Immigration is what has made America what it is today. An immigrant is a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence. Everyone in the United States of America is an immigrant either moving here themselves or being directly related to someone who did. All of us came from different parts of the world even as far back as the Native Americans when they emigrated from Asia to the United States. Immigration is needed to grow America with new cultures and ideas. Immigration is a necessity, but the way its being controlled now is not functioning well because we are not fair in choosing the citizens we allow in, thus making illegal immigration rise. An important man in history by the name of Christopher Columbus immigrated to America in 1492. “He landed somewhere in the Caribbean, marking the first encounter of Europeans with the New World” (Purcell 139). Almost a hundred years later Sir Walter Raleigh sent ships over to America to explore and eventually established “Virginia”. Since then, more and more explorers came to America and “marked their territory” as their own. Some important immigration stories were of black African slaves and the people on the Mayflower landing in Plymouth and making that their home. In 1921 congress passed the first comprehensive immigration restriction law. “This law set a limit on the total immigration and imposing a quota system based on the nations of origin” (Purcell 140). About nine years later a four-year period of negative immigration begins causing more immigrants to leave America than come to America. Another nine years later and almost all immigration were stopped because of World War II. The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 brought in a new era of the Immigration pol... ... middle of paper ... .... Web. 26 Nov. 2013. "The Benefits of Commonsense Immigration Reform." White House. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. . Bass, Frank. "Second-Generation Immigrants Overtaking U.S. Population Success."Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg, 07 Feb. 2013. Web. 28 Nov. 2013. . Simon, Julian L. "Journal of Libertarian Studies." ARE THERE GROUNDS FOR LIMITING IMMIGRATION? (1998): 137-52. Center for Libertarian Studies. Web. 29 Nov. 2013. . Bouvier, Leon F. "Embracing America: A Look at Which Immigrants Become Citizens | Center for Immigration Studies." Center for Immigration Studies. N.p., July 1996. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. .
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“They are willing to sell themselves in order to find a better life for themselves or
In 2007, the White House issued this statement in hopes to influence a Congressional debate: “Immigration has a positive effect on the American economy as a whole and on the income of native-born American workers” (Pear). This statement relates to the idea that immigrants actually enhance the productivity of American workers and increase their earnings in a significant amount, estimated at $37 billion a year (Pear). This is just one way in which immigrants support economic development in the United States. Since the U.S. is an i...
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America is a nation consisting of many immigrants: it has its gates opened to the world. These immigrants transition smoothly and slowly from settlement, to assimilation then citizenship. These immigrants are first admitted lawfully as permanent residents before they naturalize to become full citizens. In her book “Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America”, the historian Mae Ngai draws our attention to the history of immigration and citizenship in America. Her book examines an understudied period of immigration regulation between 1924 and 1965.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants, legal and illegal, from around the world, come to the United States. These immigrants come because they want a chance at a better life; others are refugees, escaping persecution and civil wars in their home country. Many people believe the United States is the best place to go. There is more freedom, protection, and benefits, which seems like a good deal to immigrants. But the large number of immigration is affecting the current citizens of the United States. Taxpayers are forced to pay for the welfare and schooling for many of these immigrants, some who are illegal aliens. Some citizens believe that immigration can be hazardous to the environment. Others blame crime, poverty, and overpopulation on immigration. About sixty-eight million immigrants have been added to the United States since 1970, and it is estimated that 130 million people will be added over the next fifty years. The government has tried somewhat to restrict immigration but the laws are still too lenient. Nearly every other advanced country in the world is moving quickly towards stabilized population or has already achieved it. The United States is moving towards it very slowly. This country would have to reduce immigration down to 255,000 a year to do this (Beck 1). If nothing is done to stabilize the immigration to this country, what will become of population in the next decade? The population will continue to grow even faster - not due to births, but to massive immigration to this country. Immigration can become a serious problem to this country if the government does not produce stricter laws.
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Through the history and trends of Latin American immigration, one can begin to understand the impact of immigration on American society. Latin American countries have not always been the leading countries of origin for immigrants to the United States; however, with the Immigration and Nationality Act, they surpassed European countries’ immigration and rose to the top (1). Subsequently, a number of Hispanics ca...
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