Statue Of Liberty In America

“What is the United States if not a country of immigrants? If that’s no longer [the case], what does the Statue of Liberty symbolize? Why don’t we take it down?”(Goldstein). Most refer to America as a melting pot because America is a melting pot of different cultures. Yet without immigration, America wouldn’t be the way it is today. Without immigration most Americans wouldn’t be alive today. If it weren’t for immigration America would be empty, and without immigration today America will soon be empty. The increasing cautious procedures against immigration, within America, are unnecessary and inhumane. The reasons being that America, as a country, has a history of legal immigration, the job benefits are immensely important to Americans, and it’s a matter of safety for the

Yet, why did the pilgrims come to America? The pilgrims of England that moved to America were in search for religious freedom, and there is no difference between the pilgrims that first landed in America, and the immigrants that are currently attempting to liberate themselves. In the late 19th century America built Ellis Island. Ellis Island harbored over twelve million immigrants from 1892 and 1954 (About Ellis Island). But now many people take this heritage for granted. They may know their origins trace back to immigration, but they won’t realize that this is how current immigrants build their families. On the web page Ellis Island Closes, published by the history channel, they bring up how deeply influenced America’s roots are by immigration, they state that, “Today, an estimated 40 percent of all Americans can trace back their roots through Ellis Island” (Ellis Island Closes). America wouldn’t be where it is today without immigration. Whenever new laws are passed to make immigration into America harder, or making it harder to become a citizen, America is preventing itself from growing in the