Essay On American Immigration

The United States is a country that was built on immigration. The first settlers, Native Americans, represent less than 2% of the total population; the remaining 98% of the population are immigrants or decedents of immigrants. Today, the US still has the highest immigration rate in the world with 757,434 naturalizations in the 2012 fiscal year only (US Naturalizations 2012, Department of Homeland security). People try to immigrate to the United States for many reasons. Some people immigrate because they have been granted a refugee status or asylum and other people immigrate to fulfill their dreams. Immigration has an effect on the American society and economy. The US cannot survive without immigrants.

The real reason for most of the immigrants is prosperity. Basically, the United States offers them the better and healthier life they wish for because they know after the immigrants get here they start to help the economy. The economic growth in here has a huge effect on the immigration population growth, it encouraged them to move out of their country and stay here, however, it takes them, at least, five years to become a U.S

The TED Talk watched in class provided a very real story about the essence of stereotyping. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie mentioned how when coming to the United States and being in college made an object that many have not really encountered. A prime example of this in her case would be of her writing of a novel that was deemed “not African enough”. Just like Adichie faced, stereotypes are a seemingly way to define the normal or the expectation. Once broken it challenges our underlying assumptions of a group people that can be used to challenge power structures in place.

There are many immigrants living in the US today, more specifically in Minnesota, which happens to be one of the states with the highest population of immigrants. Whether their status in the country is legal or illegal, the number is growing every year.  This results in numerous debates about the implications of having immigrants in our country. Immigrants are beneficial to our country because they contribute to building a stronger economy by providing labor to the everyday work force and contributing to advancements in healthcare and technology.

For centuries people have been migrating to America due to persecution, religious freedom, etc, even Americans are considered immigrants since they took over this land from Indians. America is known as the land of opportunities so people find it the best place to start over and create a better life for yourself and/or your family. Immigrants have created diversity and brought different religion, culture, and different ideas to the world. Although some may believe that immigrants are taking over the country and causing debts, undocumented immigrants have positively impacted the U.S. economy because they have helped build the country and create diversity. It may seem as immigrants are take jobs away from the citizens, however they increase the

The numbers of immigrants to United States has risen from thousands to a record high of one million immigrants by the year

“We are nation of immigrants. Some came here willingly, some unwillingly. Nonetheless, we are immigrants, or the descendants of immigrants, one, and all. Even the natives came from somewhere else, originally. All of the people who come to this country come for freedom, or for some product of that extraordinary, illusory condition. That is what we offer here—freedom and opportunity in a land of relative plenty.” (Middletown Journal 2005)

Immigrants are what have helped America to be America. Being a multicultural society standing united. We say that America is just a melting pot. This is what makes our country exceptional and special. We have here many cultures: Chinese, Italian, German, African, and Latin as well. We have many Ideas

Most Americans place their pride in being apart of a country where a man can start at the bottom and work his way to the top. We also stress the fact that we are “all created equal” with “certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” (Jefferson 45) During the early 1900s white Americans picked and chose who they saw fit to live in America and become an American. “Those that separate the desirable from the undesirable citizen or neighbor are individual rather than race.”

These foreign people account for approximately sixteen percent of the entire population as a whole in the U.S. We have more immigrants living here than any other country in the world, and it is not even close. The number of immigrants living in the U.S. is absolutely astounding. The United States accounts for approximately twenty percent of the world’s population of immigrants. We lead Russia (The second leading country on this list) by a wide margin. Russia has about 11 million immigrants in their country. That only accounts for about 4.8 of the world population of immigrants as a whole. Most of whom are legal citizens of the United States and have the proper identification to show their right to reside in the U.S. Many of whom are temporary residents. Although Many of these immigrants are illegal, and are living in the united states without being registered with the proper paper paperwork, and having the proper documents to obtain

One of the most defining traits for the United States of America is that the nation is one made up of immigrants, it is a basic building block that can not be overlooked, nor should it. That being said, it is important to countless citizens to be open when it comes to immigration, while keeping the country hospitable to its citizens for generations to come. However, this attitude to immigration is a fairly recent phenomenon in American history, especially in regards to immigrants coming in from non-Western European countries. With the introduction of the Immigration Act of 1965 and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) came about the changes to immigration policy that would forever change the face of the nation and create the diversity that has become a point of pride. The sentiment is not felt nationwide, however, as the immigration patterns brought about with these two acts has brought hostility as well, especially from those who feel that immigration is a threat to the country as a whole, specifically illegal immigration. Immigration, and its illegal counterpart, is an issue that defines this period in American history, and while it did not necessary start off targeting Mexican and Latino immigrants, it has very much been immortalized within the communities and become the face of immigrants to the nation as a whole.

Not a lot of people think this but immigrants help the community in a positive way. Immigrants can bring over food, cultures, holidays and much more. I read a story about a kid named Karim and he helps the US by teaching people about his culture and that immigrants aren't all bad people. Karim helps his home country Somalia because he and his dad sends remittances back to their family and some of the money goes to the government. Some of the pull factors that caused him to come to the US are that he wanted a good education and he wanted to work for his dad in the shop that they own. One of the push factors that caused him to leave is that there is a civil war going on in Somalia. I learned that approximately 100,000 Somali born people lived

The United States of America is a nation of many immigrant people. People come from all over the world, leaving their homeland and sometimes leaving their loved ones to escape deep poverty and violence. When immigrants come to America, in their dreamland they face many problems such as language, education, employment, legal problems, housing, food, and health issues. Immigrants do all kinds of low-paying jobs. They clean houses for a living. Some immigrants come with very small businesses. Many immigrants contribute their skills, knowledge, and education to improve the U.S. economy.

Debate over immigration and immigration policy is not new to the nation's history. For a long time, Congress debated legislation to control the immigration problem. As immigration rises and hatred grows more laws will be carried out trying to release some of the pressure. Immigrants offer cheaper labor to businesses. Immigrants do not get minimum wage, but instead they get paid lower, this gives the business an edge over other competitors.

Immigration is defined as the action of moving to a foreign country with the intent to live there permanently. Each year the United States welcomes, on average, about 1 million immigrants a year. Right now the amount of legal immigrants in the United States totals to about 37 million (an all time high). While some Americans see this as a problem, others see it as the idea that this country was founded on, the idea that everyone deserves freedom from persecution (religious, and otherwise). I believe that immigration even when illegal, is a great asset to the United States for a few reasons; one being that it stimulates economic growth, immigration brings the country new ideas and many big name companies have been founded by immigrants. In addition, immigration leads to an overall more diverse country. Concluding that immigration is a good thing for the United States.