The Undocumented Immigrants

The article “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” was written by Jose Antonio Vargas. In it, Vargas tells of the time when his mother brought him to the Phillippines’ Ninoy Aquino International Airport when he was twelve. His mother told him that she wanted to give him a better life so he boarded onto a plane with a man he had never met before and was told that he was his uncle. He arrived in Mountain View, California and moved in with his grandparents Lolo and Lola. Vargas says that he grew to love his new home and when he entered sixth grade that’s when he found his passion for language. He tells of his struggle of making a distinction between “formal English and

Throughout the various books that we have read, one of the many concepts that stood out for me was the well-being and healthcare of undocumented workers. Due to the current criminalization of immigration, most undocumented workers live in a constant state of fear and anxiety. This really made me think about the psychological and somatic outcomes of fear, stigma, trauma, and prejudice for undocumented workers. This brought into question the structural and symbolic violence that causes undocumented workers to suffer from mental and physical illnesses and how the treatment, if any, is administered.

Undocumented immigrants refer to “people who presently possess no proof of any right to be present in the United States, whether or not they have been declared deportable by the US government (and the vast majority have not)” (Lyon, 2004, p581). According to the United States Census Bureau there are approximately eight to eleven million undocumented immigrants residing in the United States (Porter, 2006). Each year, approximately 500,000 more arrive without legal documentation. The number of undocumented immigrants now exceeds the number of documented immigrant arrivals. The majority of the undocumented immigrants arrive from Mexico (57 to 70%) and Latin America (23 to 24%), with a smaller number from Europe and Canada (5 to 6 %

Except for crisis medicinal consideration, undocumented outsiders are not qualified for governmentally financed general medical coverage programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). There is no sorted out, national system to give human services to undocumented youngsters. U.S.- conceived kids in blended status families might be qualified for Medicaid or CHIP on the off chance that they qualify on the premise of wage and age. Albeit elected assets may not be utilized to give non-crisis medicinal services to undocumented foreigners, a few states and nearby governments utilize their own

In 1720’s immigrants came to the U.S. to work in farms and help the economy grow. Since then, countless have continue to come and have worked in different environments. Immigrants are looking for a better life, none of them want to leave their native country but they have to. Several of them have different reasons, some come to U.S. for a better pay rate, others come to run away from violence and some come to give their children a better life and a better education. Some parents even go to the extremes to just send their kids through the border alone, because they think that their kids will have a better life in the U.S. Undocumented Immigrants work in farms, fast food restaurants and others work in manufacturing companies. A lot of of them

There are millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States, many of whom are Latinos. Americans today tend to believe that undocumented immigrants are: rapist, drug traffickers, live off the welfare and come to the United States to take American’s jobs. Indeed, American employers are hiring, so jobs are there, but the American people are not doing them. Therefore, someone must do the hard labor that no one wants. Many Latinos immigrate to the United States looking towards a better future for their families. They come with a positive perspective that their children are going to have a better life and are not going to experience any injustices. For many decades, white Americans have oppressed and marginalized undocumented immigrants because

The purpose of this paper is to show that undocumented immigrant population has been decreasing in America. Immigration especially undocumented immigration has been a political issue over the years. The author Robert Warren, served as a demographer for thirty-four years with United States Bureau and former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). He has written and contributed to many other reports dealing with immigration and unauthorized immigration. In his paper he shows different graphs and charts to support statistics and facts. A major finding in Warren paper is that the undocumented population of the majority of US states declined after 2008; however, 11 states reached their maximum population in 2014, including Texas. Another major

In recent months, undocumented immigrants across the country have been stripped of their rights. One thing that is on the minds of many citizens nationwide, is whether or not undocumented immigrants should receive instate tuition in the states they reside in. More specifically, it means whether undocumented students should pay higher rates than citizens to attend a university or college even if their work ethic is smarter than those with citizenship. More importantly, we’re oppressing, discriminating, and alienating a whole group of people due tour pride getting in our way. Particularly, undocumented students and their parents are getting affected by this situation as the whole point they came here was to have their children or themselves

To fully understand why immigration reform is such a highly contested measure, it bears analyzing current laws and previous reform attempts. Part of the reason why immigration reform has been so difficult to achieve is due to the vast number of current laws and regulations. Currently the U.S. has many different classifications for incoming immigrants and varying quotas. Incoming documented immigrants are classified in four ways: family based immigration, economic immigration, refugees and asylum seekers, and diversity immigrants. There is an annual limit of 675,000 permanent immigrants worldwide, with Congress and the President setting limits for refugee seekers (Immigration Policy Center). Family-sponsored visas are limited to 226,000 visas per year. Family immigration allows citizens and permanent residents to sponsor family members, spouses, unmarried minor children and parents, for visas, under qualifying conditions. There is also preference given to the adult children and siblings of citizens and the spouses and unmarried children of permanent residents (Immigration Policy Center). In the search for workers, the U.S. allows workers to immigrate for a temporary or permanent basis. Workers are divided into categories and the majority are for highly skilled workers, who are sponsored by an employer.

In the past few years a dispute has risen in the middle of the controversy about illegal immigration and border security. Are the children of illegal immigrants U.S. citizens? This a question that has provoked intense arguments and various attempts to change the birth right law established in the Fourteen Amendment. Many conservative people believe the sons and daughters of undocumented immigrants shouldn’t be granted American citizenship. They interpret the 14th amendment to exclude anyone whose parents are not legal residents of this country. There has even been attempts to change the Constitution and the Fourteen Amendment more exclusive. Doing so would leave many people without nationally. Regardless of the countless arguments everyone

Being one of the 11.5 million illegal immigrants that reside in the United States has always made me stand out. I have had to overcome obstacles that not many other students have faced. From the fears of being expatriated to the feeling of opportunities being lost. Sharing my identity, I believe makes my application more personal.

Every year hundreds of thousands legal illegal immigrants flock to America. They hope to start a new life or escape civil wars in their countries. There are approximately 12.5 million illegal immigrants residing in the U.S. This number has grown significantly in the past years. This puts a major strain on the economy costing taxpayers three billion dollars each year. Immigrants are also taking the jobs from

Do you agree that illegal immigrant workers should receive the same protections under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act as American workers and legal immigrants?

There are more than 10 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United State. The Illegal Immigration rate is growing by more than 700,000 a

’m an immigrant, I moved to this country three years ago, but since I was born here I’m considered a legal immigrant, as many legal and illegal immigrants I believe that we help the economy of this country. There are many immigrants in this country, they all come from all over the world. By no means I want to assume that they have all had my experiences. In my case I’m here on the pursuit of new opportunities, in my mind, or in the way I was raised by my parents, and how am I supposed to achieve my goals is exactly the way they work every day to support our household, is a discontented mind, it is a hard working mind, a mind that always thinks it has to work harder, acquire more knowledge. This is a generalization; they are plenty of exemptions after all it is good to be hard working, it is good to want a better education for your children and to want a better way of living, everyone has the right to pursuit their dreams. I will focus on how immigration helps United States as compared to the mostly held view that it hurts America.