The Importance Of Immigrants To The United States

After the Civil War and the battle had ended on the war field, a new battle arose in the life of the industrialized civilians. It was the time of the Gilded age an era where big businessmen arose and immigrants fled into United States of America. Immigrants from southern and western Europe came in enormous quantities. This grew the population tremendously in the city of New York. Though they made it in America they still faced hardships such as job discrimination, poor housing, and stripped of their culture. Even though the population of immigrants grew consequently the jobs task they could perform did not. The workforce changed tremendously form people working for themselves to people working for a company. This made it difficult for immigrants to get work due to nativism and them having lack of entrepreneurship. 1880 until 1920 was known as “Coming to America”

No one enjoys leaving their home, but when calamities occur there is sometimes no choice. Due to political and natural disasters, such as the earthquake in 2010, the number of Haitian immigrants in the United States has increased to 700,000 in the last 30 years. Many of these immigrants were encouraged to come to America for safe keeping until the year of 2018. Most of these Haitians have plans to stay in the country illegally. Very few of these immigrants have understanding towards the American life. To help them become legal, the United States can create an adaption program to aid immigrants in acquiring abilities to speak English, maintain economic stability, and provide workers for the United States.

The United States was originally founded by immigrants. As the country started to form, those immigrants started to call themselves “Americans”. As the country grew and prospered, the country was no longer made up of immigrants. Although that didn’t stop the immigrants from coming. Many brought their families which eventually led the government to ask what they should do with them. The DREAM act was proposed which would lead college age immigrants to citizenship. This act proposed that these immigrants would have to have been in the U.S. before the age of 16 and have obtained a GED or a high school diploma. From this they would have Conditional Resident status from which they would be able to get permanent residency through attending an institution of higher learning or serving in the military. There are many who support it, but there are also many who are against the act.

In the United States, we live in a country filled with immigrants. That’s what makes the country itself. Millions of people from all around the world come to the United States hoping to get a better chance at life, or escaping persecution and civil wars in their home country. There are many turns to living here in the U.S., such as when families cannot earn enough money to support themselves and their children. ⅓ of all the children in the United States in poverty are children of immigrants. Immigration is an important political issue in our society. Many politicians are voicing their opinions in speeches and campaigns, with their own view on this topic and what to do about immigrants. Here are a few examples of what is important

Immigrants have played a crucial role in the development and prosperity of the United States since the conception of the United States. America was built on immigrants without immigrants the United States wouldn’t be a fraction of what it is today. Due to Immigrants from the past America continues to develop and progress at a faster rate than any other country. Keep in mind that everyone in the United States ancestors was once immigrants, so there is no such thing a “pure-native born American”. Immigrants still play a vital role in America's prosperity since the birth of the United States.

Immigrants today are becoming homeowners at a faster rate than than the U.S born population(Nicholson). An immigrant is a foreign born man or woman who comes to a new country to live in permanently. Immigrants coming to the U.S has been debated for years on whether is should be legal. Immigrants have shown promise in the working force and protecting our country as well as in the American society which shows their value to the United States.

Today, immigration is one of most divisive issues facing our nation. Historically, America has had a long and generous tradition of welcoming as equal citizens a large number of immigrants. However, this tradition has been challenged recently by both far left and far right groups who do not agree on the current restrictions, or lack there of, regarding immigration. What seems to be the common ground both sides find is the premise that America’s founding principles continue to be vital in the modern era, "any human being is capable of becoming an American, because of the equality principle that defines America," (pg. 147, Vindicating the Founders'). If we believe in human equality as American's is it fair to deny entry to anyone? In his book, Vindicating the Founders', Thomas G. West provides the best understanding of immigration through the eyes of America's Founders'. And, in doing so West helps find answers to some of the questions current immigration policy has raised. Specifically, we will explore what West calls "the right to exclude".

If your next-door neighbors were sitting in the rain and hungry would you put a roof over their head and feed them before your own family and children? Then why is the U.S. doing it for legal and illegal immigrants? Until every U.S citizen has a roof over their head and food in their stomach immigration should be limited. There are too many of our resources going to immigrants that should be used for U.S. citizens first, like housing, medical, food and many others. Over the past decade immigration into the U.S. has been on the constant rise making it harder for American’s to get the help and resources that they need and deserve. Immigrants are willing to work for less and under the table making it harder for American’s to find jobs, the use

The first event I chose to attend was U.S. Immigration by Professor Robin Burnette. I found it very interesting from the start, specifically, when she said we are in the “biggest gap between fact and myth in history.” This reminded me of the Fake News Panel, which caused this gap to increase. According to Professor Burnette, Immigration reform is the football of politics, the idea is thrown around a lot, but nothing is done about it. This is specifically true, in regards to the President Trump. During his campaign, he talked a great deal about “the wall,” but now that he is president nothing has been done so far. In regards to the news, a vast majority of news outlets regards immigration as a massive problem. However, according to Professor Burnette, there is a zero percent net migration, which means the same amount of undocumented immigrants who are crossing the border are also leaving the country. Yet, I question this statistic in regards to if these are undocumented immigrants where do these numbers come from.

Americans are known for their absurd amounts of Nationalism and thinking we are the best country ever, yet in rankings from US News, we are ranked at the 7th Overall Best Country. The US is 17 Trillion dollars in debt, and we only come in the top 10 for a handful of ranking categories. Such as Culture Influence, Entrepreneurship, and Power (which has to do with leadership and military). In 2016 we had nearly 100,000 refugees enter the United States, and that is on top of other true immigrants. A refugee can also be defined as… “a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc. “. This is important because the individual is leaving their homeland is search for safety, yet many Americans seem to oppose the refugees from coming to America.

Many people desire to come to the Unites States of America. However, the country would be overwhelmed and would simply not be able to support everyone. Therefore, the United States needs to be selective, and allow only the best to come in. This would allow them to contribute and expand the economy. To begin, American employers find it hard to fill all of their jobs. Even with an unemployment rate of 7.6%, as recorded in March 2013, millions of jobs go unoccupied each month. This is mainly due to the lack of skilled workers in many technologically advanced fields and the lack of workers as a whole. STEM fields are expanding at a surprising rate, with the number of jobs growing three times faster than the rest of the economy. However,

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Yesterday (January 27), President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning immigration from seven countries, all of which are predominantly Muslim. The countries in question are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. During the signing, President Trump proclaimed, "I am establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America."

Port cities, New York, Boston and Philadelphia were attracting immigrants from northwestern Europeans, many did not acquire the money to travel to the weather cities, giving better paying jobs, so they usually resided in the city (or close) to where they came into the United States. The cities would have low paying jobs and very adorable rent for the immigrants to live in. The immigrants with a substantial amount of money, like the Germans, would move to the more profitable cities and farms of the Midwest and North Central states. In 1850, more than half the foreign-born residents were located in NY, PA, MA, or NJ. These cities offered a vast, diverse collection of workers, their pack check kept low due to their rent being cheap. From this,

The reasons of immigration to America are endless. America is the “land of opportunities”. It offers jobs, better living, good economy and endless amount of opportunities. It is the land where people from anywhere around the world can start a “new life” with an equal chance of succeeding of failing. The economic difficulties, the wars and the hunger have brought millions of either legal or illegal immigrants to the States. The Immigration has always played an important role in the history of America and the United States continue to have a very open immigration policy. Although, over the years these policies have altered and become more difficult for immigrants as well as their families. Currently, the immigration laws of United States allow