The Pros And Cons Of Immigrants Getting Started

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Immigrants Getting Started Immigration is an entrepreneurial act where one leaves their home culture to invest skills in another country to assist themselves and their family. When immigrants enter another country, they may have features such as entrepreneurial attitude, dedication to work, membership in a small social network and loyalty which will assist these immigrants is finding the best fit job to start with before moving up. Also, it seems there are some cases where Hispanic immigrants are better off than US-born Hispanics until there is full cultural change of negative behavioral norms of the U.S. Nonetheless, adaptation to a new culture can cause difficulty for Hispanic individuals. With language barriers, trying to negotiate a …show more content…

Some of the strategies to reduce barriers include connecting immigrants to community supports and increasing access to English classes. Additionally, cities have also provided marketing support for immigrant entrepreneurship. These reduced barriers and strategies helped turn around economic decline and population loss of many years. As Stated by Steve Rowe in Business NH Magazine, “Between 2011 and 2012, Dayton’s immigrant population increased 40 percent, compared to a 7 percent increase for Ohio overall, leading formerly empty business districts to fill with vibrant new businesses, according to Forbes” (Rowe, 2015). Cities are starting to help newcomers acquire the skills needed to succeed economically and socially, which will boost that city’s economy immensely. Why aren’t we doing this throughout the …show more content…

Many tend to gravitate toward affordable neighborhoods that have fallen out of favor revitalizing areas in decline. This serves to keep properties on the tax rolls, boosting their value and reducing crime. For Example, “New Hampshire’s economic future depends on welcoming and retaining immigrants. From a demographic perspective, we are an old state that is growing older. We simply cannot birth our way out of an impending decline in population. We need more people moving into the state. Rolling out the welcome mat and helping immigrants integrate into NH communities is not just about human decency or social responsibility. It’s about economic survival (Rowe,2015).” It is not just New Hampshire that has the issue of a declining population, many states all over the United States are declining in population, yet these states are refusing to let immigrants in when they could help turn our economy around. The United States will not help these immigrants in being successful, these agencies give immigrants housing and a minimum wage jobs and then let the immigrants fend for themselves. It would make a huge difference if these agencies could assist the immigrants in rising up past a minimum wage jobs; as stated previously, it will help our economy rise, as it is possible that these immigrants will create new

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