Denial Of Immigrants In California

A survey conducted by the “National Academies of Sciences”, showed that immigrants have no impact on job loss, economy, and wages. While, they might receive lower wages for job positions, there isn’t any negative impact on job opportunities. The survey found that immigration workers would improve the economic balance. While, they continue to receive lower wages in job positions, higher skilled workers can receive much higher salaries for similar positions.

The writer, Maribel Garcia Ochoa, begins her piece with making the claim that because of Donald Trump being elected, California shaped this “defensive” attitude. Then Ochoa supported her claim with the evidence of the immigration policy issue. In addition, she believes that, “SB 54 would prevent the use of state and local resources to assist federal deportation efforts.” In fact, SB 54 has been recently amended in Senate on March 6, 2017. Another claim that Ochoa made was that California’s immigration policy was not completely for Asians it was also towards Mexicans. Ochoa used statistics, “Early into the ’30s, over 15 million Americans, about one quarter of all wage earners, were unemployed,” to show that once Mexicans entered California the unemployment rate of whites skyrocketed.

The most avidly debated effects of immigration involve the United States’ economy and labor force. It is estimated that there are 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States today, and their impact on the economy can be perceived as positive as well as negative. The overall effect is unclear, and this essay will present both sides of the debate.

In recent headlines, the H-1B visa has come become a debatable topic. The number of visas distributed to skilled workers (H-1B) and who receives them, and whether the United States should increase or decrease the amount. Currently, the H-1B visa system is structure to administer 65,000 H-1B visas (Services, H-1B Fiscal Years (FY) 2014 Cap Season). According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration, 124,000 petitions were received during the 2013 fiscal year. (Services, H-1B Fiscal Years (FY) 2014 Cap Season). Some are suggesting that we need more skilled immigrant labor within our country for innovative and entrepreneurial exploration, while others are opposed to such a change and would prefer a decrease in the number of

California’s history continues to tell us that migration creates huge diversity. Many people came and continue to come to California for the opportunities and most importantly, because California has become a place where dreams can come true. Since the 1840s massive waves of people from all over began to come to California specfically because of the discovery of gold. People from the east coast began to make their way over to California because of the mere possibilities that they may get lucky and receive a fortune. Not only were people within in the United States migrating, but those even outside of these barriers came for the probabilities. We soon began to foster people from different backgrounds and ethnicities. We fast forward, closer

Legislative History of IRCA The prospect of employment in the United States has always been somewhat of an economic magnet drawing people in with the hopes of financial stability. With the rail road, world war II and agricultural work force demands, immigrants saw opportunities for more money and

In California there is a rising problem in immigrant violence. The immigration policy is forcing the police/sheriffs to let violent illegal immigrants go. And they cannot ice hold them unless there is a warrant out for their arrest. The LLE (local law enforcement) wants to change this policy to help

Illegal immigrants help boost the United States economy by paying some taxes. Like American citizens, illegal immigrants may pay local, state, and federal taxes including sales tax that helps support government services that they may not be able to access (Ewing 9). Since more American citizens are becoming aware of the benefits of an education, openings are being created for illegal immigrants in low paying jobs (Nadadur 1037-1052). Americans, unlike illegal immigrants, have more diverse careers. Aliens are more concentrated in specific job areas, resulting in a decrease in immigrant labor cost. This helps boost the United States’ economy (Carter 777-795). Of the approximate eleven million illegal immigrants in the U.S., most work in labor intensive jobs. Careers such as construction and agriculture tend to attract illegal aliens and they account for about twenty-five percent of the work force in these areas (Ewing 9). Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve admits that illegal immigrants help improve the United States economy and does not suggest turning them away (qtd. in Quindlen 90). Anna Quindlen, in her article “Newcomers By Numbers,” agrees with Bernanke and believes that immigrants are the factor that helps keep prices low. She also adds that immigrants are not causing American citizens unemployment, but are simply taking the low wage jobs that citizens are not willing to do and even boosting the economy (90).

The United States immigration system is widely believed to be extremely outdated and unable to adapt to the evolution of the United States economy and the needs of the nation. It is agreed that the system is in desperate need of change, however it appears to be next to impossible to reach an agreement amongst the American people and the government itself as to what the necessary change consists of. Today, there are limited opportunities for immigrants to legally obtain American citizenship due, in part, to the Immigration Naturalization Act, which limits the number of permanent immigrants permitted in the United States. Currently, there are an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States, however controversy exists, most notably between political parties, in regards to the manner in which this “problem” should be addressed. Until recently, it seems other issues such as economic recession and health care have overshadowed the topic of immigration, and though it has been discussed at length, minimal policy changes have taken place. Immigration enforcement, rather than reform, has been a large area of federal funding, however many believe that a focus on deportation only results in separated families and increased discrimination. The immigration debate in the United States is extremely complex and an understanding of the effects and powers of political parties, federalism, presidency, and congress is necessary to understand the debate occurring in America.

The state of California is the home to approximately 3.5 million undocumented immigrants. Given this number it is no stranger to the controversy of how best to handle this portion of the population. Recent events however, are creating a new interest in the topic. New measures are being passed, new statistics are coming out, and new relations are being formed in the state. All of this new information relating to the issue is being taken into consideration by politicians and concerned individuals try to find an alternative means of handling the concerns over immigration.

Imagine for a minute the fear of losing everything that you have worked so hard to earn, think of yourself waking up every day with the fear of everything being taken away from you after all of your hard work and effort you have put in. That is the constant

has fallen Labor force in 2008. This shows that unauthorized immigrants mostly apply for low skilled jobs that native US born citizens does not really apply for. Hanson also mentions that economic theory suggested that illegal immigration has positive and negative impacts in US economy like increasing supply for low-skilled jobs but putting downward pressure on US wages.The net gain to the US economy, according to Economist, is the immigration surplus. Approximately 0.03 percents of US GDP is the surplus from illegal immigration or the net gain to US workers and employers. Also, he explains that the small net impact on US economy is not changeable with the fact that these immigrants are important in low skilled labor. Furthermore, Hanson points out that Illegal Immigration affects Global welfare. There are about 59 percent of unauthorized immigrants from Mexico and the net illegal immigration from Mexico to United States rises global economic well-being. Another important effect of

California is a liberal state and San Francisco is a sanctuary city. This may have partially influenced the results. The data is based on a survey with 62 responses from both 11th and 12th graders at American High School. Results showed that while about 65% of respondents said that they do not support illegal immigration, 73% of respondents supported sanctuary cities. The idea of the liberals is that sanctuary cities help maintain trust between law enforcement and immigrants and weed out the more important, more harmful criminals. A city that instead is willing to deport illegal immigrants is likely to not have cooperation between civilians and law enforcement making it harder for law enforcement to do their job. California follows this liberal

As a result, it can be inferred that perhaps undocumented migrant workers benefit California’s economy more than they hurt the economy.

Immigration in the United States is a topic which seems to have two sides to- keeping it as American as possible and becoming connected with other cultures. Given the time-period, the majority opinion on immigration shifts and justifications for both allowing and denying them are different. At times, the United