...Immigrants Argument Writing Have you ever wondered why immigrants come here legally? Immigrants could come here for a new start of doing something good. They could start a new life here and help the economy to become a better place. Immigrants could come here to meet their family when they got torn apart or to have a chance to do something that they wanted to do. Undocumented immigrants should get a path to citizenship because immigrants help boost the economy, families could get torn apart, and it cost to much for immigrants to get deported. One important reason that undocumented immigrants should get a path to citizenship is that immigrants help the economy. According to Senators Charles E. Schumer in upfront magazine, 2016. “We...
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...Illegal Immigration Kenneth Brogan COMM 215 24 AUG 2014 Ryan Oba Illegal Immigration Why does the U.S continue to ban every illegal immigrant in America? How would you feel being a child shoved into a vehicle hidden and smuggled into the U.S not knowing where you're going or what's going to happen next? Once you arrive into the U.S you're surrounded by officers pushing and shoving you into buses taking you to these installations that seem to be built and ran like concentration camps. In today's society, the way that Immigration is handled in the U.S is a serious issue and us as people need to put a stop to this unfair treatment. If the U.S doesn't provide education, many immigrants become violent, causing more crime. They may use illegal drugs, causing crime rates to rise and harming themselves in the process; in the long run will harm the immigrants, because they will face a difficult life in terms of conscience and knowing what they did and the possibility of being deported. If the U.S provides education for immigrants, they can get better jobs to fuel the economy. Many are willing to work for less money than any American citizen will ever think of because jobs in their country pay far less than most low-paying jobs. I'm not saying they have to be paid minimum wage but putting them on the payroll and paying taxes will increase the economy. Denying health care to people is denying them what they need to survive and to be healthy. This...
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...1. There are four important factors that cause international migration flows: economic 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...
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...has been a topic to debate on for quite a while now, the only difference is, the arguments have become more intense. Whether it was a warm or cold welcoming, the idea of immigration has continued to occur. Although the essence of immigration started centuries ago with Mass Migration, the excessive overflow of immigration peaked at Ellis Island in 1907, with about 1 million immigrants being processed. Today, the 2000 U.S. Census Bureau accounted 12 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the country. By 1925, Ellis Island became known as the primary detention and deportation-processing center. According to the Congressional Budget Office there are a number of reason whys immigration has continued for so long. For example, immigration is known to reunite families by admitting immigrants with families that are currently in the United States. Further more, our country admits specific skilled workers for their own benefits and protects refugees that are already in danger in their own country. The most important reason why immigration is currently progressing in the U.S. is because the idea of diversity is important. Now, there are three different types of admissions, Permanent, Temporary, and Illegal Immigration. Permanent admissions contain lawful permanent residents along with aliens with green cards. The next type of admission is Temporary admission for it allows immigrants to come into the country for a specific purpose. or tourism. They come on a work visa that is not...
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...Immigration in the U.S. has risen from 31.1 million immigrants in 2000 to 40.0 million in 2010 (Camarota, 2011). With the immigrant population growing rapidly, there must be a better understanding of how their growth development is different compared to native born individuals. The different growth development can be measured through cognitive, social, and physical aspects. It is also important to not only understand their growth but make our country one that can adapt to their needs. When immigrants first arrive as infants, they are commonly healthy humans. This is because of the healthy immigrant effect. To become an immigrant, there is a lot of tasks you must complete. Some being health related such as vaccines and screenings for diseases....
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...Pre-Viewing Questions 1. What term should we use in this class? Illegal immigrants? Undocumented immigrants? Poll the class? Vote? 2. What is your position on illegal immigration? Do you: * Support fully legalizing all illegal immigrants (amnesty)? * Support legalizing illegal immigrants, but not for convicted criminals? * Support legalizing illegal immigrants, but only if they go through the proper channels? 3. What’s the financial implication of illegal immigration? The implication on “American” workers/jobs? 4. How did you come to have your particular opinions? What/Who influenced you? For now, try to stay open-minded: Don’t entrench yourself in an opinion. Be willing to change. Being “American” 1. What does it mean to be American? 2. Who does society regard as Americans? What are the criteria for being an American? 3. Why is citizenship so important? 4. Which is more “authentic,” a native born citizen or a naturalized one? Is there any difference? 5. What is the difference? 6. Who deserves/should deserve citizenship? Why? 7. What did you do to “earn” your citizenship? 8. What did your ancestors do to become citizens? 9. What should new immigrants have to do to become legal? 10. What are some things that you have heard people say about “illegal immigrants/immigration”? Halfway Point Reactions – if you watch in two viewings 1. What was Frank’s position at the beginning of the film? ...
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...illegally. Some come to the United States hoping for a better paying job, a better education, or better health care. Immigrants would have the ability to give themselves and their children a better education than they could get from their own countries. Many immigrants are tired of getting paid less when they can go to the United States to earn a better wage. In the homeland of immigrants, they have poor health care compared to the United States. Similarly, the protagonist Lourdes, from the novel Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario, faces the difficult choice of leaving her family and immigrating to the United States illegally. The prospects of obtaining a better paying job, allowing an individual’s child to continue his or her education, and the opportunity provide a better life for one’s family exemplify reasons why struggling individuals immigrate to the United States. The first reason why immigrants come to the United States is to search for better paying jobs. In the article by Daniel Stein, he states that the presence of a large illegal workforce discourages Americans from seeking those jobs. This allows the immigrants an opportunity to achieve a better paying job. Many immigrants were professionals back in their countries. Immigrants would get ahead of themselves and believe that the United States would provide better paying jobs, but they were wrong. Immigrants become desperate to find a decent job to send money back home, such as clothes and food. The novel Enrique’s Journey...
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...Illegal immigrants have a positive effect on America’s economy. They provide an adaptable workforce and low cost labor pool, allowing US based companies to keep their factories within the country rather than moving their manufacturers to the cheap and compelling factories in china. Some are convinced that these illegal immigrants are a drain on the economic system, stealing jobs from American citizens in need. In reality, Illegal immigrants take jobs that few people want. Thomas Friedman, a writer for the New York Times, agreed and wrote that these immigrants may be exactly what the U.S. economy needs to succeed, and even excel. They are intensely motivated and bring an important type of energy into America’s veins, allowing us to keep up with rapidly expanding countries including China and India. In exchange for a low-cost workforce and a vivacious energy, America can offer a chance at a new life....
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...big country where dreams can become reality, - The American Dream -, and in my opinion it is true. America has become a big destination for immigrants from Mexico, Spain, Africa etc. and in my opinion it is great because for a nation as big as America, it is important to have immigrants from different society to build an even greater society. The society as we know as America. Of course many people think it would be better to have one common culture, nationality or religion because then they might have the same habits, norms and the same sense in terms of policy, but I think they are wrong. I think they are wrong because in a country as big as America you will need many immigrants from different places for the influence of the culture and the people. The influence of immigrants is very good, because it is forming a strong society with a lot of different cultures, which means they get affected by each other in a positive way. The melting pot, also known as “the salad bowl”, is a synonym for a country build with a lot of different immigrants from different places, to build a strong society. Well we can definitely say that America is the melting pot, because of all the immigrants that have built such a strong and big country as America. It is not a surprise that there are many Immigrants in America, because America is a country where people, think that their dreams can become true and they want to secure their kids future. Most of the immigrants see’s America as the hearth...
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...actually my first time watching the movie and I failed to grasp the entire concept, resulting in me having to watch it for a second time. The movie’s main characters are Leonardo DiCaprio as Amsterdam Vallon, the central character, Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill “The Butcher” Cutting, and Cameron Diaz as Jenny Everdeane. The lack of immediate assimilation into society by the Irish immigrants was one integral reason as to why separate factions were formed. As seen in The Gangs of New York five distinct "gangs" were formed as a result of Irish integration into society. The Nativist's, led by Bill the Butcher, are not fond of the Irish immigrants presence in America. They feel that the incoming Irish will have eternal devotion to the Old Country and will be a negative addition to society. However, the Nativist's perception of their Irish immigrant counterparts may have had some rationale behind it. The American Irish tended to isolate themselves into small ghettos, socialize only with each other, and attend isolated Catholic weekly masses. Although all these different characteristics of the Irish immigrants angered the Nativists, what may have angered them the most was the Irish American control over political policies. Nativists were convinced that the Irish American support for the Democratic Party was not a result of actual agreement with the policies,...
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...Pros and Cons of U.S. Citizenship Citizenship is not for everyone, especially immigrants. Immigrants come to the U.S., each with a different reason explaining why they must immigrate to America. But if they never planned to stay in America for a long period of time, then they shouldn’t be able to be given the privilege to become an American citizen. This kind of situation is the deciding factor of whether or not they should need citizenship. Therefore, if the person has come from poor demographics and has little government help, citizenship could be of use, but then their citizenship for their native country would have to be revoked. There are many pros and cons to becoming a U.S. citizens, so if the immigrants think that the pros outweigh...
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...Integration to Canadian Society This paper will examine the difficulties immigrants have when they arrive in Canada with respect to assimilation of language, transferability of education in finding a job in Canada and training that exists for the newly landed immigrant. We will also touch the difficulties it poses for Canadian citizens in dealing with this influx of immigrants into our urbanized centers. Anglo Canadians have quickly become a minority and continue to become a shrinking minority. Immigrants arriving to Canada in most cases believe that they have made the right choice to leave their homeland in pursuit of a better life for themselves and their children. After all Canada has a global reputation as being one of the best countries in the world for many reasons. There is free healthcare available and educational opportunities if so desired as well as many provincial social services in place to help new immigrants transition into Canadian society. Some immigrants leave there come country because of instability within their government causing national unrest and dangerous circumstances for ordinary citizens. In other cases immigration can occur simply because they are seeking a better opportunities in life. Up until 1960’s “Canada’s immigration objective was to attract more British and American immigrants, as well as immigrants from the “preferred countries” of central and northern Europe” [4] Canada’s immigration policy after 1960 has historically been very relaxed...
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...Immigrants Learning English What does immigrant mean? Immigrant is a person who comes into a country to live there. When immigrants come into whatever country, they have to learn a new culture and new language to integrate society in that country. In fact, language is the key of the culture, so learning new language in new country will help immigrants understand more about the typical culture’s in new country; each country has a different languages, and language is the most important thing to communication with native speakers so that it helps people understand each other. For example, if immigrants come to France, they have to learn French; immigrants move to China, they can learn Chinese; or if immigrants are resident in Spain, they must learn Spanish etc. Likewise, immigrants, who come into the U.S, can learn English; learning English is very helpful to immigrants in the U.S because they can communicate with somebody by English, get more opportunities and support their children. First, learning English helps immigrants can communicate with native speakers or...
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...in the News Paper Immigration has been a front running story in the United States for years, why don’t we let them in American or why should we let them in America, and or why don’t they just follow the rules to get in American. All of the questions are asked by America and there is always conflicting answer to go with those conflicting question. This paper will be analyzing the conflicting reason why people what or do not want immigrates in America using conflict diagnoses and the conflicting resolution of the immigrations conflict in America. Conflict diagnosis will be cover a number of things like describing the conflict, identify the cause of the conflict, analyze interests, Characterize the conflict, Consider trust, Identify impediments to settlement, Identify/maximize the Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA), and Consider diversity issues (Zee Pedia , 2014). This conflict of can be described as the American people vs the American people, the American people vs the American government, and the Immigrants vs the American government these are all the parties involved in this conflict. Next step is to understand why each group believes in what they believe to cause the conflict. Why do immigrants what to come to America so bad, so bad to risk not only their lives but their children and their wives/mothers lives? Most immigrants say the same thing “Immigrants chose to come for various reasons, such as to live in freedom, to practice their religion freely...
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... Immigration in the United States had started during the colonial era from the 1800’s to 1920’s. The reason why many immigrants had come to the United States was because of the fact that they were seeking economic opportunity but for some immigrants such as pilgrims, they were searching for religious freedom in the 1600’s. Between 1880 and 1920, it was a time of rapid industrialization and urbanization which had resulted in America receiving more than 20 million immigrants. Beginning in the 1890s, the majority of arrivals were from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. The new laws in 1965 ended the quota system that had favored European Immigrants. Today, the majority of the country’s immigrants come from Asia and Latin America. US citizens have certain responsibilities as active members of this country and these responsibilities require you to participate in the political process by registering and voting in elections. Also, serving on a jury is another important required responsibility. Finally, respecting different opinions, ethnic groups, cultures and religions found in this country. Illegal immigrants living and often working in the United States have some rights under the US constitution despite their immigration status. Even if you are in this country illegally, the fourteenth amendment still applies to these non-documented illegal immigrants. The fourteenth amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. As for regular legal citizens...
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