The Pros And Cons Of Immigration In The United States

According to “The U.S. Immigration Debate” by the Council on Foreign Relations immigrants comprise about 13 percent of the U.S. population. Together, immigrants and their U.S.-born children make up about 27 percent of U.S. inhabitants. A 2016 Gallup poll found that 72 percent of Americans considered immigration a “good thing” for the United States, and as many as 84 percent supported a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants if they meet certain requirements. A separate Gallup poll found that among Republicans, 76 percent support a path to citizenship while 62 percent supported a proposed border wall. Obama and Trump

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.

Immigration has been an essential but disruptive aspect of the people and the political state of the United States; however, debates related to immigration and its benefits are intensified significantly. Opposing immigration keeps ranting on how government should exercise better law to control over the people entering into the States from the foreign land. One of the most buzzed argument is that American citizen is unemployed because immigrants stole their jobs and disrupted the economy (Hoban, 2017). Also, an appeal to National security and vulnerability after several terrorist attacks all over the world and also to the government to keep track and maintain the no. of immigrants to create a safer environment (Cafaro, 2009). However, the contrary to these arguments have often been proven right. The pattern of the immigration shows that the contribution of the immigrants has resulted in an economic boost that cannot be overlooked by the government.

Unauthorized immigration was at the center of debate during the 2016 presidential election. Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, was able to capitalize on public outcry over the issue. He will eventually go on to win both, the nomination of the Republican party, and the 2016 presidential election. Anti-immigrant rhetoric played a major part in Trump’s Success. Moreover, the reason for said success can be attributed to the criminalization of unauthorized immigrants by politicians and anti-immigrant groups over the past two decades. Some of the arguments made by anti-immigrant groups are: Unauthorized immigration creates a financial burden for American taxpayers, unauthorized immigrants take jobs away from native born Americans and pose threats

The first effort to control immigration was not to bar immigrants entirely, or turn back those who wanted to travel to the United States, but to set standards for immigration and separate the desirable newcomers who would add to the country from undesirables which would only tear it down. The very first immigration enforcement enacted by Congress was in 1798, and allowed the present to deport anyone that was deemed dangerous to the United States.

Immigration started with Spanish settlers in the 1500’s and eventually moved on to French and English settlers in the 1600’s and so on and so forth. Nearly 1 million immigrants arrive in the United States annually. Though you may see this is as a bad thing, there are actually so many pros to immigration. One of the main pros, though, is that immigrants are taxpayers, consumers, and job creators. The United States benefits from these things in multiple ways such as getting new homes and stores.

Illegal immigration has been an important and serious issue for decades; which affects everyone, both Americans and immigrants themselves. Illegal Immigration has three main purposes: first to find a better life in the ?promise land?, second: free healthcare, and third: for criminal activity. Most illegal immigrants come to America with the best intentions for themselves and/or their families, but many others have alternative motives. The thing that must be remembered is that illegal immigration is illegal. It?s all in the name.

In the United States, the debate involving immigration policy has been going on for centuries, and many people have voiced their opinions regarding the controversial topic, both negative and positive. However, many of these opinions go against statistics, making them baseless accusations. Although millions of American citizens argue that immigrants harm the country, since they supposedly steal jobs, are more likely to commit crimes, and lower wages, their arguments can easily be weakened when certain factors and statistics are taken into consideration.

If you had the chance to move to somewhere new where you could escape the previous troubles and horrors you had just experienced, would you? Many immigrants came to the United States because there were many political problems in their homeland that they wanted to get away from and wanted to start over again with a clean slate. They figured that since the U.S. was accepting new people into our country, more and more could come, but that didn't end very well for most immigrants.

In 2009, President Obama became the first African-American president of the United States of America, which makes him the 44th president. President Obama made a lot of promises in his 2008 presidential campaign that he has fulfilled, broken, or compromised. Many Americans know that a promise that a presidential candidate makes is a major deal because those are the reasons in which why the people vote for that candidate. Once those promises are not fulfilled, Americans will feel like the president has failed them. One of the major promises President Obama made was on immigration. He had 6 proposals only involving immigration. Four out of the six proposals President Obama initiated met half way, and two out of the six proposals were not fulfilled.

Do we need immigrants? Immigrants have been helping for decades. Some people say that US would be better off without immigrants but then think about it who is going to help the US through it’s hard times. For many years the United States has tried different ways to get rid of immigrants but so far none of ways have done any major damage.Because immigrants power the US economy by taking low jobs that most people don't really want to do, they work in the fields especially in california to grow food for not only california but for the whole nation, and most foreign workers are smart so they have jobs like doctors, civil engineers, mechanical engineers, etc. Immigration is a purpose of an increasing world that helps promote movement of people,

“When you cross [the border illegally] with the expectation that you’ll be released, there’s no need to hide, there’s no need to run. You just look for a uniformed agent and turn yourself in.”

The fact that 1.25 million immigrants enter the United State per year may frighten many Americans (Card). The fact that that number has risen 8% in the last 43 years may frighten them even more (Penn Wharton). The idea of immigrants in such large amounts may bring to mid people stealing over the border or arriving on boats and planes en mass. They may think about people stealing their jobs, homes, resources, and even their children's’ education. However, as this paper aims to show, immigrants are not a threat to Americans or their society at all. The push to immigrants to leave the country or to be regulated is not necessary nor is it true to American ideas. The United States Government should allow immigrants to continue to enter and live

It is evident that the topic about immigration has been rekindled lately with Trump becoming president of the United States, this led to a polarization of the country into two sides: one that accepts immigrants into their country and another side that stands behind Trump’s point of view about Mexicans and other immigrants. Immigrants have been a great influence in forming the Unites States’ culture, history and economy over the years. In 2015 almost the 20% of the United States population were immigrants from foreign countries (mainly Mexicans and Asians), they have been a really important piece of the population of the United States in history and thus they have had an important role in what this country has become.

There are millions of illegal immigrants located within the United States, and every year that number increases. Illegal immigration has been and still is an ongoing battle that keeps emerging worldwide. The controversial debate of whether illegal immigrants are straining the economy or benefiting it is still being argued. Many Americans are uncertain if they should be for it or against it and at the same time people don’t really know if immigration in general is acceptable or a threat to the economy. Whether people believe that the effects of illegal immigrants have a negative or a positive impact on our society, it is still a tendentious topic to be debated about.