America: the Melting Pot?

The immigration patterns of the United States have fluctuated over the years, some years having little while others see a rising amount of immigrants, both legal and illegal, looking for opportunities to improve their lives. The amount of illegal immigration is a problem since many take advantage of the social services provided by the government without contributing towards the country since they are not citizens and many people see these illegal immigrants as a threat to their employment. Illegal immigrants do affect the U.S negatively in a number of ways, but if those illegal immigrants were to have a safe passageway towards gaining citizenship, the immigrants would contribute greatly towards the

There are numerous problems that arise from illegal immigration, including manipulation of America’s social benefit systems, lack of jobs for actual citizens, decreasing wages, and national security threats. Peter Brimelow writes:

The amount of money that comes out of your pocket for schooling, incarceration, jobs lost, and maintaining the medical system in the United States because of illegal immigrants may be more than people know. During the past few decades, the influx of illegal immigrants has risen dramatically. Illegal immigrants put a huge strain on our school systems, commit a disproportionate amount of crimes in this country and have taken many jobs that American citizens unemployed could do.

The United States of America, a country created by immigrants, is currently facing what some consider to be an immigration crisis. As of 2012, there is over eleven million undocumented illegal aliens living inside the United States. Both the American public and the lawmakers elected to represent us are divided on the issue. Some people view the influx of immigrants crossing over the border from Mexico to America as a good thing while others view it as a disaster waiting to happen. Regardless of ones view on immigrants coming over, most people are in agreement with the idea that we must change the way we are currently dealing with illegal aliens.

Immigration has been a part of the United States history since its birth. America is a country that was found and built by immigrants. In the beginning everybody was an immigrant. There were people from all over the globe coming to America with the hope for a better life—which still holds true today. There are countless reasons that people are wanting to come to America today. Some immigrants are fleeing radical governments, while others are escaping countries that are torn with civil war. On the down side, America is not a newly discovered land with wide open land for the taking anymore. She simply cannot accommodate every individual who wishes to live here. Regulating who, when, and the quantity of those who are coming to America is extremely important. Illegal immigration has been a problem in America for decades, and there have been numerous attempts in controlling it.

Illegal immigration has been a major problem for the United States for a long period of time. Illegal immigrants come from all over the world; they come from the Mexico borders, the Pacific Ocean, and through many other ways that they seem to find. Numerous immigrants have came through the borders with fake birth certificates, or through a temporary visa and they just end up staying in the U.S illegally. Most of American’s are very opinionative about illegal immigration and how it can hurt the country, which they have every right to feel that way. U.S population has been growing rapidly for the last decade or so, the population has grew by 4% according to the article “The Progressive Case for Reducing Immigration” by Philip Cafaro. A growing population can cause a good outcome or it can have a bad outcome to the U.S. It has been said that immigrants take jobs, but they can also create jobs. The negative aspects are that many American’s feel threatened by immigrants due to the fact of employment. Immigrants do not come to the U.S to intentionally take jobs; most of them are just trying to provide for their families just like every other American. As most people call the United States the “melting pot” because of how diverse the United State is, that is what makes this country extraordinary. There is every type of ethnicity that comes from different backgrounds. Most people who are from the United States or who want to come only want one thing, and that is the “American

Because of this, the United States government has refused to secure ports of entry and the border with Mexico for decades. This turning a blind eye mentality has allowed millions of illegal immigrants to freely entry the United States each and every year. And the compounded effect of these actions, or lack of action, does nothing but hurts the American lower and middle class and severely damages the economy. These are facts, but the moment someone mentions them or proposes solutions to the the problem of illegal immigration they are branded a hypocrite, a racist, or a many of other shameful labels. And therefore, the numbers of illegal immigrants continue to

Immigration is something everyone should care about and consider for several reasons. For one, immigration has a huge impact on education, jobs, poverty, healthcare, taxes, wages, and even the environment. Today, the U.S. is experiencing its lowest labor participation rate in the last 35 years. Only 62.6% of the working age population is employed. 55 million native-born Americans between the ages of 18 to 64 are not in the labor force. In 2012, 10.5 million students from immigrant headed households attended public schools. Immigrants and their children account for one-quarter of all U.S. residents living in poverty. Between 2000-2010, new immigrants and their children account for two-thirds of the increase in the uninsured population. Illegal immigrants costs U.S. taxpayers $113 billion annually. This equals $996 per household headed by a native-born resident. The

The U.S. government depends on taxpayers' money to support its programs. These programs include welfare, Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps, as well as law enforcement. With the influx of illegal immigrants into the United States, all of these programs are facing problems. An estimated 13% of all funding to these government programs is used to support illegal immigrants (National Review 12.13.93) In addition to these previous figures, add the cost of the salaries of the more than 4,000 patrolmen used to guard the 7,582 mile border between the U.S. to the North and Mexico to the South (Fortune 9.9.93). Other expenses include a one billion dollar immigration budget for the next fiscal year (AP 3.3.95). By looking at these and other facts, it is obvious there is a large monetary burden being placed on the U.S. taxpayer. The stress created by this economic burden along with other job related stresses

Thousands of years ago people used to move from one place to another place, in search of food and shelter, at that time there where no rules and regulations. As we started forming a society and we became more civilized strict laws were designed that stopped people moving from one place to another without documentation, major reason is for the safety of the people. Many countries started developing protocol by which they can allow people to enter their country those who are consider to help develop their country or economy, and those who are consider being safe and healthy. United States is one of the countries that has certain rules and regulations and attracts many people because of its life style. In United States lots of people emigrate from other countries, some of them enter legally and some of them enter illegally. According to LeMay in his book Illegal Immigration: A Reference Handbook has grouped the mode of entry into two categories one who have entered illegally without any documents through the border and one who have entered legally with temporary visa but extend their stay beyond the permitted date thus becoming an illegal by the status. He also states that if legal immigrants commit and are convicted of a crime, he/she may be detained and deported from United States and if the person does not deport from the country then he/she is considered as illegal immigrant. According to a survey there are about 11.4 million undocumented immigrants in the year 2012 living

Immigrants aren’t different than American citizens, they are the human being that is trying to live their life, and get a better future for their children. Even so, that can affect us American citizens that were born here. The United States starts to get crowded and some even become jobless then to the homeless. Immigrants are taking home jobs and even education from the people of the United States when they them self’s aren’t even citizens. In the article the Atlantic it states “while 17 percent say they should be allowed to become permanent legal residents but not citizens, and 19 percent say they should be identified and deported”(Robert P). We as an American citizen should come together to protect our country form illegal immigrants. Open the eyes of the blind who support immigration they will bring trouble. In an article the Atlantic it states, “36 percent say that immigrants are a burden on the country because they take jobs, housing, and healthcare” (Robert P. Jones). We are providing immigrants to come to the United States that doesn’t mean they can take our jobs, housing or even our health care we have been here for so long fought for our country’s for our right and they just walk in and get our freedom we won. In the article Undocumented immigrants, it states “sanctuaries- a loosely defined term used to describe local government that restricts police from assisting immigration authorities in identifying and detaining people suspected of being in the country illegally”(Rubin). The immigration deportation should do their job correctly and deport those people that are

Illegal immigration causes an enormous drain on public funds. The [study] of the costs of immigration by the National Academy of Sciences found that the taxes paid by immigrants do not begin to cover the cost of services received by them. The quality of education, health care and other services for Americans are undermined by the needs of endless numbers of poor, unskilled illegal entrants. (“Illegal”)

When we look at America today, we can see the struggle that the government has with illegal immigrants. Their main concern is for the safety of the people. Many people who came to America

The United States is commonly know as a melting pot of nations, in which people from around the world have emigrated to form a homogeneous yet varied culture. Although we come from different ethnic groups, we are usually bound together through our common English language. This becomes an issue, however, when immigrants are not familiar with English and American culture, and instead attempt to keep their own heritage alive. They are often torn between identities through language, the one they speak at home which they are familiar with, and the one they must adhere to in public. This often leads to struggle and conflict on both sides, dealing with different cultures and how people react when assimilation occurs. Because of this, living in the United States often requires us to completely accept only one identity, even though hints of the other may spill over at times.

There are many problems with illegal immigration. First of all, if any job seeking Mexican can sneak into our country and eventually be granted amnesty (as has been the case for the last 10 years), so can a terrorist. A huge security threat is created by our lax border enforcement and immigration laws. Secondly, despite our gracious immigration policies, there is still a line of people waiting to get into this country legally. When our lawmakers continually grant amnesty and spend American tax dollars on illegal immigrants, people waiting legally in line are harmed. Yet illegal immigration has caused, and our passiveness has let, border jumpers to cut in line. Lastly, while filling labor jobs and actively participating in our economy, illegal immigrants cost the United States government many billions of dollars a year in concrete costs. Between food assistance programs, Medicaid, welfare, our prison and court systems, and other social services they cost our government a lot of money, while only replacing a small percentage based on limited taxation. In border regions, hospitals have become near bankrupt due to rising costs of