The Anti-Immigration Movement

For many decades the history of the United States and immigration has always been a very talked about topic of debate. Many Americans did not like the collision that immigrants would have upon the native-born American people, while others welcomed the flow of people as adding to America’s multiculturalism of difference. According to Immigration: Good or Bad for America (2016), a large amount of immigrants try to enter the U.S. borders without proper documentation, in this manner being labeled as illegal immigrants. In addition, the United States unusual position as a nation of immigrants is being questioned by

The United States of America (USA) has been one of the traditional receiving countries of immigrants (Friedberg & Hunt, 1995), and they do not take in too lightly of allowing immigrants violate its law and entering illegally to settle in its country without consequences. To date, millions of people have violated its immigration policies. The USA is also the economic leader of the world. It has been the notion that illegal immigrants are devouring up the US economy and for that reason they should be ousted. However, illegal immigrations have rooted into society since far back in history, and realized now, it is that illegal immigrants are not damaging the US economy; they contribute to it and their services costs

“Today's foreign immigrants account for approximately one-third of America's annual population growth, not only because of their large and increasing numbers, but also because of America's low birth rate (16 per 1000) and low fertility rate (1.8)” (Carlson). The current population of the U.S. is 212 million people, if one-third of them will leave, then a country’s economy will crash. The impact of the anti-immigrant laws have is completely negative, because if immigrants will go back home or will move to another country, the state loses workers and consumers who earn and spend money and pay taxes in the state. These taxes are the part of the country’s budget, which is distributed of the benefits for all residents of the country. The absence of immigrants will impact and loss in many different occupations and industries, from construction and landscape to finance and IT. Though some U.S.-born workers could fill some of those jobs, large gaps in several sectors would remain and cause a decline in the economy. The generations of immigrants have helped lay the railroads and build American cities, pioneer new industries and fuel our Information Age, from Google to the iPhone and society cannot just lose these people or not let potential ones of them enter into the country. The consequences of an anti-immigration law will cause to the recession of the

The Movement from Mexico to the USA was a great change for a child. There were many new things there that would make a nine year olds mind confused, but people get over it. The recklessness inside the mind of the child didn’t let them think of a new thing as exciting.

According to the Migration Policy Institute, the U.S. immigration population is at 42.2 million, which is 13.3 percent of the total U.S. population. There are a variety of reasons immigrants come to the U.S. Many of them have been forced out of their homes and countries because of war, persecution, and poverty. They see the United States as the opportunity for employment, freedom, and overall, a better life for them and their families. However, sometimes in the United States they are treated just as bad, or even worse than they were in their home countries. They are met with violence, non acceptance, and ignorance. Although immigrants have gained many more rights than before, they are still falsely

The immigration debate in this country has grown stronger over the past few years. There are valid reasons for being in favor of allowing immigrants to enter this country. However, there are also legitimate concerns from those who oppose immigration to this country. I believe that by allowing immigrants to enter the country, it’s diversity increases and culture expands. It gives struggling people from all over the world an opportunity to a better life. This country was built by immigrants who sought opportunity, political & religious freedom, etc. Some of the most intelligent and ambitious individuals, who are unsatisfied with their own countries, bring their skills to America.

Since the start of our country, America has been known as a land of immigrants, a melting pot of different cultures and ethnicities working towards the American motto of the land of the free, home of the brave. Since colonial times, immigrants have been an integral part of society, majorly contributing to U.S culture and economy, yet many Americans have always had very conflicting ideas on immigration. Many people look past the benefits immigrants bring to our economy and society and instead scapegoat them for many of the United States’ problems surrounding unemployment and budget. The positive effects of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, in our country far outweighs the negative effects because of their important impact on society and the economic help that American relies on.

According to New York Times journalists Caitlin Dickerson and Stephanie Saul, over the past two weeks, college campuses have experienced resurgence in discriminatory behavior that has been unmatched since the September 11 attacks over fifteen years ago. Emily Bazelon adds in her New York Times article, “Bullying in the Age of Trump,” that these acts of terrorism against minorities are not limited to college campuses, but that they are even displayed in even in middle and high schools.

This affects me personally because I belong to immigrant family who came from another country so we could live a better future. Americans are always pointing their fingers towards immigrants for the country's problem such as the downfall in the economy (taking away jobs), crimes, changing of culture, population,etc, but in reality immigrants are literally building America up brick by brick. People believe that the US is a best place to live because there is more freedom, protection, and opportunity. No country has the right to take that away from anyone. America was formed by immigrants, then why are we stopping now?

Immigration is what Makes America Great. Immigration is a beneficial policy for America. Since the early ages immigrants have helped America be the country it is today. An immigrant, by definition, is a person who migrates to another country permanently in hope for a better life. The 2016 presidential election has changed many things. Instead of “Making America Great Again” like Trump says, he has caused all the nationalist, racist people to rise up against immigrants just because they feel like they have a leader who is powerful, who “speaks what is on most Americans' minds – they are just too scared to say it." (Campbell,4) As time flies by, it was starting to seem that in this generation we were becoming together as a nation, where the color

For over 300 years, various ethnic, cultural, and social groups have come to this country to seek economic opportunity, reunite with family members, and find a place where they can be free from political and religious persecution. I suspect a majority of American-born citizens believe that immigration is a bad thing in this country that is harmful. Those particular Americans believe that this country is being infested by foreigners who cannot even speak our own language. However, if one were to look at the truth behind these fallacies, he/she would see that immigration is beneficial to our country and should not be abandoned. Instead, it should be increased.

At the core of people's reasons to oppose immigration is fear, that derives from years of falsehoods being passed down as truths. People will accuse immigrants of taking their jobs, being crime-prone and being a net fiscal cost. People think that jobs undocumented immigrants have could have gone to an American citizen. FAIR estimates the number of undocumented immigrants in the workforce is about 8.5 million. People are worried that when immigrants come to the U.S. and get a job they are stealing an opportunity from a citizen that needed it. Nowadays this concern is growing since the more years pass it seems like the middle class is slowly disappearing leaving only the rich and poor which people associate with the growth in the undocumented immigrant population. The average household headed by an immigrant

The topic of immigration is a very touchy in America. Some Americans are all for the idea of legalization. Others are adamantly against it. However, most Americans have never even looked into the topic of legalization. They don’t know the pros and the cons of legalizing immigrants from different countries on the planet. Though most are ignorant to the topic, others are very passionate about it. They either fight for it or they fight against it. Immigrants come to the United States from all over the world and contribute to the economy in various ways, which is the main reason that immigration should be legalized.

Many immigrants come to the United States in search of the opportunity to have a better life. They have the willingness to work, seek out educational opportunities and to be productive members and contributors to society. Rarely do you find those instances where immigrants come here to take, destroy all that our nation has built and established. When you hear the current administration in the media use fear, as part of cultural destructiveness to destroy how our society view other cultures and diminish the worth of individuals within their own Netting, Kettner, McMurtry, Thomas, (pg. 64, 2012). By doing that the narrative around immigrants’ changes, people start to believe that immigrants are here committing crimes and a higher rate in comparison to Americans that are born here; For instance, during one of Donald’s Trump 2016 campaign speeches he said “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re

remains the most unresolved issue on campus [in the US] today” (Bikson & Law p. 91). Frequent campus reports of racially-motivated hate crimes imply that this remains a huge issue. Proponents