Argument For Immigrant Children

Now a day, there are many people leaving their native countries to come to America for life opportunities such as free education. First, in most countries it is very hard for a child to go to school. If your parent doesn’t have money you can’t go to school. For example, I still remember when I was in the age to start school back in my country, I wasn’t able to go because my parent didn’t have money and the school fee was very high. Second, many immigrants chooses to come to American to give their children an opportunities to be able to go to school. They don’t have to worry that their kids would stay home because they don’t have the money to pay, but instance it a joyful moment for them. Moreover, most family choose to come here again because

Some people have claimed that these immigrants will pose health and safety concerns. However, the workers in many shelters housing Central American children dispute this. Krista Piferrer, a spokeswoman for a shelter in San Antonio says, “The illnesses that we’re seeing at these sites are not unlike what public school nurses see. We do not believe these children present any public health concern (Fernandez).”

Immigrant groups take refuge in America in hope of starting a better life for themselves and their ongoing generations. They take on the belief that upon coming to America, they will be presented by the riches and freedom granted by the “American Dream”. However, these opportunities are not easily achieved. Many immigrant families are challenged with the initial obstacles of having to adapt to the new languages and the customs of their environment. For example, without the basic knowledge of the standard English language, immigrants will not be able to apply for a majority of the jobs available. This puts immigrant parents at disadvantages because then they will not be able to provide the sufficient funds needed for allowing their children

When someone hears the word immigrant most first think they are either poor, dirty, and illegal. What most people don’t look past the appearance they see walking past them. They don’t see the blood, sweat, or the long days and nights it took for that ‘immigrant’ to get where they are now. Also, most immigrants who travel to America travel here to give their children better lives. Therefore, those long days and nights will be worth it in the end when they can see their child walk across a stage and collect a diploma. However, undocumented children still are facing obstacles with not being allowed to attend community or state colleges, or receive in-state tuition, and most cannot receive financial aid.

According to the American Immigration Council “There are approximately 1.5 million undocumented children in the United States, and each year tens of thousands graduate from primary or secondary school, often at the top of their classes.” For most of these students, legal status squanders their chances at pursuing higher education and following their dreams: leaving them with uncertain futures. This is a very compelling problem because the U.S. is the only home a lot of these students have known. A lot of these students become fluent in English and serve as interpreters for their parents-which helps their parents become accustomed to the American culture and successfully integrate into society. These students have the potential to excel in medicine, law, education, business, entrepreneurship, etc.

The United States of America has the largest foreign-born population in the world. With nearly thirteen percent of the total population being foreign-born, one may find it hard to imagine an immigrant-free country (U.S. Bureau of the Census). Immigration has been an integral part of the United States’ overall success and the country’s economy since it was established and without it, would have never been founded at all. Although there are some negative issues associated with immigration and many native-born Americans believe to be more of a problem than a solution, overall it actually has a positive effect. Immigrants in America, among other things, fill jobs where native-born Americans may not want to work or cannot work, they contribute

In regards to the DACA and DAPA programs, President Obama spoke about the U.S being a “nation of immigrants”, referencing the country’s long history of immigration. In her book, Small Strangers, historian Melissa R. Klapper maintains that U.S. history is a story of foreign-born youth and children of immigrants. She says: “As both real people and symbols, turn-of-the-century immigrant children played a vital role [in the] unprecedented productivity and economic growth of their country.” Immigrant youth have been uniquely affected by immigration policies in the U.S. An overview of our country highlights the neglected presence of young immigrants in some of the most significant eras of immigration.

Since the inception of this country, we as a nation of immigrants have struggled with the question of who should be a citizen and who should not. It is no surprise that illegal immigration greatly affects our nation and is now one of the leading debates our country faces, polarizing our society on many levels. This paper addresses the debate over the ‘Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act’, (DREAM Act 2011, 2011); a proposal purported to be the solution for innocent victims of illegal immigration. It discusses possible consequences of ‘The DREAM Act’ and how it may play a negative role in our society, legal system, and moral standards.

Immigration is broadly considered a matter of national interest. During the early years of the United States of America, immigrants were embraced and provided them with a pathway to citizenship as they came in search of personal advancement (Martin, n.d.). Today, the US is home to over 40 million immigrants who represents one-fifth of the US population. As the US develops, immigration reform restricts immigrants resulting in an influx of unauthorized immigrants. According to Bailik & Lopez (2017), 11million or 3.4% of the immigrant population is unauthorized. Subsequently, there have been numerous debates highlighting economic, security and humanitarian concerns as these unauthorized immigrants, including children, continues to

Using the Pew Research Center projection that, by 2050, more than one-third of the nation’s school children “younger than 17 will either be immigrants themselves or the children of at least one parent who is an immigrant,” (2014) the question that arise is how do we the help these children at the micro, mezzo, and macro level since immigration as such a significant impact on our society. The proposal of this discussion board post is to improve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The DACA protects eligible undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States by their parents when they were children. DACA provides employment authorization (work permit) and protection from deportation for a renewable two-year period for the population of younger illegal immigrants in the United States.

Unauthorized immigrants account for approximately one-fourth of all immigrants in the United States, yet they dominate public perceptions and are at the heart of a policy cessation. Caught in the middle are the children of these immigrants—youth who are coming of age and living in the shadows. An estimated 5.5 million children and adolescents are growing up with unauthorized parents and are experiencing multiple and yet unrecognized developmental consequences along with extreme amounts of trauma as a result of their family's existence in the shadow of the law and society as a whole. Although these youth are American in spirit and voice, they are nonetheless members of families that are "illegal" in the eyes of the law and society. In this article,

As an immigrant, we all come to America to have a better life. Some people came to America because they want to run away from the violence back in their home country such as voila, others came to America just to have better education and life. Even though they both came to America to have a better future. Voila from “The good braider” was a child who came from Sudan to America to escape the harassment and violence the solders did to her and her family, and Young Ju from “A step from heaven” was a little girl who come from Korea to America following her family for better life in America.

Along with its economic classes, American is known for its freedom, its liberty, and the melting pot of ethnicity. This ethnic diversity comes form the immigrant population in the country. However this perfect country is a major falsehood. These untrue ideals of harmony, freedom, success, and equality are deceptive and do not show the struggles that immigrants face when coming to this class dominated country. The immigrants of today do not come from just Europe, but overwhelmingly from Asia and Latin America. “They are driving a demographic shift so rapid that within the lifetimes of today 's teenagers, no one ethnic group – including whites of European descent – will comprise a majority of the nation 's population’ (Colombo, Cullen, Lisle). These immigrants challenge the social myth that everyone has an equal chance in life. They

Public education is our nation’s tool for imparting onto millions of immigrant youth our unique American values. In other words, public schools serve as the high-pressure melting pot that assists in assimilating immigrants. The immigrant experience in the classroom has shifted since the beginning when the Naturalization Act of 1906 was signed into law. Now that American immigration policy dominates political rhetoric, the unrelenting anti-immigrant message breeds alienation that will continue for decades to come.

The study, “Immigration, Youth, and Education” written by Oh and Cooc (2011). The authors’ make assumptions the undocumented immigrants are here to stay. The children of immigrants are the fastest-growing population in the U.S. which, make up twenty-five percent of the population today. Also, it is projected that children of immigrants will make up one-third of the 100 million children by 2050.