The article titled "The New Latino Underclass" by Douglas Massey is an insightful reading that shows the readers just how profoundly discrimination affects the Latinos/Latinas in the United States. It was quite insightful as he stated the history of the discrimination along with the two concepts of "Latino Threat Narrative" and "Hispanic Challenge. " Not only was this article by Massey insightful, but saddening too. I was unaware how harsh the immigration process here in the United States could be especially to innocent people who are seeking safety from their own country. I overall agree with Massey in the sense that we cannot just deport bunches of people, but we must understand they are human.
Going back years ago, blacks were slaves unable to vote, unable to have freedom, unequal treatment under law of all citizens. Latinos were all immigrants working for pennies on the dollar in order to maintain a life in America’s society. Now in the 21st century slavery on blacks is now at a halt. For Latinos on the other hand, we are still going through slavery since years ago. A fence on the border of Mexico is what separates Latinos from living the American dream.
Willis Tower, The Bean, street food, Lollapalooza are common thoughts fleeting through one's mind when they hear, "Chicago. " As opposed to millennials and my peers, I have a different perspective on Chicago. My parents experienced a rough time dealing with several complicated immigration places. Seeing that at the time Chicago was considered a "safe city" for illegal immigrants, my family uprooted themselves to Chicago. It was a city where there were thousands of other people in our situation, a big difference from my hometown, Dublin, Ohio.
Historically, Latinos are known as one of the biggest minority groups residing in the United States. There are many attributes that apply to this particular population and one of the most current ones is the numbers of college graduates increasing with the years. The goal of this research project is to study Latinos and higher education. The purpose of this research is to study first-generation Latino college student and the specific financial challenges and the benefits that come with being a member of such ethnic group. My goal is to learn what specific challenges these students have to overcome as a first generation as well as the benefits given to these particular students for being a first generation.
As Nicholas Dauphine, an American of Hispanic origin from San Antonio, whose essay won the first prize in ‘Civil Rights Today’ contest in 2014, wrote that probably it was time for Hispanics residing in the US to be proud and grateful to their ancestors for having played a very important role in shaping the world of civil rights that they enjoyed nowadays, even in spite of the fact that not too many people talked about such merits of the Hispanic minority (Nicholas Dauphine 2014). Another big issue connected to the Hispanic minority in the USA is the high pace of increasing of the population of the Hispanic origin. The US Census Bureau (2013) claims that by 2060 the population of Hispanics of the USA will be around 158 million people, making up over
This is fundamentally why Undocumented immigrants people will be living in fear if they are being
The most pressing issues facing Hispanics would have to be deportation of illegal immigrants. Honestly, most of the people that get deported are treated unjustly, because their goal in life was come to the United States and pursue the American dream of living a better life. Just like U.S. Citizens from other races have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, all Hispanics should too. To fix the issue, I would make sure that every Hispanic illegal immigrant in the United States goes through a background check and have their employers write recommendation letters in reference to their work ethics as well as comment of the person’s relationship with his fellow workers.
Throughout history, humans have always been afraid of anything and anyone unlike their culture. Even in the twenty-first century, there is heated debate surrounding illegal immigration in America; some believe that illegal immigrants from Mexico are stealing jobs and harming the economy. These irrational fears are discussed in Luis Alberto Urrea’s book, “The Devil’s Highway,” which tells the true story of 26 illegal immigrants who are abandoned after crossing the U.S. border. Through this true story, Urrea shows the mistreatment of illegal immigrants, and his use of historical examples reveals that immigrants have always been subject to prejudice and persecution in the United States.
Those in positions of governmental influence want extremist goals like closing the border completely or sending all immigrants back while making regulations for staying stricter. This can also be seen in Savage and Anden’ article where one republican mention flying all of the children back to their countries to send a message. Contrarily, those in the community with familial or cultural ties to the immigrants being deported also want unrealistic actions taken without much consideration perhaps for due process. Both articles describe the ineffectiveness of communication with the Latino population of the U.S. or Central America. Either with a lack of communicational distribution of material in Spanish for the Spanish population during the presidential campaign or a lack of clear information about immigrations laws and the fate of all of those who try to enter the country, there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the system failed.
I don 't either agree with the current president of deporting everyone with or without criminal record. If they 're criminals, deport them, if they 're like most illegal immigrants who came here to seek out a better life, help them attain legal citizenship and become tax paying American like the rest of us. We can offer them a legal path and impose tax penalty for the years on them in order to help pay for their citizenship not only are they paying for the cost but now are legal citizens who can demand fair wages which alleviate the issues of cheap labor because now they have the legal right to do
According to a Pew Research Center survey “among Hispanics ages 25 to 29, just 15% of Hispanics had a bachelor’s degree in 2013” (Krogstad). It is great to analyze the lack of Hispanics higher education in the United States and in the State of Kansas something that one cares about by using statistics and information about the racial gap in completion of a degree that explains the lower rates in Hispanics. Hispanics lower incomes contribute to the Hispanics lowest rates of a college degree completion in the State of Kansas. Lower Incomes The Central American immigrants’ low income contribute to the low rate of Hispanics college degree graduates in the State of Kansas.
Amanda Faller Crystal Maldonado Christi Guzman Quantitative Reasoning Mexican Immigrants to the United States In this research paper our main focus is Mexican Immigrants. We will discuss the rate of Mexican Immigrants coming to the United States. We will also talk about the population density in the U.S. We will cover the lifestyle in Mexico and the possible reasons as to why they may have migrated here.
Over the past two years, the debate around deporting illegal immigrants has become a very popular subject in the news. Many people seem to look at this debate with a very black or white point of view, disregarding any moral stance on deportation. This past week I sat down with my father, Robert Goldstein, to talk about how he views this topic from a moral standpoint. When discussing deportation, my father explained his personal belief that it is morally right to allow all humans to participate in a safe society. If their own society is not serving them or is taking away their quality of life, they should have the ability to join a different one.
Undocumented immigrants live with fear of deportation every day of their lives. Those with control of state institutions who do not consider undocumented immigrants as worthy American residents in our society, take advantage of their power by instilling fear of deportation. The restrictive federal and state laws towards migration in the U.S. has become a way to keep undocumented immigrants and their families living in the shadows. Arrocha (2013) claims that the paradox of the U.S. migration seems be that our free democratic republicanism is viewed as the land of freedom, equality, and justice. Yet, these undocumented immigrants aren’t treated equally or given the freedom to live in our society without intimidation.
America The Land of opportunity, still being said by many but is it really true? Many people even today leave their home countries in search of better life for themselves and their children so they come over to America. This was true during early 1900’s also called an Era of Industrialization when thousands of people of Mexican descent migrated to America from Mexico to find opportunities that they didn’t have back in Mexico. America was the land of opportunity to mexican people to an extent since it provided them with jobs, but along with the job they were handed with racial segregation, discrimination and exploitations. There were more cons than pros that came along with the opportunities.
