The Worker Next Door Summary

The United States of America is a country that is known for giving its citizens some of the most generous personal freedoms and rights in the world. However, living in this country and receiving those rights is a privilege that not every person in the world gets to experience.
The receipt of these rights is the main reason why immigrants come here to the United States legally and illegally. This process is known as Immigration, it is the international movement of people into a country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship. Most of these immigrants just want a chance to be free and live the American dream. No one that lives a righteous life, but lives in a less fortunate country should be declined access to

Declarations like, immigrants take jobs from American citizens and immigrants are a drain on our society’s resources. None of these ignorant statements have been proven to be true. In “Immigration: What is to Be Done?” by David Cole, he states, “there is virtually no evidence to support this view, probably the most widespread misunderstandings about immigrants” (Cole 616). This supports the fact that, currently, no evidence has been provided about immigrants taking jobs from American citizens and that this theory is mostly made up about them. In addition, in “The Worker Next Door” by Barry R. Chiswick, he states that, ”A look at the 2000 census is instructive: among males age twenty-five to sixty-four years employed that year, of those with less than a high school diploma, 64 percent were born in the United States and 36 percent were foreign born” (Chiswick 620). This statistic also helps support that the immigrants aren’t taking lots of jobs from U.S. citizens. Cole continues to state, “Governor Mario Cuomo reports that immigrants own more than 40,000 companies in New York, which provides thousands of jobs and 3.5 billion to the state's economy each year” (Cole 616). So, not only does this quiet the uproar from all the people who think immigrants take jobs from American citizens, but this proves, quite the opposite, that they provide

Most Americans believe immigration in the United States should be legalized, but with a stronger legal structure. In the article “Called by God to Help” by Cardinal Roger Mahony, he states, “Creating legal structures for migration protects not only those who migrate but also our nation, by giving the government the ability to better identify who is in the country as well as to control who enters it” (Mahony 628). Another reason for creating a new legal structure to solve this problem comes from Mr. Cole as he states, “Most such aliens do not cross the border illegally but enter legally and remain after their student or visitor visa expires. Thus building a wall at the border, no matter how high, will not solve the problem” (Cole 616). Therefore, in order for adult immigrants to be let in to the United States, we need to have broader background checks (no criminal record), more thorough customs checks, additional law exams. If these measures are not passed, than the person trying to migrate to the United States will not be allowed to cross the border. This will help reduce illegal immigrants from entering our borders. This seems to be a minor inconvenience for people to get an opportunity to live the American dream and also give the American people some peace of mind. This evidence proves that creating a stronger legal structure,