Taking a Look at Immigration to America

The United States is a country that was built on immigration. The first settlers, Native Americans, represent less than 2% of the total population; the remaining 98% of the population are immigrants or decedents of immigrants. Today, the US still has the highest immigration rate in the world with 757,434 naturalizations in the 2012 fiscal year only (US Naturalizations 2012, Department of Homeland security). People try to immigrate to the United States for many reasons. Some people immigrate because they have been granted a refugee status or asylum and other people immigrate to fulfill their dreams. Immigration has an effect on the American society and economy. The US cannot survive without immigrants.

Illegal immigration is the migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. Some countries have millions of illegal immigrants. Immigration, including illegal immigration, is overwhelmingly upward, from a poorer to a richer country. The easy definition of an undocumented immigrant is someone who was not born in the United States and therefore has no legal right to be or remain in the United States. Not all undocumented immigrants snuck across the border illegally. Although it is hard to get an accurate number on the amount that did, some undocumented immigrants originally came here legally as tourists or some came on a temporary visa and just did not leave. The reasons on why they decided to stay and not go back to their countries are numerous. Some immigrants come to the United States to work and escape the poor economy in their country, while others come to be with their family. Whatever the reason may be, at the end of the day they all come here to achieve the american dream.

About 41.3 million immigrants live in the United States currently, which is almost half of our population (facts on immigration today). Contrast to their parents U.S. born children of immigrants are more likely to be better educated and financially, according to the Center for American Progress. Men, women, and children who are seeking better lives, migrate to the U.S., although for many different reasons as there are migrants. Immigration has changed dramatically throughout history. A major turning point in immigration was the attack on 9/11. Our current president Barrack Obama, is working to reform or changed the damaged immigration system.

Illegal immigration to the United States is an act by foreign to enter the United States illegally, it is a disrespectful act to the United States immigration laws. The immigrate be illegal by enter the United states without government permission. The number of illegal immigrants in the United States has settled down in recent years after decades of increasing. The most illegal immigrants in the United States are from Mexico. According to US news “A new congressional report sure to stir up the heated immigration debate finds that about 1 in 4 foreigners in America are here illegally and that 62 percent of them come from Mexico through America 's most porous border”. There are many problems associated with illegal immigrations, because of

An immigrant is a person who legally comes to a country to take up a permanent residence. An illegal immigrant is a person who does come to a country without following the established legal procedures of the destination country and who resides in that country without the proper identifications for example: visas, or other documents. Illegal immigrants are sometimes referred to as illegal aliens or undocumented workers. Emigration and immigration are two sides of the same basic act of human migration. Emigration is the act of leaving one’s own country to permanently live somewhere else. Immigration is the act of entering and settling in a new country. Immigration implies permanency; in many cases, immigrants become citizens of the receiving nation. Tourists and others who visit a place temporarily are not considered immigrants.

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.

The United States of America was founded by immigrants. In fact, foreigners have shaped nearly every aspect of American culture. Unless a person is of Native American descent, their family has an immigration story whether they are aware of it or not. Today in the U.S., many individuals believe that immigrants are more of a strain to society than they are a benefit. The truth is that immigration is an extremely complex subject that has multiple manifest and latent functions and dysfunctions.

Many of you are aware of the immigration issue we are facing on a day to day basis. There are many opinions regarding immigration and immigrants but it is time for some facts to be brought to the public eye. Firstly, who are immigrants? When most of us think of the term immigrants Latin American individuals come to our mind or cheap laborers who don’t speak our language. Technically speaking, all of our ancestors were immigrants. The English language itself is a derived from the Germanic language. Ethnic background should not matter in the quality of a person and all the racist comments and views on immigrants are really contradictory, seeing as everyone in the United States has a different amount of diversity in their ancestry. Every

In one way or another we are all immigrants, our ancestors came to America in search of the American dream and freedom of the promise land. Back in the late eighteen to early nineteen hundreds the government encouraged immigration. The reasoning for this was because America was growing and their territories were expanding they were in need of help with the continuing growth of our country. Ellis Island could see up right to over a thousand immigrants a day and they were welcome with open arms. America has always been viewed as the land of opportunity where everyone can achieve their greatest dreams. No wonder even today people are still flocking to the shores, America by the hundreds, leaving behind their countries, because they are either war stricken, battling religious persecution or suffering from impoverishment. Unfortunately not all who arrive here are doing it legally.

Via a green card or a visa, these foreigners are granted a certain amount of time to come into to this country and simply overstay that time. Alan Gomez of USAtoday.com says that “Nearly 500k overstayed visas in 2015.” Most immigrants start families, fall in love, or find a job that’s better than the one they have in their own country. For any of these reasons who wouldn’t blame them for wanting to stay, but even though it is a good reason to stay it still doesn’t make it legal. The other type of illegal immigrant is one that simply crosses the U.S. border undetected. Green cards and visas require paperwork or some sort of documentation, making it much easier to track down those illegals than those that cross the border in

With the 2016 presidential election right around the corner, it is only appropriate to write about a main issue that is a part of each candidate’s platform, immigration. It is ironic how America was once known as the land of opportunity where immigrants were welcome and how the U.S. was essentially built off of immigrants' contributions such as how the Chinese played a vital role in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad or how the Mexicans always showed their commitment to the U.S. military throughout the years. Throughout the years, immigration has been the backbone of the U.S., but what once set the U.S. apart from other nations is now being challenged and appears to be losing favor. The primary position of this paper is that immigration,

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.

Thousands of years ago people used to move from one place to another place, in search of food and shelter, at that time there where no rules and regulations. As we started forming a society and we became more civilized strict laws were designed that stopped people moving from one place to another without documentation, major reason is for the safety of the people. Many countries started developing protocol by which they can allow people to enter their country those who are consider to help develop their country or economy, and those who are consider being safe and healthy. United States is one of the countries that has certain rules and regulations and attracts many people because of its life style. In United States lots of people emigrate from other countries, some of them enter legally and some of them enter illegally. According to LeMay in his book Illegal Immigration: A Reference Handbook has grouped the mode of entry into two categories one who have entered illegally without any documents through the border and one who have entered legally with temporary visa but extend their stay beyond the permitted date thus becoming an illegal by the status. He also states that if legal immigrants commit and are convicted of a crime, he/she may be detained and deported from United States and if the person does not deport from the country then he/she is considered as illegal immigrant. According to a survey there are about 11.4 million undocumented immigrants in the year 2012 living

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 is the movement of non-native people in order to settle in a different place or country. People move out of their country of origin for many reasons. Whether it is for a better job, better education, or simply to be with loved ones, immigrants have come to the United States with dreams of living a better life. The United States is none other than a make up of immigrants from diverse countries. Immigrants have been coming to the United States since its founding and have shaped the way this country is today. Some immigrants pursue the legal route – getting a visa in order to work for the status of a citizen while others illegally enter the country and risk being detained and deported. It is estimated there are approximately 11.7