Summary Of Huntington On Mexican Immigration

Analysis for Huntington on Mexican Immigration

Many people say that America is the land of opportunities and immigrants. The issue of

The Mexican Immigration seems to be a never ending story. There are many reason why people leave their country of origin and move to another, leaving everything behind looking for better opportunities and better a future. This is the case of the Mexican Immigration which is a very complex issue due to the fact that everyone focuses more on the negative than on the positive.

There have always been great efforts in history to limit immigration. In “The Special Case of

Mexican Immigration”, Samuel P. Huntington (1927-2008) he effectively argues with facts and evidence about how Mexican immigration has turn

He refers to Mexican Immigration as “Challenge for our policies” (Huntington 171). He talks about how Immigration has important for this country, but also how the Mexican population has exceeded more than any other race of immigrants in the past few years. He mentions that Mexican immigration is different from any other kind of

Immigration, and what makes them different is their contiguity and persistence. He describes and shows evidence about five different characteristics that makes the Mexican

Immigration special and unique. Like for example how they don’t cross miles of oceans to get here like others immigrants do, but instead they do often cross by land due to the fact that them borders are connected. Another important characteristic that Huntington argues about is the economic differences between these two countries. The economic gap between the United

States and Mexico is the largest in the world. Another aspect Huntingtin describe is how

Mexican population constitutes one of the largest foreign born in the country, follow by

One of the pieces of evidence he presents it was about how the concentration of immigrants from different parts of Latin America, especially from Mexico, in a particular region, especially in the Southwestern of the United States has made changes to the culture, language, business and most of all education. He said that if this influx continues, this will probably result in a consolidation of that part of the country into a different cultural bloc within the United States. Even though he understands that the Mexican immigration can has problems to this country, he also recognizes that it has also be beneficial. He also recognizes that without the Mexican immigration the population will probably be “two-thirds of what it has been” (Huntington 173).

He demonstrates his credibility by his background as a major scholarly voice on issues of national security and strategy. He was also chair of the Harvard department of government.

His has written different books promoting “reasoned and highly readable argument” (170).