Donald Trump's View On Immigration

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On January 20th, 2017 President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. His win of the president election came as a shock to viewers worldwide. Donald Trump has thrown out dissentious comments about religious and ethnic minorities, immigrants, women and the broader American society for years. While Trump has consistently claimed that he is not a racist, both his campaign and previous public statements have proved him to be otherwise. In this essay, I will be analyzing the Trump’s Administration actions and views on immigration by using ideas and themes that I have learned from this course.
In the United States of America, the land of opportunity, every year hundreds and thousands of immigrants, legal and …show more content…

For instance, Donald Trump Muslim travel ban is one of those changes.) According to Vinita Gupta, founder and chairman of Digital Link Corporation, who mentions to Donald Trump speech, “…Donald Trump declares that he “will make America great by building walls, by keeping Muslims out and bringing jobs back to America through reduced work visas”” (Dear Donald Trump: Immigrants Like Me Make America Great). Although Donald Trump is trying to stop immigrants to come to this country, the United States government should legalize undocumented immigrant because immigration benefits the USA. (In week 1, we discussed political challenges and the American dream. An example of this would be Donald Trump’s stance on immigration. During his political campaign, Trump vowed to cut back legal immigration that would “boost wages and ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first” according to a New York Times article. He wants to create this stigma that immigrants are taking over American jobs which is not true.) During the history, immigration always had benefits for America. In 19th century, many people came to America for a better life, economic opportunities and freedom in religious. America was always one of those countries that opened it’s door to different diversity of people, and it was because they needed immigrants to empower their …show more content…

Politicians ignored the benefits that immigrants have for America; however, some political parties such as, democratic and liberties are aware of those benefits.) According to the National Academics report in the New York Times, “…20 million foreigners in the American labor market added some $2 trillion to the American economy last year” (How to Make America Greater: More Immigration). These statistics indicate how immigrants impact on economy of the United States. Additionally, based on “Report: Immigrants; Economic Strength in Texas Increases” article which mentions a study from Texas-based Perryman Group, “If all unauthorized immigrants were removed from Texas, the state would lose $69.3 billion in economic activity, $30.8 billion in gross state product, and approximately 403,174 jobs, even accounting for adequate market adjustment time”. It indicates that not only immigrants don’t take away jobs, but also they are making it. Overall, immigration increases demands in America and new jobs