited resources compared with Anglos as minorities in the workforce. Also, immigrants are excluded in the United States probably due to their language of origin and lack of social influence. Their English-language skills and accents might give away their immigrant status. Moreover, Hispanic immigrants have not become accustom to the culture to the same extent as their US-born Hispanic counterparts. Hence, Hispanic immigrants may have differing identities that cause them to perceive interpersonal relationships differently than other Hispanics that are accustomed to the American culture.
Given these facts, the perception of discrimination seems to be the most influential work-related stressor facing the U.S. Hispanic population. Studies have found that perceptions of discrimination had a giant influence on employee outcome past other work stressors. Moreover, salary and work experience have unique and significant effects on the relationship between the perceptions of discrimination and employee outcomes in a way that those with higher salaries do not and should not manifest their perceptions of discrimination in decreased job performance.
Immigrants Fail to Rise in an Organization

Minorities seem to have trouble rising to a certain level in an organization due to their immigrant status. Ethnicity has a major influence in individuals' responses, which in turn effect employee performance. Hence, different ethnic background and identity on differing situations have a big impact on different perceptions of discrimination.
One of the major perceptions of discrimination is the more a culture differs from Anglo culture, the more likely that group's ability is insignificant and looked down upon by members of the Anglo culture. The United States is one of the major countries that perceives countries in such a way when we could be helping these immigrants. U.S. agencies that help immigrants should do more than the minimum to allow the immigrant success, the agencies should have a success plan in store for the immigrants to ensure success for immigrants to rise above minimum wage jobs.
Immigrants Improve Economic Growth

The key to economic vitality in the United States is welcoming and retaining foreign-born immigrants. A major portion of immigrants are entrepreneurs that start businesses and create jobs at higher rates than others. Immigrants can quickly turn an economy around from where they were with their businesses.

Immigrants are Key to an Economic Rise

Many cities have reduced barriers to economic life and allowed for immigrants to open businesses in a simple way.

Some of the strategies to reduce barriers include connecting immigrants to community supports and increasing access to English classes. Additionally, cities have also provided marketing support for immigrant entrepreneurship. These reduced barriers and strategies helped turn around economic decline and population loss of many years. As Stated by Steve Rowe in Business NH Magazine, “Between 2011 and 2012, Dayton’s immigrant population increased 40 percent, compared to a 7 percent increase for Ohio overall, leading formerly empty business districts to fill with vibrant new businesses, according to Forbes” (Rowe, 2015). Cities are starting to help newcomers acquire the skills needed to succeed economically and socially, which will boost that city’s economy immensely. Why aren’t we doing this throughout the

country?
Diversity Increases Business

“Immigrants are 30 percent more likely to start a business compared to their U.S.-born counterparts” (Delcampo,2011).

Many tend to gravitate toward affordable neighborhoods that have fallen out of favor revitalizing areas in decline. This serves to keep properties on the tax rolls, boosting their value and reducing crime. For Example, “New Hampshire’s economic future depends on welcoming and retaining immigrants. From a demographic perspective, we are an old state that is growing older. We simply cannot birth our way out of an impending decline in population. We need more people moving into the state. Rolling out the welcome mat and helping immigrants integrate into NH communities is not just about human decency or social responsibility. It’s about economic survival (Rowe,2015).” It is not just New Hampshire that has the issue of a declining population, many states all over the United States are declining in population, yet these states are refusing to let immigrants in when they could help turn our economy around. The United States will not help these immigrants in being successful, these agencies give immigrants housing and a minimum wage jobs and then let the immigrants fend for themselves. It would make a huge difference if these agencies could assist the immigrants in rising up past a minimum wage jobs; as stated previously, it will help our economy rise, as it is possible that these immigrants will create new

businesses.
Conclusion

Hispanics are currently the largest and fastest growing minority groups in the United States. According to the US Census Bureau of 2008, there are approximately 35.5 million Hispanics in the United States, comprising approximately 15 percent of the population. Hispanics will eventually be a majority in the United States as times goes on and more immigrants enter into the United States. Hispanics are a giant contribution in the U.S. economy: the rate at which Hispanic businesses grew between 1997 and 2002 was triple the national average for business growth rate. Immigrants are turning our economy around for the better by causing an incline in our economy with their new business development in the United States.