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Illegal Immigration Analysis

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Moral panic can cause people who either were inflicted or witnessed the negative event that eventually change their perspective regarding how they see the world. Furthermore, it can cause them to join hate groups which may or may not have ties to terrorist networks for them to be heard. One of those events that’s currently facing the U.S. which is illegal immigration. Illegal immigration is still a controversial issue where political parties within local, state, and federal levels of government cannot come up with a solution to this issue. The author is against Dr. Huntington’s assumption that Mexican immigrants are changing the U.S. in a negative way for three reasons; family networking, assimilation, and human rights. Family networking …show more content…

Immigrants rely on family networks for employment, schooling, childcare, and old age care. In the US context where there is nearly no federal support for immigrants’ integration and limited welfare policies, family unity is critical for promoting immigrant integration, social and economic well-being, and intergenerational mobility. Family networking can also build bridges between illegal immigrants, communities, and law enforcement that it can help them crack down on crime. Assimilation is where a person or a group of people spend certain amount of time within a certain area and follows their way of life. Dr. Huntington’s fear is that majority or all Mexican immigrants would not only slow or stop assimilating to U.S.’ way of life as a country that accepts and welcomes immigrants from all walks of life. According to Griswold (2005), he states that in the 1990s, an estimated 4.2 million Mexicans immigrated to the United States, both legally and illegally…like other immigrant groups, Mexican immigrants are dispersing beyond the traditional gateway states of California, Texas, Florida, and Illinois…Between 1990 and 2000, six of the top seven states with the fastest growing Hispanic populations were in the South—North Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, …show more content…

The immigrants that come to the US for good intentions who wanted to live in a country where their family doesn’t have to fear of being terrorized by the drug cartels. However, when they get apprehend by law enforcement for illegal immigration, they believe that they have little to no rights in which that is not true. According to Bray (n.d.), in the US, illegal immigrants have not only constitutional rights, they have similar rights that legalized and naturalized citizens have; i.e., Fourteenth Amendment in the US. Constitution. Furthermore, they can apply for permits or visas to not only find employment, but also be able to live in the US for a period until they become legalized

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