Immigration During The United States

Immigration has always been a complex issue in the United States. Previous and current administrations have had great difficulties in setting policies and programs in place to address this problem. During the course of American history, laws were enacted to address such issues. There were numerous legislative milestones in regards to immigration in the United States. In order to understand the current issues regarding immigration, we have to look back at the policies that were in place along with the goals that they intended to serve. According to (Barusch, 2012), the United States had an open immigration policy; which means that anyone could relocate to this country. As a result of this policy, the government had to redefine

Imagine that you are a senior in high school. You are nervous and excited to start the process of getting a job and attending college. You obtain a couple of job applications and a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to fill out. Naturally, as you fill out these forms you ask your parents for your social security number, however, this is the moment you find out that you are undocumented. Shocked and in disbelief, you can’t help to see all your hopes and dreams go down the drain. Nevertheless, like many other undocumented students, you discover there is still hope for your situation. For instance, your research leads you to former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects minors who were brought to this country illegally as children. Created through executive action in June of 2012, DACA gives young undocumented immigrants: protection from deportation and a work permit. Subsequently, on September 5th, 2017, the Trump administration rescinds the DACA policy, and approximately 800,000 young immigrants will become eligible for deportation at the end of six months. Therefore, the only way to update our immigration system is for Congress to pass immigration reform, which offers a pathway to citizenship, plus, acknowledge that the 14th Amendment applies to homosexual conduct and illegal aliens.

In his National Review article, Steven Camarota argues the case to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an immigration policy issued by the Obama administration to protect immigrants who came to the country under the age of sixteen, known as Dreamers, from deportation, calling the program “illegal” and “overbroad”. In truth, though, DACA is a fair and moral act that not only protects deserving immigrants, but also benefits American society as a whole.

In the U.S.’ growing population, not only are the number of Americans growing each day, but also the number of illegal aliens. While immigrants brought a mass variety of races and culture to the U.S., only recently has it become a bigger, more illegal problem. Change needs to happen with this problem for it is illegal and the country knows what is happening. While immigration has been with the U.S. from the very beginning, it’s becoming worse with every year.

The United States of America, being a country established by immigrants, is known all over the world as the land of great opportunities. People from all walks of life travelled across the globe, taking a chance to find a better life for them and their family. Over the years, the population of immigrants has grown immensely, resulting in the currently controversial issue of illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants are the people who have overstayed the time granted on their US, visa or those who have broken the federal law by crossing the border illegally. Every year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants, legal and illegal, from around the world, come to the United States. These immigrants come because they want a chance at a better life; others are refugees, escaping persecution and civil wars in their home country. While America has long seen and celebrated itself as a nation of immigrants, what was useful in previous generations has potential problems that must be addressed through stricter immigration policies.

Throughout the history of the United States, immigration has become a part of our country’s hearts and souls, which began centuries ago. In the United States alone, there are almost 70,000 foreigners that migrate here daily. Within those 70,000 people, over 60,000 of them are businessmen, travelers and students. In the United States currently, we have about 5,000 people that are illegal immigrants; with 2,000 legal immigrants. Illegal immigrants have been to this day outnumbering the number of legal immigrants, which has been going on since the 1990’s. Mostly because of this matter, U.S lawmakers are now made a tremendous amount of attempt to enforce the immigration laws. Ellis Island was an immigration center where people mostly from

Immigration has been an issue that’s been unresolved for many decades in the United States. People of third world countries view The United states as the land of the free where dreams come true. Although, immigration has been an ongoing issue for the U.S, It has recently focused on Latino immigrants from Mexico and Central America. My view about immigration is that Immigrants are discriminated because they are portrayed in a negative light, due to ignorance, discrimination and lack of information about the culture. Immigration continues to play a major controversial role in the U.S. Donald Trump stated that “When Mexico sends its people; they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” (Moreno, 2015) Mr. Trump may be right that Latinos commit crimes, though his comments are base on ignorance as he states all Mexicans are rapist and bring crimes. Are all Mexicans criminals? Does immigration hurt the economy? Can the U.S stop immigration all together? There has been much speculation on this topic as it has become a popular argument in political debates and the news.

One cannot turn on the television without hearing some kind of news on illegal immigration, border control, or national security; illegal immigration is one of the most discussed and debated topics in America today. Although the topic of illegal immigration has grown tremendously in the last few years, it is something that the United States has been truly dealing with since after the time of World War II (Phillips). In the recent years several programs and bills have been introduced in order to accommodate those young immigrants who are seeking opportunity. The two most debated programs are the DACA program, the Dream Act legislation, and how they will affect the United States and those who would benefit from them.

Today, many Americans complain about immigrants coming in to this country illegally. But in contrast, America is a nation made up of immigrants. All American born citizens have ancestry with at least one immigrant. In the 1890s, it was okay to come to this country without it taking years to accomplish. But in todays society, immigrants that come to the United States Illegally have a chance of getting arrested by I.C.E and being deported.

In the late nineteenth century, the United States was relatively divided on the topic of immigration. A nation, which was essentially built by the work and concepts of immigrants themselves, was ready to close their doors to similar individuals looking for the same opportunity. While there was not a defined group of Americans in complete favor for new immigrants, there was a clear divide between those who were downright opposed and those open to compromise. Citizens opposing immigration backed up their arguments by presenting scientific information, which in most cases was invalid. On the other side of the debate, those in favor of immigrations presented some conditions. They were willing to accept new citizens but only under the condition that they were willing to “Americanize” or assimilate to the country’s culture. This Americanization was counterproductive to the creation of a nation built on the idea of a “melting pot”. While the American population had differing viewpoints on the immigration debate, the general consensus was to keep immigrants out of the States.

Would you like to take a few minutes and think about the effect that immigration has in the United States of America? There are certain people that believes America would be better off without immigrants when in fact, America need immigrants more than they would ever know. The reason for implying this, is because immigrants work hard and do the jobs that the majority of Americans would not do, immigrants help boost trade, and they help the U.S build and retain their human capital.

Apart from the Native Americans that dot the population; The United States is a country founded and built on the backs of immigrants. Whether our forebears were brought here (slaves), forced to flee their motherland, or came just to create a better life, immigration in this nation's blood. I am an immigrant; I moved to this country when I was ten. Back then I noticed that there was tension between the people who were born in the U.S., with immigrant parents, and those who just immigrated. I think the conflict was instilled by the parents–having a lot to do with competing for jobs. That is just how it was then, always was, and will probably continue to be. Martin and Midgley (2013) noted, there has always been underlying tension in this nation regarding immigration since the days of our founders–fearing economic, political, and cultural changes (p.3). The fear of immigrants became more noteworthy in the 1960s through the 1990s when the immigration demographics shifted from predominantly European to Latin and Asian. Takaki (as cited in Halford, 1999) wrote, America’s propensity to distinguish between race and culture helped to fuel that fervor (p. 8-13). New influx of immigrants were being judged and generalized for their appearance rather than what they could offer to the community

Immigration policy has been a controversial issue, especially within the Election of 2016. Immigration poses some great issues to our country, issues that many people are heavily divided on. However, there is one part of immigration that had nearly the entire country’s support and that is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, or DACA, which protects those who were brought into the country undocumented as children from deportation. President Trump’s repeal of DACA is an unnecessary step in fixing the country’s immigration issues for it is not a pressing issue of illegal immigration in the United States, and it negatively effects the lives of young adults raised on American values who love and support their country.

The fifth circuit court has recently voted to halt Obama’s executive orders known as deferred action for parental accountability, DAPA, and deferred action for childhood arrival, DACA. The two orders would prevent deportation of immigrants whose children were born in the United States as well as children who had arrived in the United States before they were 16 and before June 2007. The issue will be taken up by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2016. The Supreme Court will decide whether or not 4.4 million immigrants will be deported. It is critical not to deport immigrants because they create a more multiracial America, which helps to redraw and blur color lines in America. Becoming a more multi-racial society will also change the

The influx of immigrants in the United States has been a source of much controversy since the 1790s. Throughout U.S. history there have always been immigration waves shaping the respective time period. For example, the 1880s were characterized by an increase of eastern and southern Europeans, while post-1965 has seen an increased presence of immigrants primarily from Latin America and Asia (Barone 12). Each wave of immigrants adds to the diversity of the U.S. population by bringing their own languages, religions, customs, culture, etc. Despite the open-door policy that once prevailed in America, each of these groups faces prejudice from some Americans who feel threaten by their presence. That should not be the case for some many newcomers having to readjust to a "better life" in the United States. Americans critics, who themselves are descendants of immigrants, worry that immigration changes the size and composition of the U.S. population. Furthermore, American’s ambivalence towards this group has made the treatment of illegal immigrants a social injustice issue that the United States has fail to acknowledge with concrete solutions. Today an estimated of about 11.9 million immigrant make up the population living in the United States. As a result, a large portion of Americans have negatively associated undocumented immigration to opportunity loss for American citizens; however, the undocumented community has positively contributed to the shaping of American history,