Illegal Immigration Sociology

Not much has changed in immigration between Mexico and the United States. Though the manner in which the topic is openly discussed is rather different, the underlying racial discrimination is still constant. While illegal immigration to the U.S. happens from all countries, the media and local law enforcement seem to solely focus on demonizing the latino community. Though the issues are slightly different, the reasoning behind the accusation are the same, skin color. Undocumented latino immigrants have been shaped into America’s new criminals. The manner in which the judicial system currently treats the undocumented immigrant, specifically latino immigrants as been molded to make immigrants the new “bad guys.” As of right now, immigrants

How does housing reflect the social order in which a group lives? Housing Seasonal Workers for Minnesota Processed Vegetable Industry by Ann Ziebarth details the manners in which limited housing for migrant workers are a direct social effect of the area they live. The writer explains “[w]here one lives and works are reflections of a complex set of economic conditions and social relationships. Housing provides a visible manifestation of socio-economic realities for seasonal migrant workers and their families.”Ziebarth details how migrants on average use about thirty percent of their “gross income” in order to pay for their rent, an income that is already extremely low, this then makes housing a serious issue. Throughout the research, Ziebarth attempted to answer various questions, including how migrants housing is effected through the current system and the manners in which the state/ federal government attempts to help these workers.The study concluded that the manner in which these workers live are crowded and often poorly run without basic necessities such as “hot water.”These conditions that the workers are forced to live in allow for various stereotypes about them to be made by their neighbors, people in the community who do not want them in their communities because they believe they want

The children of the undocumented are often subjected to countless disadvantages throughout not only their social lives but their academic experiences also. In many cases, the parents of the children come with little to no education, leaving the student rather isolated in the experience(Racial Domination).Whether or not the child was born in the United States or also crossed over the academic disadvantages seem to follow the child through their lives. From early ages many of the children of the undocumented are forced to go to schools in which they do not receive the same level of education or opportunities as kids whose parents make more money(white kids). Because their parents are forced to live in the shadows many can not even have open conversations with their kids teachers for free of persecution. In recent reports there have even been elementary schools which have been raided by immigration or (ICE) in order to both deport the children and their parents. The poverty level of the children of immigrants have increased from “12% in 1970 to 21% in 2000.” (Racial Domination) This would point to the lack of education resources and advantages. Quote:“Children of recent immigrants, according to school documents, made up only between six and ten percent of students in school. So “immigration,” which has sometimes been presented to the public as an expiating reason for