Should Immigration Be Highly Controlled?

Immigration has played a large role in the history of the United States since the very founding of the country. As even the founding fathers of the United States were immigrants coming to the U.S. to seek a better life. For varies reasons, immigrants have been traveling to America to seek a better life whether to achieve better economic opportunity, religious freedom, and/or political refuge (Jiménez). These reasons have caused immigrants to flood into the U.S. In the most recent years’, weather to allow immigration to keep going as it is has been a hot topic for America. This controversy over immigration has grown as Americans continue to wonder if immigration is still good for the country. Therefore, the immigration controversy has many Americans

The legal and moral issues concerning immigration have been debated for countless of times since their booming popularity during the 19th century. People who believe that it is morally wrong for a country to deny immigration status argue that immigration promotes democracy, egalitarianism and libertarianism. On the other hand, people who believe that countries have every right to deny people who seek immigration argue that immigration taints the cultural roots of a country, weakens national security and reduces the natural resources that would have been distributed to the original citizens of the country.

Should the United States close the borders? By leaving our borders open we are allowing many illegal immigrants into the United States, who ruin the American economy. Not to mention the people who could be involved in major crimes, and terrorists enter freely, and jeopardize the safety of the American people. The United States has had terrorist attacks in san bernardino last year, at the boston marathon in 2013, at fort hood in 2009 and 911.

In the article “Immigration Benefits America,” Bill Clinton; the forty second president of the United States claimed many revelations regarding immigrant’s impact in America. For several reasons, the U.S. strengthens the bonds of the community when allocating the allowance of diverse and varying cultures. Many of these immigrants feel comfortable while living in the United States. He asserted that Immigrants and Americans should blend their cultures and traditions to expand the country. As Americans, they should respect immigrants and in return immigrant should follow suit. On the other hand, in the article “Immigration Threatens American Culture,” Lawrence Auster, an American racialist conservative essayist who wrote on immigration and multiculturalism claimed that immigrants are destroying America and they are harming the economy. Auster believes that these problems are occurring because of the American belief system. The American belief system implies concepts of individualism and equality. Clinton’s argues a rather convincing argument throughout his writings, where prejudices and biases are not provided. On the other hand, Auster’s argument was very judgmental and oppressing in many ways.

Immigration has a great impact on first generation immigrants. Studies show that acculturation and assimilation have wide-ranging effects on the groups involved, but mostly on the immigrants' lives. There are positive and negative attributes. Attributes that are due to the issues associated with integrating cultures, and broadly related to the greater issue of immigration. The issues and discrimination towards first generation immigrants cause them to have limitations throughout their lifetime, in the country that they have moved to. Furthermore, the Hispanic and Latino community have lived through this problem for so long. They are always the group to be affected by it because they lose a sense

The U.S found itself confronted to new challenges that they didn’t think of before. This new challenges led to a shift of American attitudes towards immigration. This was due to the high influx of the immigrants coming from Europe and of the liberal paradox related to immigration (Tichenor 2002, 51). The United States found itself caught between two stools where immigration benefited the economy but the on the other side its obligation to set limits regarding social and publics welfare available to the new wave of immigrants.

No I don’t think that state and local governments pass their own laws regulating immigration. What is wrong with allowing them to come to the United States to make a better living for themselves and they family. I feel if they abide by the same rules as we do there shouldn’t be a problem. It is estimated that there are currently ten to eleven million undocumented immigrants in the United States. If they are here, make them legal. The Federal Government said that immigration issues have caused great debate amongst community members. Lawmakers, politicians, interest groups, and civil rights activists have been vocal in voicing their concerns. There shouldn’t be a debate, they just want to fit in and be a part of United

When my ancestors came to the U.S. in the 1800s to help build the transcontinental railroad (enabling intracontinental commerce on an unprecedented scale), it was very true that immigrants contributed to America’s economic prosperity. Does this remain true today? Today is a very different time than the aftermath of the Civil War. Or is it? Now, the U.S. is also reeling back from wars, albeit of very different sorts: the Cold War and the latest series of riots in the cities. The U.S. is turning inwards, wanting to rebuild its infrastructure and inner cities. Pre-eminence in various scientific areas and the education of its citizens, who are, by world standards, lagging educationally, are again prime national goals—much as they were following the Civil War. Skills and labor are needed. Although not as powerfully delineated as in a North-South segregation, the American population is still bitterly divided over many issues—one of which is immigration.

I believe that the future success of the United States depends on a renewed commitment to individual rights over an emphasis on the common good. For example, if the government would provide healthcare to all citizens in the United States, in essence, it would be forcing citizens to pay for the healthcare of others through taxes. This violates the people’s right to spend their money in the way that they choose, limiting Americans’ disposable income and potentially hurting our economy. An additional example concerns immigration. The government should most definitely limit immigration and carefully scrutinize those they let in to protect citizen’s right to the pursuit of happiness. If too many immigrants are let into the US, they would be competing

Over hundreds of years, immigration has shaped America into who she is today. July 4, 1776, was the day immigrants first stepped onto North American soil and claimed the land as theirs. The impact of migration on a country this big can’t be ignored, especially because the people coming to live in America are usually from Third World countries and are looking for employment and to be shown a better way a life. Like anything else, there are both huge pros and cons to Third World immigration. Once, America was known as the land of opportunity for people anywhere in the world, however, Patrick Buchannan worries that America is allowing too many immigrants at a time which is preventing them to be assimilated properly into a culture. He fears

Nowadays, immigration has been a hotly dabated topic. According to the article “ The new common sense. Immigration controls are unsustainable. Let’s junk them” by Teresa Hayter, she offers a convincing critique of people who argue against free immigration. In her article, Hayter makes a series of powerful arguments about the benefits of free movement. She also makes a case for connecting immigration controls with repression, racism, and ideological control. For Hayter, immigration represents one of the evidences of national power, as countries have begun to give up control over immigration to international powers and regulations. She provides quantitative evidence regarding the economic benefits of free immigration. From my point of view, I strongly agree with the statement of Hayter due to the reason of social contribution, living conditions and social disorder. These reasons will be shown in the following parts of my essay.

According to Immigration Myths and Facts, immigrants have “...revitalized many communities” and “...replenish the U.S. labor force”. In today’s society, we believe that many immigrants ruin our chances at gaining more power, but what they really

Over the years, immigrants influence the aspect of American life by shifting economic, political, and social policies due to their values and beliefs on these areas. This topic of influence raises public issue to whether or not U.S. should limit immigration quotas. On one hand, immigrants enable U.S. to compete in international competition and are one way to help alleviate labor shortages in certain demographic trends (Liebig, 2011). Immigration has impact economic trends by highly participating in the labor market and benefiting homeowners and landlords. Immigrants also influences diversity which enables people in the U.S. to be open minded about other cultures. On the other hand, public opinions do not favor the coming of more

The essay Immigration Threatens American Culture is written by Lawrence Auster In this essay, the author will evaluate the effectiveness of Auster’s paper in terms of its claims, evidence, and the presentation of the claims and evidence.

The main objective of the author is to have open and honest debate of immigration policy in the United States. It is not that there is not an immigration policy. The author presented two points of view: for immigration and for restricted immigration. For a true democracy, policies are formulated, adopted, implemented and evaluated. In the evaluation phase, challenges are made as to the effectiveness of a “living” policy. All government’s action or inaction, affects the people governed, and immigration is no exception. In fact, it directly affects all citizens. The conflicts that immigration draws are a good one. It tests the pulse of how persons think and what they believe, thoughts and beliefs, which can and do change with time, based on situations and circumstances. The issues surrounding immigration are many, most being centered on legal immigration, illegal immigration, national security, and labor and economics, which forms part of the immigration reform agenda. The issue of immigration is not new nor is there a panacea for resulting problems now and in the future.