The Pros And Cons Of Immigrants

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In Chinese philosophy and religion, there is two principles, one negative and dark (yin), one positive and bright (yang)."yin and yang". The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. 14 Apr. 2016.In simpler words every good need, it’s bad and every bad needs its good, therefore, every pro has its con. Immigrants have become a strain in the eyes of Native born Americans. To some native settlers, they are called a poison to society, because of their different beliefs and cultures brought from their country. Native born Americans use the argument that immigrants are the cause of more crime and make it harder for them to solve cases that involve undocumented immigrants.A popular misconception …show more content…

Immigrants have proven effective in U.S Economy. “Immigrants have founded venture-backed public companies are worth more than $500 billion and employ an estimated 220,000 people in the U.S“("10 Harmful Misconceptions About Immigration." Www.equalrightcenter.org. Equal Right Center, 2008. Web.) As the economy of the U.S has been growing, without immigrants the country wouldn 't be able to fulfill its labor force necessities, therefore, we would have a decline where there is too much to be done with not enough people to work. Also, the immigrant community would take on any job offered, which is basically the leftovers, or what the Native Born Americans didn 't want to do. Even the ones who sought greater power, such as opening their owns businesses still needed help learning the duties where they would hire Native born Americans or American companies to teach them how to run the business. Yes, the Immigrants were taken jobs, but they were also providing white collar jobs for the native …show more content…

While the biggest reason why nothing has been done, is because people don 't know what they need to reform, or what would be the fair thing to do.Until they are able to agree on a reform where all parties are content with the outcome this will stay the same and we will always have this problem following us. People will usually not pay attention to something unless they got something to lose or gain. By reforming the immigration rules and laws more people will gain then people will lose therefore the immigration reform is well needed.Even the people who disagree with giving illegal immigrants amnesty believe that something has to be done that the way it being handled is not correct.(Nascimento, Sanderson Ribeiro, Mr. http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NRQSKKX. 10 Apr. 2016. Raw data. 123 Belmont St, Everett.)The economy is what makes the United States the powerhouse it is in today 's world if immigrants are having more of a positive effect than a negative one I don 't see the problem in giving the hard-working well-deserved people the right to live freely not in

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