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They also have to deal with people calling them names because of their skin color or their birth place. “Americans also accuse Hispanics of stealing their jobs” (Ramos 53) because most Latinos that come here have a job. They also face seeing “racist graffiti on homes or on walls of buildings” (Plunkett 15) and they have to face hate crimes. Plunkett said that “Latinos sometimes get excluded from white communities” (39) because they are Hispanics. Ramos also said that “Latinos are blamed for serious problems the country faces” (195) like the fall of the twin towers. There are reasons for Americans to discriminate Latinos and reasons why they shouldn’t discriminate them.

These racist groups take advantage especially of the illegal Latino population in doing these things, because they believe they have no rights due to their illegal status here in the United States. Also these groups know that many of these Hispanics will not go to police to report these incidents of discrimination and abuse, because they are fearful that in doing so they might get deported. They also discriminate the legal Latinos, because in their eyes they are the same as the illegal ones. The article also portrays the horrific actions of discrimination racist extremist do against Latinos. Eviatar reports the examples of the abuse by stating, “a young mother was arrested and jailed when she asked to be paid for her work in a Tennessee cheese factory; a migrant bean picker whose life savings were confiscated by police during a traffic stop, and a rapist in Georgia going unpunished because his 13-year-old victim is undocumented (par 3). The hate they feel towards this minority group, cause them to commit acts that are unjustifiable. They inflict pain and psychological suffering to Hispanics. This behavior is the cause racism, that as you see can harm to other ethnicities at a great level. Racialism also comes to play in this case, because these groups believe that they are “biologically” superior to Hispanics and other ethnicities and races as well. Our race does not make us superior to others, yet they still believe in that it does.

Cultures using hyphenated forms of “American,” such as Mexican-American, African-American, Asian-American, Native-American and many more is a step in the right direction for culture acceptance. With this positive move in the world, there could be a change in how cultures view themselves, leading to how others view them. The multicultural society has to take into account for this change because without their acceptance it would just be hate. Bharati Mukherjee in her essay “American Dreamer,” asserts, “WE MUST BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF AN ‘US’ vs. ‘THEM’ MENTALITY.” Although Mukherjee has a great point here, I have to disagree. I don’t feel that we have to be aware of the ‘US’ versus ‘THEM’ mentality with the change in cultural acceptance.

It is true that the Latino population does immigrate into the United States, sometimes illegally. However, that is not always the case. By discussing immigration policy whenever Latinos are mention, brings a negative connotation to the Latino community. Latinos are often seen as immigrants and undocumented because of the way it is reported in the news media, when the reality is far from that. There are Latinos who have arrived to the U.S. legally and waited their turn. In addition, many of the Latino population, both legal and undocumented have made a big impact in the economy of the U.S. As of 2014, Hispanics own 298,563 businesses around the country (Colby & Ortman, 2015) and undocumented immigrants make up 5 percent of the total U.S. civilian workforce (Krogstad, Passel, & Cohn,

Several say that Hispanics are coming to America to take all the jobs, as well to take full advantage of all the benefits the United States offer like welfare and section 8 housing. It’s sad to see how Hispanics are treated differently since there a different ethnicity. This discrimination will keep happening due to that the government system is corrupt, and because they don’t assign stricter sentences when it comes to racism or hatred crimes towards Hispanics. Although, if it was the other way around for Hispanics or African Americans being racist towards the white people or do hateful crimes to them, then it would totally be a big deal.

Immigration is one of the most important issues that the United States faces and thus has misperceptions such as how immigration affects the workforce and economy, the size and composition of the immigrants, and the budgetary impact of unauthorized immigration. As of 2012, more than 40 million immigrants lived in the United States, the population accounting for about 13 percent of the total population of U.S. The same year showed that unauthorized immigrants were 11.7 million, accounting for 3.7 percent of all the people of the U.S and roughly 5.2 percent of the labor force. Most of the illegal immigrants are Latino who is primarily from Central America and Mexico. 46 percent of all the immigrants in the

An issue that many undocumented immigrants face in the U.S. is unemployment and economical disparities. It is important to focus on the challenges Latino immigrants encounter in the workforce. Immigrants do not account for the majority of Latino workers in the United States. Since the recession the economy has not restored all the jobs that were lost. Jobs being added are hardly keeping ahead the other supply of workers. Most of the jobs recovered are being occupied by U.S. born workers. According to the article Latino Jobs Growth Driven By U.S. Born, Rakesh Kochhar states “ U.S.-born Hispanics gained 2.3 million jobs in the recovery, compared with a loss of 37,000 jobs in the recession. For Hispanic immigrants, the 453,000 jobs gained in

Immigrants face many struggles, such as working jobs that other people do not want for low wages, being unable to expand their knowledge because of the language barrier. Being in a new country which language you don’t understand is very difficult because it is needed for everything, whether it’s trying to communicate in a public place, work or school. The most horrifying thing an immigrant goes through is being aware that any day or any time they can be deported, knowing that you might not be able to see a loved one again is something no one would want to wish upon anyone. Most Latino immigrants have already started a family here in the US which benefits the child because it means he or she will have more opportunities, but this also means that the parent can possibly be deported and the child left behind because of the child’s birth place. There are many problems that affect immigrant which can lead to major behavioral problems such as sadness, aggression, social withdrawals and psychosocial stressors. Constant discrimination can lead to increased risk of anxiety and depression, therefore; it can make people find a way to cope, reduce or tolerate with the stress in a healthy or

The United States is known as “the land of opportunities and hope” but it does not always offer what it portrays. Undocumented immigrants who come to the U.S. in search of “the American dream” have faced many injustices in this country, a country which claims to be free and fair. Undocumented immigrants are everywhere; however, not all immigrants are bad or trying to hurt others. In the United States, especially in California, Mexicans are the targeted group when it comes to politics and other important government issues. Mexicans are seen as invaders who are constantly killing and raping, but in reality this is not true. There are some Mexicans who kill and rape, yet there are also Mexicans who come to the U.S. to work and provide for their family.

In today 's society there are a lot of issues in respect to what is occurring in regards the nationality and sentiments of other nationalities or even cultures in America. For instance, in Texas there was the issue where a new textbook would become active to High Schools and its students would learn, or the intent was for students to learn about the most predominant culture in South Texas… the mexican. Students would be taught this new course, if accepted by the school districts in Texas. Unfortunately, the class is not the most depicted issue, but it 's textbook. The textbook was wrong in many ways as it depicted stereotypes about mexicans that are wrong, and demeaning. The facts are wrong in regards their history, the true intentions of mexicans, and the contributions they have put into the United States.

Despite these high rates of incarceration and deportation, immigrants are making it across reaching the United States of America. The experience or treatment encountered while crossing might not be their most pleasant. Mexico considers those who cross their southern border felons (Seper, 2010; Dickerson, 2015). Those deported who are caught re-entering the country can face up to 10 years of imprisonment, and the punishment for visa violations can be up to six years (Seper, 2010). Without knowing the specific experiences of other Latino Americans imprisoned in Mexico or their treatment while they successfully cross the same country, the Mexican immigration laws and treatment of crossing immigrants might suffice in explaining any resentment between Latinos in the United States. However, this leaves one question unanswered: Why would a Mexican in the US feel animosity towards another

The agricultural industry in the United States accounts for 4% of the economy. Without the illegal immigrants, there wouldn’t be any industrial crop trade, which means people wouldn’t be able to purchase vegetables at supermarkets. In terms of overall numbers, The Department of Labor reports that of the 2.5 million farm workers in the U.S., over half (53 percent) are illegal immigrants. Growers and labor unions put this figure at 70 percent. Research by UCLA Professor Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda shows that legalizing our nation’s undocumented immigrant population and reforming our legal immigration system would add a cumulative $1.5 trillion to U.S. GDP over a decade. Undocumented immigrants also pay taxes, although they pay 37% less than the average American citizen, they contribute to the US

One reason I think this that many immigrants take jobs that many U.S citizens do not want to take like working on farms. In a poll taken about the percent of farmer of each ethnicity in Washington state. The amount of white farmers in the mid 70’s was around 85%, while latino’s where around 10%. Around this time the percent of white farmers started to fall while at the same time percent of latino farmers rose. It rose steadily for a long time and at around 2000 the percent of white farmers was around 35%,

Latinos are the most immigrants who entered the United States illegally, but they should have not entered United States illegally because all around the world there are people who have signed documents trying to entered the United States and become a proper citizen, some of them have waited about nine years or more or less to come to the United States to look for a better life. All of the millions of immigrants that cross the border illegally know the danger they are facing, but at the same time they are breaking the first law of the United States. Just as mentioned before everyone knows the danger they are facing, but at the same time they are breaking a law and that's why they should further impose restrictions on immigration. When looking at the facts, it is clear that the United States should further impose immigration restriction, but not to strong. To this day immigration is a big topic that is discussed all around America and in our 2016 election. Everyone has different ideas on how to make this immigration crisis work, some of the ideas are completely absurd and some ideas are okay, but it is clear that this problem should be fixed. The United States has a lot of immigrant people coming to the United States for better opportunities and looking for a better life. No one blames them for coming

We see immigrants in the restaurant industry, not as chefs but as dishwashers and busboys. We see them in the agriculture sector as migrant workers doing literally backbreaking work of weeding and picking our fruits and vegetables so we can purchase them at low prices. We use immigrants as gardeners and groundskeepers and expect them to work outside, in Phoenix, in 100 plus degrees. I don’t think any of "us" could tolerate the conditions that they work under. They clean our schools, our offices and our stores. They get security jobs on the shifts that American workers don’t want, night watchmen. They take the construction jobs from companies that avoid paying union wages. These opportunities are presented by American companies that are only interested in their bottom line. The desire to hire immigrant workers, documented or undocumented, is out of the greed of profit-driven corporate America. The fact that Immigrant laborers are desperate for work is exploited by the very companies that promote lower prices for consumers, American consumers. An irony of sorts. We pay lower wages so we can have lower prices at the expense of the employment of others who were making more money doing the same job. Since these American workers are now being paid the lower wage or none at all, it helps that the prices for these items and services are lower. Otherwise how else could they afford them?