...Title Influence of the social media on illegal immigration into the U.S. from Latin America Name of student: Christina okanyuri Name of course: History Institutional affiliation: Submission date: America is informally termed as a "nation of immigrants" because of the widely open-door policy based on accepting foreigners chasing the vision of the so called American Dream. Legal and illegal immigration is a situation that not only exists in the U.S., but all over the world. Illegal immigration is defined as the relocation of individuals into a state in infringement of the immigration sovereignty and laws of a particular nation (Garni, 2010). Illegal immigration also involves entering a foreign country legally but refusing to depart after one’s visa expiry. It involves trespassing international political boundaries through land, air, and water unlawfully. Most illegal immigrants in the U.S. enter the country using two popular ways. First, through the U.S Mexico border and the other is by over staying their visas. A large percentage of illegal immigrants in the U.S are from Mexico, Canada, Africa and Europe. The impact of immigration is mostly felt in states where great numbers of immigrants have resided. Examples of these states include California and New Jersey. This has become a key concern to the U.S. government and its citizens. The genesis of illegal immigration dates back to the late 19th century. In 1875, a national law was approved which barred entry of prostitutes...
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...Professor Merrigan Macro Economics December 1, 2015 Illegal Immigration Even before its declaration of independence in 1776, the United States was a haven for those seeking a better life. Flocking to this country by the thousands, immigrants past and present have journeyed to the land of the free in an attempt to obtain a lifestyle based upon the United States’ concept of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” With more and more people entering the country, the United States quickly evolved into the ultimate melting pot that welcomed any and all who desired to become a part of it. As time has passed and millions of immigrants have ventured to the country, the United States still maintains a welcoming attitude towards new immigrants. However, with such a vast amount of foreigners who desire access into the country, entry into the United States has become much more complex since the days of Ellis Island. As a result, this new century has given rise to another kind of immigrant: the illegal immigrant. Desperate to become a part of the booming American culture, thousands upon thousands immigrants have begun to enter the United States illegally. Ignoring the laws set forth by the American government, these immigrants enter the country and unnoticeably assimilate themselves into the culture of the United States. With the influence of several factors such as large borders and unruly citizens who refuse to uphold the law, the government essentially allows...
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...Immigration Immigration has long been a factor that has helped shape the United States into a unique diverse culture. Over the years illegal immigrants have gained a negative connotation from American society that does not understand what drives illegal immigration. As human beings we are born with natural rights, however societies give the illusion that we are really free to go and do what we want. It is determinism that explains the internal and external forces of illegal immigration. Since the beginning of America's history immigrants have been an important staple in building this country. It has now grown to be a big melting pot of all types of cultures. For example, up North there is Italian influence, down south there are Cuban and Haitian, and in the west there is Mexican influence. It is a right for every human being to seek out a place where they are able to gain better opportunities for themselves and their families. When societies lay down certain rules restricting immigration that's when human freedoms come into question. From the day a person is born they hear America is a free country you can do and be whatever you want. In a way it is true, but as one grows older they start to understand the way society and government works. You are lead to believe that there are no constraints to how you want to live your life. In a deterministic view freedom is an illusion. Some of the external factors as to why many illegally immigrate to the U.S. are economic...
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...Mohamed Ali KCC Composition II 7 Dec, 2013 Do we need illegal migrants? There are many heard misconceptions about illegal immigration. Immigration levels have increased by a significant extent. People migrate for a variety of reasons and purposes, some are economic and others are non-economic. Any average people know the economic reasons, such as pursuing economic advantages, and educational opportunities. One of non-economic purposes is seeking friends or family members who have tried to cross into the US illegally. People make influence decisions to migrate illegally. The debate on illegal immigration has been a controversial and significant issue that needs addressed. It is a public flurry issue in the United State of America in the recent times. Others say illegal migrants caused a sharp increase in crime rates in the U.S. whatever people argument about; it’s easy to overlook the fact that illegal immigrants are real and they entered the country with their own issues. They affected the economy and the lives of citizens in different ways, such as structural and psychological factors There are many whys and wherefores explaining the psychological factors for migration? Some of the most important structural reasons are better opportunities for work, to escape from the tyrant rulers, join their families, and find the best opportunities for their lives. The suffering...
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...pressures; social networks and connections between migrant sending and receiving countries; immigration policies; and cultural perceptions people in developing countries have about immigration and immigrant receiving countries. Indicate which of these you believe is the most important and second most important factors and explain why. There are four important factors that cause international migration flow. The most important factor is the economic pressures and second most important is the cultural perceptions people in developing countries have about immigration and immigrant receiving countries. Both these factors are relatively related and linked together. The most important factor that influences migration flows is the economic pressures. People who pursue better wages and a higher standard of living economically motivate most labor migrations. This is generated by the push- pull theory that explains how migrants are pushed to leave the areas of origin because of demographic growth, low standards of living, and lack of economic opportunities (Castles and Miller 22). Migrants are then pulled to move to receiving countries because they are attracted to the demand they have for labor, availability of land, economic opportunities, and political freedoms (Castles and Miller 22). The push-pull factor is one of the main explanations as to why the economic pressures are the biggest factors that influences international migration flows. You can further analyze this theory and see that without...
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...bringing to negative effects. In this essay, I will discuss that how influence the economic of developed countries. For example, population of America will be twice in this century. Especially, the number of children increased sharply. So that need as twice as houses, cars, roads, prison, hospitals, schools water treatment facilities and so on. Therefore American needs more nature resource than before. Firstly, immigration helps late Twentieth Century Massachusetts economy in America. More specifically, during in 1970s, as population of Massachusetts move to other place and Massachusetts of birth rate decreased sharply. Massachusetts suffered from urban flight, closing industrial, and so on. However, in 1980s considerable immigrations that come from different countries settled in Massachusetts, which bring a host of labors. Under depressing economy, most of labors can find a job on manufacturing, thereby promoting the development of economy. For instance, much immigration is employed in manufacturing, which in every 100 workers, there are 78 workers in this department. Secondly, immigration that has high-skilled makes a great contribution on the economy of Massachusetts. Comparing with native people who have professionals such as engineers’ physical scientists and computer scientists, over about 2% of foreign worker held these professionals, while less than 1% native people work at these fronts. Moreover, immigration who be university and college teacher is twice more than native...
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...Solutions to the Influence of Illegal Immigrants on Health Care Costs Learning Team A University of Phoenix HCS 440 Monday, January 27, 2014 Solutions to the Influence of Illegal immigrants on Health Care Costs The problem of illegal immigration is current and has been around for decades. With over 11 million immigrants there has not been a successful action on how to prevent this from happening; the United States should consider solutions to this economic issue. According to Sy Mukherjee studies have shown that the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants cost federal and state governments 10.7 billion a year in health care expenditures. We have all been witnesses to hospitals and medical facilities struggling with the rising cost of providing care to the uninsured population. Hospitals and health care facilities are struggling with massive costs of uncompensated medical services for uninsured people, by federal law they cannot be turned away for the lack of insurance or the ability to pay. Unfortunately these costs are only estimates because health care facilities do not ask for proof of citizenship before providing care. The immigrants are overwhelming healthcare in this economy. Due to billions of tax payer funded dollars they have cost us, a dozen of hospitals in the south-western states have been affected by this. They either go bankrupt or close down. According to CAIR (an organization) ‘because of the federally-mandated...
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... The Immigration Crisis Over the past 20 years immigration has become a hot topic in American culture. Since September 11, 2001, the concern for security at our nation’s borders is higher than ever. The threat of another attack lies imminent in the country’s mind. With the increase in concern for border security comes the issue of how to approach and handle the illegal immigration epidemic that is currently affecting the United States. We should first look back at the Roman Empire to give us a better understanding of the problems and solutions of immigration. There are astonishing similarities between the rise of the United States and power and the upsurge of Roman Republic. (Pagdan) These likenesses are not due to the specific character of both states, rather there is a common pattern in the development of every powerful state and the United States and Rome are examples of this pattern. The effects that immigration has on the United States are limitless. There have been endless debates over these effects since as early as the colonial times. The economic, fiscal and demographic effects are three major topics that tend to rule these debates. Regardless on someone’s political view of immigration, everyone should realize how it has and is shaping the United States today. The economic, fiscal and demographic effects are three major topics that tend to rule the debates on immigration and its laws. It is without a doubt that the United States was founded on immigration and its...
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...Jennifer Gherasim 11 February 2015 Lopez 1 Illegal Immigration Facing the Border Carlos Galindo races across the street to embrace the son he lost for 3 years; it is touching until a speeding truck heads straight for Carlos. The reality of the situation: this metaphorical truck represents deportation and Carlos is just one of the many individuals who is mowed down by the consequences of illegal immigration. What is illegal immigration? It is dictated by the “migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country1”. Often, the primary reasons for immigration include hopes for a better living condition, income, and, specifically for the U.S., desire to chase the American Dream. Some illegal aliens tend to come from backgrounds of poverty and believe that, by moving to a richer country, they themselves will become prosperous. The issue with this is not their reasons for immigration but rather the method of immigration and what perils they bring to the country or themselves. The surplus of issues that arise from unlawfully entering a country are often displayed in the media. The first issue involves them coming in undocumented which branches off into two separate problems: inability to get assistance for themselves for fear of deportation and utilizing taxpayer's resources that they have not contributed to (one can be blunt and claim it as thievery). On another note, many illegal aliens may put themselves in harms way; slavery...
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...Topic: Can immigration reform pass in 2014? Much thought has been given to this question not only by me, but by many politicians, who have the ability to influence the resolution of this issue. Therefore, in the context of this paper, I will attempt to answer this question based upon my understanding of the facts related to this issue. What is the historical framework of this issue? For many years, people from all over the world migrated to the United States for various reasons: a fresh start, a better living, and a quality education. In addition, they also wanted to escape oppression or to experience “The American Dream.” According to website, “The American Dream is an idea that suggests that anyone in the US can succeed through hard work and has the potential to lead a happy, successful life.” ((McMahon & Joseph, 2014) From 1776 to 1875, the United States had an open- door policy toward immigration. The law was so open-door, that Congress passed a law in 1864 to encourage immigration to the United States Devine (2008.). Due to the influx of immigrants the law has been modified many times. President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996. This act addressed the problem of illegal immigrants. He wanted a firm but reasonable approach to address the issue. He desired strong boarder control, ensurance that American jobs were made available for legal works along with a policy that was pro-family. This plan would...
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...Immigration Bailout Melissa Leal ENG/215 April 06, 2015 Charlotte Babb Immigration Bailout Immigration reform, are you informed to what is going on? I’m going to explain how neither parties are taking into consideration how this will affect our nation, how the current immigration reform is putting a strain on our country, how all this is just a political struggle to gain the most influence, and options on how to solve the issues at hand. Let me start by explaining how this personally affects me. My husband is a border patrol agent. The information that I have gathered is strictly information that I have heard from either the media or things spoken indirectly. By no means did I get my information from my husband. The reason this affects many families of homeland security is, the constant back and forth between both parties trying to come to some agreement about a budget, this has been a long-standing issue. The government shutdown happened last year; this affected many federal employees. The difference being is that homeland security workers were still required to go out and do their job without pay. They had to put their lives on the line just as American soldiers did. What I think is the people do not realize that both parties fail to solve the issue and they just put a Band-Aid on it. Then the public is informed that there has been some type of resolution. In hindsight, I was one of those people. I failed to realize the truth until it actually directly affected me....
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...Illegal Immigrants in healthcare Illegal Immigrants, Health care and the United States The influence of illegal immigrants on health care economics in the United States has become a serious problem. With health care stretched the impact of the illegal immigrant population increases the already high costs. Medical service in communities affected by high population of the illegal immigrants is being severely compromised as hospitals absorb the $200 million plus in unreimbursed health care costs (How are illegal immigrants getting free health care? para. 5). A woman who the United States illegally, gives birth in a United States hospital, and does not pay for the services this costs the hospital approximately $6000 dollars provided if there are no complications; this burden on the health care system must be remedied. The following paper will share some facts and discuss a few of the solutions that will help to decrease the affects immigration has on the economics of health care. One solution given is to provide a wider availability of preventative care and education. Another suggests that placing tighter restrictions on the borders and photo identity before health care may also be a choice in reducing the impact of the immigrant population on the health care system. In today’s health care, illegal immigrants affect the economy in more ways than one may think. Think about all the personnel coming in and out of this country from...
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...about what America was, what America has become, and what America should be. He focuses his ideas around legal and illegal immigrants and how the laws affect America when dealing with them as a working class. In some sense, the comments that he made were a bit insulting, while on the other hand, the comments were a bit amusing at best. These views are view that I would expect a comedian to address in stand-up than what I would expect a public speaker to verbalize to bluntly. He starts be addressing how immigrants today differ from the immigrants from a few decades ago. He states that in the 40’s the immigrants were welcomed because they came to America looking to work and were willing to take the jobs that no other American wanted. These jobs included agriculture and other labor intensive jobs. He then continued by saying that illegal immigrants were the ones that would take on these jobs, but as states began to legalize immigration, it made possible the ability for immigrants to come to America and become civilian who are able to stay at home and receive a check legally. He is against this because he feels that now immigrants are coming to America legally to get a free check instead of coming to America illegally to earn a living. I don’t believe he is saying to drive immigrant out by making immigration illegal. However, he is saying that illegal immigrants made America better by working the jobs that no one in America wanted, and at the same time, benefited by...
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...give a detail description of the stance of immigration in the United States, the description of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, and my policy strategy that will aid Latinos Mississippi immigrants who are struggling in the work force. Throughout the development of the United States, immigration has been a difficult and arduous topic to cover. The United States of America has been always viewed as the “American Dream” for immigrants to get more opportunities for a better life style with jobs, education, and respect they may not have in their homeland. Thus, many foreigners travels and settle in America to see what they can benefit from the new area. With many new immigrants, with variety of character and culture, they can be a great edition in improving the United States overall. There is a surplus of immigrants that are working hard to achieve a luxurious life they seek and with that motivation; it has significant impact on America’s economy. It starts back in the...
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...how the changes in demographics will affect health care. Two health care related challenges identified for the population is chosen. The author will also describe how a chronic disease wellness program may affect the costs for this demographic. In conclusion, the author will discuss the marketing needs or services needed for this population as well as how the chosen population can address these challenges. The population demographics that the author has chosen to write a summary on is the influence of illegal immigrations on emergency health care. Immigration reform is one of the most forming or expressing division or issues opposing the United States policymakers. The increase in the number of illegal immigrants in the United States over the last 10 years has led to conflict about the influence of illegal immigration on emergency health care. The number of possible security threats assumed by unauthorized entrance into the country has increased, as well. The economic influence of illegal aliens in the United States is a...
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