The Negative Impacts Of Immigrants

Although some argue otherwise, immigrants have a positive impact on our society. It is ironic how "within the country founded by Immigrants- Immigrant somehow become a bad word" (K'Naan). Although statistics prove that immigrants do bring overcrowding, drug trafficking, and diseases, they also impact positively on our economy and bring cultural knowledge. Being an immigrant in America is no easy task, they work long hours and most of the time have multiple jobs. Because the American dollar has greater value, immigrants will take any job that pays better than their home country. This often means they do the unwanted jobs of Americans. Immigrants fight hard to work their way to America with the American dream in mind, but once here that dream becomes very distant due to unexpected challenges they faced. In Valeria Luiselli book "Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions", she addresses her experience as an interpreter for immigration court of the state of New York, discussing the stories she has heard with the immigration process. Throughout the book, she explains her view of the lack of sympathy and protection the United States has for the young immigrants. Her purpose to show the difficulties the immigrants go through - their sacrifice, resilience, and strength as they fight to survive and obtain a better life in America can also be seen in K'naan video - "The Hamilton Mixtape: Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)", through his use of symbolism everywhere in the music.

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.

Florida has historically had one of the highest uninsured rates in the country (Born 2017). Despite the fact that Florida has not expanded its Medicaid program, Floridians have gained insurance coverage at greater rates than many other states. One estimate is that prior to the enactment of the ACA, approximately 21% of Florida residents lacked health insurance, and this has dropped to 13% after the ACA took effect. (Williams, 2016). Other estimates have suggested a smaller decrease of 20% to 15% (Born, 2017). Florida experienced the highest enrollment in ACA plans of any state with 1.5 million enrollees in 2016 (Williams, 2016). Increased health insurance coverage appears to have translated to increased access to medical care. Shortly

According to Pewresearch, there were about 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the United State in 2014, and half of them were Mexicans (Krogstad). The push factors that led to such high illegal immigration include gang violence and political unrest while pull factors such as more opportunities for a good education and increased job opportunities also played a role. There has been a long debate of the impact of the undocumented immigration within the United States. The main opponents said that the undocumented immigrants' drive down wages for low-skill jobs and create a unsafe environment to live (Wallace). In order to keep out the large amount of immigrants, the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump has vowed to build thick

Immigration has been a controversial topic for the United States for many years and immigration law, which is structured to import workers and family members (Posner, 2013), has been a concerned with mid-term elections and recent events. There has been a lot of attention in the media as of lately due to the entrance of over 57,000 unaccompanied Central Americans entering the country illegally. To take control of the situation Sen John Carnyn and Rep Henry Cuellar proposed a bill that would give birder control the opportunity in deciding rather children should be sent back immediately or if they should be allowed to have a court hearing. If they are allowed to have a court hearing, judges would then be required to make a final decision within seven days. The push for immigrants cases to be moved to an earlier date could undermine children’s rights and lead to a greater backlog of cases considering that it takes children longer to acquire lawyers and the chances of being granted citizenship without a lawyer is significantly lower than the chances of staying if you had a lawyer which is nine out of ten. By speeding up the process such cases would be ignoring the due process rule, would create a higher risk of legal errors, and clients are not being properly aware of their changed court date. For example, in the passage the author mentioned the case in which two illegal immigrants were seeking shelter with their Guatemalan father in Virginia received

The impact of illegal immigration in America is a burden on the government and its citizens. The high population of illegal immigrants are taking jobs away from the lower class of American citizens, since they are willing to work for less money and more hours. Illegal immigrants also use a great deal of government services, such as welfare, to support their large families. The only problem with them using a bundle of government services is that they are using more money in services than they are actually paying the government. The money for those services come from the upper and middle class citizens living the United States. Illegal immigrants benefit the economy by working for less, but are actually costing the government and the citizens;

Imagine being shaken awake by your spouse, exhausted from your twelve hour shift the day before. Devastated, you realize that you accidentally slept in five minutes later than you should have, which will make you late for your job. The business that you work for will now fire you because there is always a willingly and desperate immigrant to replace you. Dependent on each member to provide an income, your family will suffer greatly because of your unemployment. Your family will not be able to make payments for the house or for food. Thus, you will be evicted from your home, thrown on to the streets, and starved. Immigrants faced these hardships in the early 1900s as they were exploited by their boss. Long hours, terrible pay,

For many Americans, the word "immigration" creates up an image of poor, uneducated Mexicans rushing across the border to find minimum wage jobs and opportunities for a better future.The issue of immigration has become a major debate for everyone. Although critics argued of negative impacts of immigrants such as drug trafficking, overcrowding and threatening of American culture, immigrants still have a very great impact in our society. Immigrants cause an impact in our society politically, economically and culturally. Immigrants arriving in a new country should make every effort to conform to the social norms of their new environment.

As an aspirant journalist, I want to give a voice to those who can’t be heard; I want to write their stories and help them express their experiences. I want to advocate for immigrants. Throughout the years I have seen with my own eyes the demoralization they are forced to live in, because they are in the search of a new home, a better home. Many people have a misconception towards why immigrants come to the united states, the majority only think they are trying to invade the country, when in reality they are just trying to survive. Most of the immigrants that come to this country are escaping corruption, violence, and poverty. They are forced to be separated of their families to send them money or to save enough money to bring them later. They are forced to do the job that no other person wants to do, because the pay is so low and the hours are long. Many live with Fear. Fear of dying in the journey, fear of being deported, fear of being discriminated for not speaking the language, or just the fear of not being able to provide for your family because you have been capture into one of the “retention” places (aka jail) like Eloy. Every day we heard the negative connotation of immigrants. The media portraits them as stealers not only from the “benefits” but also of American’s jobs. But, they are just marginalized by the society who main component are immigrants.

When talking about DAPA and DACA Estrada (2016, p. 3) said “ITEP projects that fully legalizing the current 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants would add $2.1 billion in state and local tax revenue each year.” These same immigrants and many more help the economy so much that American economist believe that they are the future economic engine of American and even the world. In history, we know that the foundations of which this country has been made off of was all thanks to the immigrant generations before any of us. The dreams of the immigrants from back then to now are for the most part the same, to be able to start over and live a successful life. The only difference might have been how much the immigrants today majorly impact our economy

Especially in light of the recent refugee crisis, there has been an influx of anti-immigration rhetoric, most of which identifies immigrants and refugees as criminal. This has brought to light an ongoing debate: is there a crime-immigration nexus? This paper will explore data from various studies that have examined not only a negative relationship between crime rates and immigration, but also evidence of protective and generational effects of immigration. Arguing that immigration reduces crime rates rather than increases it, it will then examine the various theories that seek to explain this phenomenon.

Immigrants are not protected under the constitution but there are some in the bill of rights. That lady said what Trump was doing was unconstitutional and that's why she wouldn't defend. When in fact that that is not true. She acted on her opinion and her own emotions. You can not have someone like that in the presidential staff. She chose not to do her job therefore she chose the consequences. If I chose not to do my job I would be fired as well. It's the way it is. And if what Trump is doing is "unconstitutional " then what all other presidents did was also "unconstitutional ". Presidents can use any action of threats ...past ,

To an extent, education determined a huge role of immigrants in the labor force. The number of native-born workers without having a high-school diploma is rapidly decreasing while the number of educated foreign born workers with a high school diploma continues to increase. The number of foreign-born workers that attainted some type of educational form were higher than those of the natives, in contrast, an increased percentage of those immigrant had taken some sort of graduate courses. Many foreign born workers from Central America and Mexico are being employed by jobs requiring a little form of education. From that region, workers are averaging much less wagers than those that are native-born. A third of the workers that were born in Central America and Mexico had jobs that required minimal education, for example, dishwashers, construction, and etc, while only a quarter of native born workers had the same work. “On average, the weekly earnings of men from Mexico and Central America who worked full time were about half those of native-born men; women from Mexico and Central America earned about three-fifths of the average weekly earnings of native-born

“An immigrant is a person who legally comes to a country to take up permanent residence. An “illegal” immigrant is a person who does so without following the established legal procedures of the destination country and who resides in that country without proper visas or other documents.” (source 1)Illegal immigration is changing the lives of many Americans today, and although all illegal immigrants are not bad and are not here by choice, or to hurt anyone, it still affects us each and every day. Illegal immigration has been a problem for many years, and it seems as if it is impossible to control, but according to former mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York it can be controlled. Giuliani stated

Immigrants have been coming to America since the start of this country. However, there is a fine line between an illegal and legal immigrant. Although most immigrants come here in search of a better life for themselves, they do not think about the consequences the rest of the country must fac. Since they are not citizens, they do not receive some of the benefits that an American citizen has, including health care and public schooling. Although they do not have these benefits, they continue receive treatments at hospitals and attend schools, which Americans cannot afford. Illegal immigrants affect the United States’ economy, health care system, and education system in a negative way.