Immigration : The Land Of Opportunity

While reading The Immigration Kaleidoscope: Knowing the Immigrant Family Next Door I could not help but think back to when I was working in the restaurant industry. A lot of the kitchen workers had immigrated to America from various countries but mostly Mexico. One of my favorite coworkers Anna, who moved to America from Mexico to send money back to her family, forcing her to leave her young daughter behind.

When immigration policy is discussed, typically, it is discussed within the confines of egalitarian notions and sentiments, and inside the boundaries and parameters set by generally Marxist-influenced social democracy. Characteristically, it is not discussed pertaining to the concept of a social order built on the rights of property owners, sharers, and contributors to and of the common stock- which at their discretion- may exclude bad apples, lazy contributors, rotten characters, trespassers, and terrorists. Once egalitarian sentiments and notions are rejected full-scale- (only giving credence to those that have empirical weight or logical consistency) more proper, more substantive interdisciplinary analyses may reveal that the current investigative techniques employed by current mainstream political theorists are- in the context of reality, incorrect, superficial and quite shallow.

Immigration is an issue that many people see as small and insignificant. Many believe that it doesn’t concern or affect them in any shape or form. Truth is, it doesn’t matter if you're African American, Caucasian, Asian, Mexican, or another race, immigration is an issue that affects everyone. Immigration affects the economy, the workforce, families, and the individual’s themselves whose main goal and dream is the “American Dream” that they come to the US looking for.

In spite of the negative effect, one of the positive effects is that illegal immigrants end up enhancing the local economy. For example , these immigrants in Texas are said to have raised the Social Security Trust Fund by $75 billion. Given that some immigrants do not qualify for various benefits, some businesses will capitalize on this factor to conserve on labor costs. Furthermore, immigrants usually end up working low-end jobs that don't entice

America is labeled as the land of dreams, where every single person is supposed to have an equal shot at becoming something greater than he or she are at that moment. This land is filled with dreamers trying to make a living and to make their “American dream” come true. Most of them are immigrants. What is an immigrant? What makes someone an immigrant? Nowadays, an immigrant is a person who is not a citizen of the country he or she are living in and are on a visa or the lack of one. According to Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State, a visa is “...a travel document issued by the traveler’s country of citizenship.” It is a sticker that is applied on the passport and it gives one port of entry to legally enter the country that he or she has chosen. There are essentially two different kinds of immigrants, legal and illegal. But in this country the amount of attention the illegal immigrants get is outrageously massive to the legal immigrants, who have worked extremely hard to get here and most likely spent fortunes to come to this land. This bitterness comes from the author, a legal immigrant. She has been living in America for around fifteen years now out of her twenty year life and she is faced with an option that appeals to no one. If she does not receive her green card, permanent residency, by the time she turns twenty-one, she will become an illegal immigrant and would have to leave her family and life behind because on paper she is not an “American”. Who is

Republicans and Democrats have been fighting over the issue of immigration since the 1900s. Immigration has been an issue declared by both Democrats and Republicans alike over debates, elections and even the presidency. Each political party has different viewpoints of immigration and how it effects society and the U.S. as a whole. Immigration is the great division between two opinions. These two sides are: one being people that are accepting with immigrants coming in and out of the U.S., while the others say there shouldn’t be any immigrants coming to the U.S. Both parties have different stances on these issues, however, neither are as reliable as the facts.

Undocumented workers are the staples of our agricultural resturant,landscaping, hospitality, and housekeeping industries. “These workers are the economic backbone of our nation(Merriman 2013)”. Immigrants play an important role in our country, there the people that bring all the money in. These immigrants are the key to a successful economy, they bring all the growth. And with them working these jobs, they make customer service at these restaurants better than ever.Not only do they bring a significant growth but they also benefit us by 6 million workers they bring.

“Immigration make us stronger. It keeps us vibrant. It keeps us hungry. It keeps us prosperous. It is part of what makes this such a dynamic country”-Barack Obama. Throughout America’s history, immigrants have been a pivotal aspect on its economy and culture. America has always been a nation of immigrants, in fact during 1881 to 1920 nearly 23.5 million immigrants were welcomed by the American government with open arms. However, this phase ended when the U.S. government decided to put a limit on the number of immigrants accepted in the U.S. due to fear of communism. This country which was so often admired for its fairness and tolerance on immigration now has a broken immigration system which has become so cruel and unfair to businesses, workers, and families alike. President Obama strives to fix the United States’ many economic and social problems with his immigration reform. This plan, which promises temporary citizenship to qualifying immigrants, has put a strain in the relationship between the national and state governments. Texas’ current governor Greg Abbott is currently taking legal action against President Obama’s administration, he argues that President Obama’s immigration reform will hurt the economy. Greg Abbott is not only fighting Obama’s immigration reform but he is also making harmful decisions regarding the future of the Texas Dream Act. In order to understand the current immigration issues in the Unites States it is important to understand the recent changes

This opens up new opportunities for those without homes to consider purchasing in areas once in decline an important trend in expensive metro areas. Legal immigrants boost the U.S economy.According to Bob Bryan,"We find that 1,000 new immigrants to a US Metropolitan Area generate approximately 1,200 new local jobs, about 62% of which are in the non-traded sector"( Business Insider Par.11). This show that, for every 1000 immigrants coming into the United States it create 1,200 new local jobs.This increases the income of the local area, boosted the demand for workers in the local service jobs.which, in turn,

1. Gold Paved Road- The gold paved road in our container is a symbol for the theme immigration. The gold paved road is symbolic of the immigrant’s beliefs of a better and more luxurious country that they would be able to make a life in compared to their home countries, much like the luxurious nature of a gold paved road. Immigration relates to the theme of industrialization because of the horrible factory conditions that were endured for low pay because of an immigrant’s need for money in America.

Often depicted as “the nation of immigrants”, immigration policies have been highlighted in news media and pushed to the forefront of recent political debates in the United States. In 2014, more than 42.4 million, or 13.3%, of the 318.9 million people in the U.S. were immigrants (MPI, 2016). There was an 11 percent increase in 2014 in the number of foreign-born individuals that moved to the United States, with India and China the two countries of origin with the most new immigrants (MPI, 2016). In terms of unauthorized immigrants, however, the population has essentially remained stable over the past five years, as the number of new unauthorized immigrants is roughly equivalent to those who are deported. In 2014, there were an estimated 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants (3.5% of U.S. population) living in the United States according to the Office of Immigration Statistics in the Department of Homeland Security (Pew research Center, 2014). Although unauthorized immigrants reside all over the United States, one half of them are concentrated in four states: California, New York, Texas, and Florida (ACOG, 2015).

In my opinion immigration is a problem within the United States, and it desperately needs to be reformed by our government. So much tax money is used to help those who decide to immigrate while some of our native people are denied the same advantages that are given immigrants. Immigration from Mexico into the United States has been a phenomenon that has been ongoing for quite some time now. There is always an increasing number of immigrants who come into the United States to make a living for themselves (Creek and Yoder 680). People from Mexico are attracted to the United States because of the promise of a better life and opportunity. This opportunity is one of the principles that America is founded on, but I think we should not provide this opportunity when we have so many Americans already in need. There are various ways through which the Mexicans immigrate into the United States. Additionally, there are also various ways through which the Mexican immigration into America has impacted on America. Currently, there are more immigrants going into America from Mexico more than any other country. The main reasons why the immigrants go into America, is so that they can exploit better opportunities that exist in the region and chase the “American dream” (Creek and Yoder 680). Most of the immigrants who go into America regardless of their financial status usually go into America so

“Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity,” says the 43 Governor of Florida. While being only 13% of the population, Immigrants encompass 16% of the labor force, thus adding to our gross domestic product or GDP. Some People may think that immigration has a negative impact on our economy. These people believe that by Immigrants having a high employment rate, native-born citizens are being pushed out of jobs, but that’s not true.

America has been a point for immigration since the beginning of time. Although very similar, immigration from the 1900’s to now is drastically different because there were and still are many opportunities to immigrate. From 1900 to about 1996, immigrating to America was relatively easy. From 1996 to today’s time, immigrating into America is much more difficult. Due to the long process of becoming legal, many more immigrants choose to stay illegal.

Immigration is one word with many different meanings. I learned those meanings when I migrated to the United States. It taught me that it was an end in India, but also a new beginning in the U.S.A. I knew that moving to the U.S. would bring a huge change, but I did not know I would have to struggle so much to adapt to those changes. Everything was different when I arrived in the United States. There were many new things I had to adapt including the language. Language was a huge change for me and I had to adapt that change; there was no other choice.