People have been crossing their nation 's borders in search of better opportunities since historical times. There are numerous reasons as to why people leave the comfort and familiarity of their homes. Whether it be to seek business growth and migrate to a foreign country or flee a civil war that is ripping apart a country, most people immigrate in order to benefit themselves so they can have better lives. Immigration laws that facilitate the migration of people between the two countries are of help in such cases. We can 't say that immigration is completely advantageous, because in reality, it has both pros and cons. One of the biggest dangers associated with immigration is the threat of terrorism. The September 11th attacks in New York city Many people carry the false understanding that immigrants tend to not contribute as much to economies or they tend to believe that they “take away” jobs, when in fact, it 's just quite the opposite of what many think. According to the Manhattan Institute, immigrants increase economic efficiency by reducing labor shortages in low- and high-skilled markets because their educational backgrounds fill holes in the native-born labor market (Roth). Therefore, many immigrants tend to take jobs in fields such as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) that would not have been occupied in the first place. In addition, immigrants are responsible for creating forty percent of the fortune five hundred companies present in the United States; some of the companies include Google, AT&T, eBay , as well as Intel. Many of the fortune five-hundred countries are responsible for employing millions of Americans across the United States and helping to raise about $1.1 trillion in revenue. Thus, they end up creating more jobs instead of taking them It seems immigrants benefit the economy in both sides of the spectrum. As the American Society/ Council of the Americas states, “both high- and low-skilled immigrant labor creates additional jobs across the U.S. economy” and “immigrants [as a whole] boost tax revenue, enlarge the taxpayer base, and help With the rise of these attacks, the word immigration has had an increasingly negative connotation. The 2016 president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump has been very vocal with his presidential policies, those of which include building a wall on the southern border with the potential to make Mexico pay for it (Immigration). In addition, he wants to create stricter laws that enforce immigration and make deportation more effective (Immigration). Public policies that were once up in the air regarding immigration are more present than ever, and with the Republican president-elect as well as a Republican Congress, the policies are more likely to become a reality. There are many pros and cons towards immigration, and with the American president-elect Donald Trump, things like immigrant jobs will be hurt while the prevention of terrorism and the increase of jobs will be seen as a positive to many. Immigration has helped the United States thrive economically and culturally, thought it’s not always this case. But by being surrounded by diverse people, we have grasped so much knowledge in different cultures and practices that have enabled us to grow as people. Because of the copious amount of people being hired in STEM field programs and being enveloped in rich
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 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 ...
First, immigrants come to the U.S. to work and bring valuable skills which help grow the economy despite the negative views surrounding their part in the U.S. economy. Since the 2008-2009 recession the view on immigration and its effects on the economy has been more negative than positive (Peri, 2012). A study done by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government found that about 50 percent of American adults believe that immigrants burden the country because they, “take jobs, housing, and healthcare”, while the other 50 percent believe that, “immigrants strengthen the country due to their hard work and talents” (Delener & Ventilato, 2008). Over the past decade, “over half of the increase in the U.S. labor force,… was the result of immigration-l...
People might continue to argue and bring up the issue of terrorism. There is no solid proof that legal immigration is the cause of terrorism. Terrorism cannot be stopped and can be caused by anyone inside or outside the U.S. People can still fly over wherever they want to terrorize. Finally the problem of communication is brought into the argument of immigration. In a recent study it shows that more than 60% of the immigrants that migrate tend to learn English and speak it during their daily lives and this percentage is raising (VOA news).
A common quote is “nobody can judge a book by its cover”. America has experienced terrorist attacks from many different types of immigrants. Thus, people can only assume all people from outside of the United States are labeled terrorist based on the actions made by others. Most people are not aware that terrorists are already in America and has grown up here. People think immigrants will have diseases that will spread to them. The solution would be before the immigrants come over to get tested for diseases to keep from spreading to others. Another thought passed through America’s mind is that immigrants are stealing jobs from American people. Citizens have doubts about having a stable job to attend each day or getting paid. When immigrants come to the United States, individuals worry that immigrants will take their jobs because they are willing to do any work for less money and without complaining. The immigrants coming over only have limited amount of money and do not have an education. These immigrants are only getting jobs that many people will not want to do because it could be back breaking work or little pay. Immigrants are not stealing jobs; they need money just like everyone else to survive and to support a
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.
Migration for “a better life” or to be with one’s family shaped the history of the United States since the beginning. In the US today there are 40 million immigrants and the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there is around 11 million illegal aliens already living right here and are not authorized to live and work in the United States. It makes it hard to protect their right because they are in this country illegal. Immigrant are living in the US are in constant fear of being deported so they live in quiet hiding so that they go undetected by US officials. They are so fearful of deportation that they don’t report crimes against them or employers that take advantage of them or do not pay them for work.
In 2007, the White House issued this statement in hopes to influence a Congressional debate: “Immigration has a positive effect on the American economy as a whole and on the income of native-born American workers” (Pear). This statement relates to the idea that immigrants actually enhance the productivity of American workers and increase their earnings in a significant amount, estimated at $37 billion a year (Pear). This is just one way in which immigrants support economic development in the United States. Since the U.S. is an i...
Vaughan, Jessica M. “Aliens Who Overstay Their Visas Are a Serious Security Threat.” Opposing Viewpoints: Immigration. Eds. David M. Haugen, Susan Musser and Kacy Lovelace. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2009. 182-193. Print.
Immigration is just the action of leaving their own countries and come to live in the new countries. The purpose of immigration were found a new better homeland to survive. There was nothing wrong with wanting to remove to another country for got a better life.
Among every other country in the world, the United States of America is where people feel the most comfortable place to come and live a better life. Immigrants are people who leave their counties to reside in other counties that are rich and safe to better themselves. Every year people immigrate to the USA for many reasons. Many people are having difficulty living in their native country such as over population, jobless which make the economy so hard. People from outside of the United States think there is peace, love, equality, free education, jobs, good food to stay healthy, but most importantly freedom of speech to express yourself in America. Today, I will only focus on some reasons why people in my country immigrates to America. This is
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
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.
Firstly, there are several advantages of immigration for countries such as economic growth, cultural exchange, distribution of population and low cost labor. One of the major benefits is economic growth. Globalization plays a prominent role in immigration. Immigration brings innovative ideas and makes good career. Moreover, global market appears only due to immigration. According to Dogra (2011), there are many benefits in terms of economic growth to a country. Immigration is a process which increases consumers by a large percentage. Furthermore, it is very beneficial for companies to get profit and sell their products in their relevant field. In addition to it, more and more immigrant’s leads more sales taxes it helps to a country to boost
Illegal Immigration can occur for various reasons but one of the main causes over years has been civil wars which made people cross borders of other countries. One more factor can be poverty where people migrate from other countries legally or illegally to higher paid jobs, better living conditions and one of the main examples of these are thousands of people who apply for H1-B (highly skilled workers) every year to legally work for a company in America. Another factor could be persecution in their own country for person’s wrong doing in religious or political beliefs and fleeing to adjacent country to take sanctuary. According to Anderson, immigrants come to America from neighboring countries especially Mexico to benefit fr...