A National Identity Crisis- Research Paper

Illegal immigrants in the United States (US) have long been a topic of debate for policymakers and the public. The rationale about them is that they do not pay taxes; they add to the costs of taxpayers and use up funds in resources meant for assisting citizens and legal immigrants (the legal citizens). Therefore, they are perceived as a threat to the US economy. The true impacts of illegal immigrants on the US economy are discussed by debating over the economic benefits as well as economic costs of these immigrants. The negative impacts, discussed first, presented the decreases in low skilled jobs’ wage rates for legal immigrants and citizens instigated by illegal immigrants, the social services such as educations and healthcare that they

Mexicans immigrated to the United States back in the 1800's (Stanford, 2006). During 1848 the United States took over a part of Mexico which is now the Southwest (Stanford, 2006). Mexicans living in these areas were Mexican citizens before the acquisition. The United States even went into agreements with Mexico to have Mexicans work in the United States. Mexicans were treated with cruelty, while working the agriculture fields for years. The United States made several agreements with Mexico to have the Mexicans come work in the United States while American soldiers were fighting in the world wars. The labor shortage that the United States went through was reason enough to have Mexicans migrate to the United States as laborers. The United

The mistreatment of the illegal immigrants has become a serious issue among the United States. There are tons of debates on the issue, which causes a lot of unrest among the citizens of the country. With the political debates constanly going back and forth, I well reveal the many insecurities and injustices that many of the immigrants have faced. Many have complained that because of the illegal immigrants, the competition for jobs have been fierce making it impossible to obtain a job. However, by analyzing the welfare of the immigrants, we find that many of them are fighting for minimum wage jobs. The struggle to make two ends meet alone is enough to cause a breaking point let alone the unfair treatment given to them by the biased masses. Not even the children are spared from the senseless bickering, Leaving them doomed to suffer the unjust penalties due to the lack of Immigration reform. Immigrants have been constantly being demonized by the usual patriotic propaganda the has spawned from the people. The lack of any positive reform can’t be seen in the future due to congress at a constant power struggle spiraling downward. Analyzing the Welfare effect of illegal immigration, shows the dynamic overall framework and shows why it’s positive for two reasons. First, immigrants are paid less than their marginal product, and second, after an increase in immigration, domestic households find it optimal to increase their holdings of capital. It is also shown that dynamic

Opponents of illegal immigrants receiving healthcare services do not believe that illegal immigrants should have access to healthcare when so many Americans are uninsured. Illegal and undocumented immigrants, according to opponents, do not have a right to healthcare because it is a benefit that they do not deserve and that taxpayers cannot afford. Furthermore, illegal immigrants, who seek publicly funded healthcare services in the United States, cause a financial drain not only on the healthcare system but also the national economy. For example, FAIR (Federation for American Immigration) estimates that the cost of reimbursed medical care in California in 2004 was about $1.4 billion and $.85 billion in Texas, with one of the frequent costs to U.S. taxpayers being the delivery of babies to illegal alien mothers.

The problem with healthcare is that it's too expensive. Most people can't afford it and many illegal immigrants are taking advantage of America’s health care program by applying for jobs that provide free health care they are exploiting the systems. Then they are taking up most of the jobs and health care for people who needs it the most. Then the current health care program is too complicated for people to comprehend and properly understand, and people are being under and over cared for.

The immigration is an important phenomenon that exists throughout human history and the United States of America is not an exception of this “rule”. People leave their motherland to travel to different continent, country, island or state for many different reasons. Among these reasons (business, education, asylum and so on) it is very important to highlight one of the most sensitive: the economic reason or the desire to find a better job/life in order to help their families. The USA is usually considered a country the tradition of immigrants. Due to the fact that The United States of America rank the top five most rich and developed countries in the world, the flow of immigrants has been growing considerably. However, beside the millions of legal immigrants there are millions of illegal immigrants target as a struggle of the economy and a ruin of the middle class.

In the beginning of immigration it all started with slave trade, which was a global force in the Atlantic and later Asia. At first Africans were taken from their homelands and shipped to America to do labor work. People already in America, were eager to purchase a slave to do their dirty work at no cost. Just as things went negatively for the African American slaves, later the Native Americans, who were already here in the United States, were forced to move or killed. A large amount of Natives died from disease, war, or migrating to the West leaving a small amount of them in the United State’s territory.

Illegal immigration costs the United States about $113 billion dollars per year. Most of the cost is payed by the state and local governments, about $84 billion. The other $29 billion is covered by the federal government. The cost of educating illegal immigrant children and U.S. born anchor babies is almost $52 billion annually. (Martin, 2013) The costs of welfare services, medical expenses, crime, and education are only a few of the costs related to illegal immigration. There illegal immigrants driving on in the United Sates without automobile insurance. When accidents occur it is law abiding U.S. citizens bear the costs through higher insurance rates. Although these costs aren’t as large as the others discussed, it is costs like these that add up

Steven Camarota of the conservative Center for Immigration Studies says that offering non-emergency Medicaid to illegal immigrants would be more expensive than leaving [the immigrants] uninsured and in need of occasional hospital care. In those cases, hospitals lose money, and taxpayers pick up the tab (Camarota qtd. in Wolf). This just shows that the legal citizens of the United States are paying money that shouldn’t be paid for the illegals. Money is being lost, money that could go to mortgages, or rent or daily staples that now some families cannot afford due to the current economy. One writer stated that Texas, where the state comptroller estimates illegal immigrants cost hospitals 1.3 billion dollars in 2006. (Wolf). That kind of money in 2006 is a large amount of money that tax payers and/or the government could have used for more beneficial things, such as education, but instead went to the medical care of illegal immigrants.

After reading and processing all of the history of the world, it is difficult for one to understand why we are discriminating illegal immigrants. Dating back some 12,000 to 15,000 years ago, humans and animals began migrated to new lands in order to survive. This trend would continue until people began to build towns and stopped making their normal migration with the food sources. During the late 1400’s, humans sailed from continent to continent looking for new land to conquer and settle in [Tindall, Shi, 6; vol. 1]. Great Britain settled in the Eastern part of the

Employers are able to make money because production is fast and cheap for them. The Pew Hispanic Center concluded in 2001 classified an estimated 5.3 million workers in the U.S. as unauthorized workers in the labor force. These jobs include 700,000 restaurant workers, 250,000 household workers, and 620,000 construction workers (Murphy). This is a whole lot of cheap labor, and without it the U.S. would suffer. If 620,000 construction workers were gone, home improvement projects across the nation would quickly be hard to find. With a large number of these immigrants also earning wages working on farms, Americans would find much of their produce rotting in fields due to the lack of workers (Murphy 2). The positive effect of these immigrants on the nation’s labor force is well supported by Americans; however, the opinion of those rejecting these workers is accepted and taken into account as well.

Prior to the French and Indian War, colonists were somewhat satisfied with Great Britain. The laws imposed on the colonies were usually unenforced giving the colonies free reign over most aspects of their life. Despite the distance between North America and the mother country, colonists considered themselves equal with British citizens living on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. At this point, the colonists had no intentions of breaking off from the mother country. As John Murrin says in his essay “The Dilemma of American National Identity”:

Immigration derives from the word migrate, and involves when a specific group moves from one place to another. Immigration is one of the most talked about subjects In America today. (Place quote about how many). There are many reasons why people choose to migrate. Some choose to migrate due to wanting a chance for a better life; some flee their countries due to wars, refugees. Some people believe that fleeing their countries for whatever reason to come to America for more opportunities. Yes this is true, but in some instances, the grass is not always greener on the other side. In this day and age, money is what makes the world go round. Most immigrants face a lot of economic hardship. Valid employment is not always an option

As history has shown, millions of immigrants have flocked to the United States in attempts to find a better life. The complexity of immigration is much greater now than it was in the early 1900’s. Most immigrants arriving on boats to Ellis Isle would have only been denied if they were deemed to be a criminal or with disease. Individuals must now endure an extensive application process to obtain a green card or visa. Without one of these documents, the person is considered to be here illegally. Today we have scores of people attempting to circumvent the laws of our country by crossing the border and many prove successful. These undocumented immigrants, otherwise known as illegals, continue to be a hot topic of debate in our country. Estimates currently stand at around 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States today. Of theses 11 million, 41 percent reside in either California or Texas. The overwhelming majority of illegal entrance into the US takes place at the southern border from Mexico. In this paper I will attempt to explain how illegal immigrants play in role in employment, our society, and how they impact the overall economic welfare of the United States.

Cultural identity refers to the feeling belonging to a certain culture that is attributed to the upbringing of an individual in the given culture. Cultural identity gives a person the sense of belonging and belonging towards their culture. Modern cultural studies show that cultural identification has taken a new face. Various cultural identifiers can be used to identify the culture of an individual. These identifiers include nationality, language, location, gender, religious beliefs, history, and ethnicity. Culture is important in shaping the identity of an individual. The efforts of people trying to preserve their cultural identities can bring about hatred and division in the society. This is likely to happen especially in large cities