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Argumentative Essay: Why Immigration Is Change

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Years growing in mind, we learn to make change when something does not accommodate your needs. Immigration allows change. Immigration is change. Sadly, in the depths of humanity were the close-minded lie, immigration is viewed as an abomination, inviting in terrorism. I believe it invites innovation.

When coming to America, immigrants live in the shadows. They take on strenuous jobs to provide for their kids to allow them to succeed. Many falsify documents to take on jobs that provides their families with shelter, food, and opportunity. Astonishingly to me, people’s perception is enclosed to the fact that they falsified documents rather than their work ethic and dedication. People choose to ignore that these people sought out work to better their lives, to give themselves the opportunity that people are meant to have but has been denied. Now, immigrants do not feel entitled to succeeding, but want to feel entitled to an opportunity. Despite being promised to all, opportunity has yet to be offered to immigrants. But why does America reject their opportunity? Fear; it can drive people to do even the most inhumane things. …show more content…

They want a change in their children’s lives, thus causing them to not only stop the wheel, but break it. With the change that follows immigration, the future begins to form. As George W. Bush states, “Immigration is not just a link to America’s past: it’s also a bridge to America's future.” Immigration brings with it the minds of people who have been oppressed. Cures, formulae, and technological innovations have been buried in the minds of immigrants, this situation has been exemplified numerous

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