As a gateway to the United States, New York City has been defined by the generations of immigrants who have made it their home. According to the 2012 American Community Survey, more than 3.1 millions of people are immigrants. Immigrant entrepreneurs have made great impacts on transforming and enhancing the neighbors in New York City. Immigrants met hostilities when they first arrived to United States, they bound geographically, culturally, linguistically and economically. The formulation of Chinatown is an example, Chinese gathered together and did business.
Douglas You may be able to see parallels from then to today in other countries but I fail to see how people sneaking into our country illegally and getting a job from a business in this country illegally has anything to do with slavery or labor laws. I would agree with you if we were rounding up immigrants and bringing them into our country and forcing them to work for cheap labor. That is not the case, immigrants are risking their lives and their families lives to come into The United States of America to escape the hell that they were living in and work for more money than they have ever made in their entire lives. I don't agree with companies hiring anyone that is in this country illegally and think the punishment for doing so should be
Immigrants can be said to be a person who comes to live in foreign country permanently. Every year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants, legal and illegal, from around the world, have come to the United States seeking a better life for themselves and their family. These immigrants have many different motivations; some enter the U.S hoping to get a chance of a better life; others are refugees, escaping civil wars or persecution in their country. Many of these immigrants believe the United States is the best place to go. There are more freedom, opportunities, protection and benefits which are important issues for immigrants.
At the turn of the 20th century, many people who lived outside of the United States viewed it as a country whose streets were paved with gold. The United States offered job opportunities and a chance at a brighter future for the next generation. Therefore, while the people of Ireland were experiencing famine and the Jews in Eastern Europe were facing constant persecution and Anti-Semitism, many people from around the world turned to the United States as a safe haven and a place filled with new beginnings. However, once immigrants came to the United States, they were not welcomed with the enthusiasm they expected. Employers took full advantage of the new found cheap labor immigrants provided for them.
They accuse immigrants of using tax payer’s money, and not contributing to the country when in fact they use less than what they attribute. Immigration itself has its own cycle, millions of money doesn’t need to be spent towards deportations, border security or a wall, because not every immigrant who enters the .U.S. can make it to adjust to the country’s pace: economically, they can’t sustain them self’s or their family they left back home, or if they came along with their families it is also very hard to succeed, to find work, to learn how to speak the language, and therefore it is very hard to get around, to drive around, and to adjust to become a part of Americas society, sometimes they opt to go back to their country. On the other hand, many immigrants for the same reason that they can’t adjust to a new country, they end up breaking the law, therefore they are put in jail or
“We need to build a wall” (Trump). Why has the idea of deporting troubled immigrants all of a sudden become a huge political topic? Historically, America has supported immigration to the country as long as they were from certain countries. There is a plack on The Statue of Liberty that says, “Send me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free” (the balance). This was actually written by a young, French immigrant, named Emma Lazarus, in the late 1800’s.
If you were an immigrant and you had the opportunity to leave your war-torn country knowing the hardships that you would experience in America, would you take it? Throughout time, immigrants have come to the United States to escape the problems in their own countries. On their long journey, immigrants have had varying encounters, and have been victims of laws and acts that were created to keep them out, and had others feel a certain way about them. Immigrants that make their way to America experience a lot of things throughout their journey. The United States currently admits over one million legal permanent residents every year which is the equivalent of annually adding a city the size of Detroit (Federation).
The United States has been a country for immigration since the earliest people crossed the ice bridge connecting Asia to North America which was about 12,000 years ago (“A HIstory of”). Later on when America was “discovered,” more and more people started to come over. At first, immigration was not really seen as a good and helpful thing rather than a bad one. As people came, there were laws and regulations set for immigration to either keep some people out or help the ones that were already there. After some time, racism, amongst other things, made immigration seem like a bad thing, especially illegal immigration.
Millions of immigrants in our country are currently living in fear of being sent back to their home country because of not being citizens of the U.S. They typically get taken advantage of because in addition for working for lower wages they will do the jobs Americans will not. Just imagine waking up one day and not being able to see your loved ones because they are undocumented. The United States needs to implement immigration reform that focuses on the burdens and trails of the people coming to the U.S. How immigrants are treated should reflect the values in which the United States stands for, which is suppose to freedom. But instead we discriminate against immigrants a great example of such behavior is when Trump explains his draft proposal “ of the ban of Muslim immigrants and people of color”. A majority of immigrants do not have any form of criminal record in addition not every immigrant coming to the U.S. is coming with bad intensions but for a better life.
Discussions of immigration to the United States and how best it can be controlled are fraught with controversy. One of the many facets of the dialogue is jobs: people often vocalize the fear that continuing to allow steady immigration will rob current citizens of the ability to find adequate work. This fear leads to the provocative question: is allowing steady immigration to the United States going to bring tragedy to the “commons” of the labor market? While many would be quick to answer with a resounding “yes,” it seems that current immigration patterns are not following a trajectory of tragedy, instead even improving the job market commons in some cases. From the beginning, migrant workers do not greatly impact job availability for native-born workers, and often unwittingly encourage advancements in the career path of current citizens.
Before slavery was abolished in the United States by the 13th amendment on December 6, 1865, the citizens of this country were gratified to take in slaves from other countries to work for them at their homestead. In this day and age, however, most people want to deny entry into the United States for any possible immigrant from any country. So the question of why would we let slaves into the country in the past, but not let immigrants in now comes about. The answer is simply because people are selfish. Citizens of the U.S. were completely fine with letting slaves from other countries into our country because they would be working for the U.S. citizen individually.
American politician, diplomat, and immigrant Madeleine Albright once mused, "The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. " From the English settlers in the Jamestown colony to the Mexican immigrants in Tucson, Arizona, the United States has been a nation of newcomers, with people coming from all parts of the globe. Because all forms of immigration impact the country, immigration policy remains one of the most important and controversial debates in American politics.
People migrate to the United States of America for many reasons, whether they are escaping persecution, war, or they just want to live a better life. In 2017, over one million people came to the US. About 72% of Americans think that immigration is a good thing (Felter and Renwick). Immigration can be both beneficial and detrimental for this country because it brings in new culture, increases the economy, but with new people coming in, they bring fear to Americans.
The presentation on “Immigration” by Anne Marie, Kimberly, Yashkumar, Meardreed, and myself covered many aspects of the immigration issue in the United States as well as some discussion questions at the end of the presentation to interact with the audience. For the purpose of this essay, I will only be focusing on my part of the presentation, which was the disadvantages of immigration in the United States. As we know by now, just like benefits there are also costs of immigration we have to bear with if we were to let more immigrants come to our country. Some of those costs can be immigration increasing job competition, working conditions deteriorating for the poor, illegal immigrants lowering wages, and illegal immigrants costing our government financially, among other things. These factors are what makes us question if immigration is worth it at the end of the road.
Immigration continues to be a major issue in the United States. It is such a popular topic that it has been exploited during presidential campaigns. Over two million undocumented immigrants were deported during Obama’s era, while President Trump has promised to deport up to three million within a hundred days of his inauguration. This topic attracts so much attention because it has a significant impact on the economy of the country, and affects the American citizens. These are some of the issues explored by Kimberly Amadeo in the article “How Does Immigration Affect the Economy and you?
