The Importance Of Illegal Immigration In California

Mexicans have been in California before California was even a state, yet they have not always been treated well. However, they continue to come to the United States, so they can hopefully have a better life in the United States. Currently, lots of Mexican immigrants come to California, often to work in the fields and farms. As the bottom of California lines the border between the United States and Mexico, many come to live in Southern California, not Northern California. Latinos are especially prominent in Los Angeles and many of the cities under LA County. Attitudes towards Chicanos have mostly changed for the better over the years, but they are still often considered as “job stealers” and less valuable than other minorities, such as Asian Americans. Even though Latinos help power the economy and are capable of changing election results, some people refuse to see this and see them as invading immigrants. Mexican Americans often have lesser jobs compared to their white counterparts, do worse in school, often live in poverty, and are more likely to be discriminated against.

Whether with a cold shoulder welcome or a open arm embrace, the United States has constantly received a range of global immigrants, over half whom originate from Latin America (migrationpolicy.org). Largely driven by the prospect of the “American Dream,” the Latino immigration movement began in the 1840s and has fluctuated with new policies, including the bracero program, an oppressive operation for temporary migrant workers, during World War II, and the Immigration Act of 1965, which created the first immigration limit for the Western Hemisphere (Gutiérrez, Ewing). Since 1960, the Latino population in America has grown from 3.24% of the U.S. population to 16%, and recent estimates proclaim an approximate 11 million undocumented Hispanics, revealing the growing need for for a political reassessment of immigration policy (Gutiérrez, whitehouse.gov). Today, immigration policy, particularly pertaining to Hispanics, has become a controversial subject in the United States, bearing opposing views and proposals, accompanied by diverse impacts that could reverberate throughout the Americas.

An “Illegal Immigrant” is someone who avoids inspection and/or overstays the period of time given to them as a tourist, business person, or a visitor(Dictonary.com). Illegal Immigrants need Sanctuary cities and open borders, but in reality, Sanctuary cites do not need Illegal Immigrants, and open borders because they are very well populated. According to Daily Signal, a news organization for society, news editor Josh Siegel posted a chart of the top U.S cities with the highest illegal population. The current population census in the top four sanctuary cities that are listed below are: Los Angeles, 4,041,707 people(Grad), New York City 8,537,637 people(ny.gov), Chicago 2,720,546 people (United States Census Bureau), and lastly Seattle, 684,451(Schlosser). Los Angeles and New York City, both have the highest estimated illegal population, and population census. So, if they do not put some effort in by making immigrants follow the legal process to become a citizen in the United States, then ICE will come and start deporting illegals which could decline Los Angeles, and New York City’s population drastically. Well, actually most city administrators think it is politically correct to have Sanctuary cities regardless of the consequences are looming around because it is a political agenda that Democrats favor more than the Republicans. Illegal Immigration and the

Sanctuary cities are considered to be havens for undocumented immigrants who have entered the United States for economic opportunities, to escape violence, or other various reasons. One of the first sanctuary cities in the country was Los Angeles, which along with the rest of Los Angeles County is home to roughly 814,000 undocumented immigrants as of 2013 (PPIC). Many of these undocumented immigrants have never committed a criminal act outside of the civil offence of entering the country without the proper immigration documents. While there may be flaws to sanctuary cities, Los Angeles’ status as a sanctuary city is vital to the protection of not only the undocumented immigrants living there but the rest of the community as well.

Due to the long history of discriminatory federal and state policies, California Native Americans have been ranked in the lowest income, education, housing quality, and health brackets of any population group in the state (CITATION). The status of Native Americans converted from virtually invisible to being the most powerful political lobby in the 6th largest economy in the world (CITATION). This was not a process that had occurred over a few short years, with Native Americans in California going from being the poorest people in the United States to becoming among the richest.

Sanctuary cities are safer. Gene Demby, the lead blogger for NPR's Code Switch team, in his article “Why Sanctuary Cities Are Safer” argues that President Trump will cut federal funding to the police of sanctuary cities, but if this is not enough Trump has ready other strategies, if so what other reasons does Donald Trump has to eliminate these cities.? Nevertheless, Demby claims that available data on crime, immigration and safety in cities doesn’t support Trump’s premise because it’s true; immigrants are less likely to get problems to go to jail than general population. In addition, Demby linked his article with Tom K. Wong’s articles who is a political scientist at the University of California-San Diego to proof and make his article credible.

In California there is a rising problem in immigrant violence. The immigration policy is forcing the police/sheriffs to let violent illegal immigrants go. And they cannot ice hold them unless there is a warrant out for their arrest. The LLE (local law enforcement) wants to change this policy to help us capture the dangerous illegal immigrants.

The Joads arrive in California and are disappointed when they realize that there aren’t as many opportunities as they had hoped for. Floyd goes on to explain just why that is. Since many of the migrant workers are disorganized and don’t put any emphasis on improving their pay, they allow owners to continue to take advantage of them leaving them powerless. By fighting with each other they naturally weed out a few workers to the owner’s benefit. The competition between the workers permits owners to worsen working conditions and provide lower wages. At this point, the best thing for the workers to do is ban together and

In 2012, a recent study found that there were nearly 11 million illegal immigrants in our nation 's border. This has been a recurring problem going on since the late 19th century, when the federal law was passed which prohibited entry of convicts and prostitutes. Although this isn 't the case of everyone crossing our nation 's borders, it is still a national problem. Not allowing more people to infiltrate our country will provide Americans with more jobs, will lower the incarceration rates, and will allow American tax dollars to be spent elsewhere.

Between the years of 1950-1995, why were so many illegal immigrants crossing the American borders and how did they affect America?

American businessman, politician, television personality, and author, is the presumptive of the y for president of the United States in 2016having won the most state primaries and caucuses and delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention. Trump’s positions in opposition to illegal immigration, various free trade agreements that he believes are unfair, and most military interventionism have earned him particular support among blue-collar voters and voters without college degrees. Many of his remarks have been highly controversial and have helped his campaign garner extensive coverage by most mainstream media sources. Widespread media coverage has allowed him to eschew large campaign contributions and political action committees (super PACs), which Trump has criticized along with politicians who use them. His abstention from what he considers to be political correctness has been a staple theme of his campaign, and has proved to be popular among his supporters. Trump’s most polarizing and widely-reported statements have been about issues of immigration and border security, especially his proposed deportation of all illegal immigrants, construction of a substantial wall on the Mexico–United States border, a temporary ban on alien Muslims entering the U.S. and his characterizations of illegal immigrants traveling over the Mexican border into the U.S.

Thirdly, illegal immigrants do want to become citizens, but unfortunately the law forbids them. Under the US immigration law the individual must fall into a preference category, if the individual does not fall into the category he or she may not obtain to immigrate legally. For those individuals who are already in the United States without any documentation, they are not able to apply for citizenship.

On Friday, there was an event where guest readers would read their works to the UC Merced campus. The title for the readings was “Voices of California: Tell Me a Story”. The event featured three different readers, who were Micah Perks, Brynn Saito, and Optimism One. Each reader had different genres of writing. Each of the readers will tell us stories that involved California, implicitly and explicitly. They will take us on a journey that will allow us to explore the wonders in writing and how we can use it to our benefits.

Estimates state that over 1.2 million people immigrate to the United States each year, thereby thrusting the issue of illegal immigration to the forefront of today news headlines. From an economic standpoint, the effort to absorb illegal immigrants often negatively impacts cities as well as the entire country. This paper addresses the negative economic outcome of illegal immigration in the city of Los Angeles, California through the exploration of studies conducted and statistics available on the issue of illegal immigration. An effort will be made to determine whether there is negative fiscal impact on the labor market, the tax structure,

California is home to more than two million undocumented immigrants as of 2010. Since this is a current issue and is not only affecting the citizens of California but also the government of California; this is the controversial issue I will be discussing in my paper. Due to having my own legal citizenship and being an educated member of society this topic comes with responsibility for civic community participation to break down and stop this illegal immigration from occurring. The fact that illegal citizens are doing more harms than good to U.S. citizens is greatly affecting all America. This is why I believe the Government of California should deport illegal immigrants to their home countries, if they are not