immigration
The inscription on the New York's Statue of Liberty was written by Emma Lazarus and it says, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Even such a famous American symbol as the Statue of Liberty invites immigrants to our nation. The United States of America was founded and built by immigrants. However as the population grew the government tried to control immigration. Through out the twentieth century the United States government has been fine-tuning its immigration policy. In 1996 President Bill Clinton put into law three bills. The controversies over these laws and others have made the United States' Immigration Policy a highly debated topic among American citizens (Government). Some say immigration hurts the economy and others say it benefits the economy. Which is there more hurt or more of a benefit to! the economy, because of immigration? Since 1970 about sixty-eight million immigrants have been added to the United States population and an estimated 130 million people will be added over the next fifty years (Kalla 2).
Cox, Vic. The Challenge of Immigration. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, Inc., Economic migrants, people who leave home for a more prosperous life, can become a problem to the current people of the United States - not to mention the illegal immigrants. They are also affecting the economy. "Illegal immigration has stripped America of their jobs and the country of its respect for law" (Barrett). These illegal aliens come to the United States, thinking that they will have a better life. They cross borders illegally and go search for a job. If they are qualified for it, they will get the job. This hurts other United States citizens though. This keeps them from having this job because an illegal immigrant will work for less pay. This is not fair to citizens because the only people that benefit are the illegal immigrants. Right now, the system is just not working. Illegal immigrants are taking perfectly good jobs away from Americans and the more these immigrants find their way into this country, the worse the economy is going to get. Knickerbacker, Brad. "Immigration as Environmental Issue." The Christian Science Crime has also been a large issue with many people and has a physical and social effect on the United States. From 1970 - 1997, there has been a harsh immigration impact on crime. Some immigrants come here illegally, smuggling drugs or other illegal products to make a good living. Legal or not, some immigrants are not exactly good citizens. They take advantage of what the United States has to offer them and get into the bad crowd, knowing they can make some good money working with the mafia or some other crime group. The FBI estimates that seventy-five percent of all drugs entering the United States come from Mexico via illegal aliens who carry the drugs in return for assistance in entering (Roleff 57). Refugees are also becoming serious a problem to the population of the United States. Refugees come to the United States to escape religious, political, and racial persecutions. Another reason is because of wars in their home country, bringing many of them here to the United States. In 1995, the United Nations recommended that all countries accept a combined total of less than 32,000 refugees. That same year, the United States alone admitted more than 110,000 immigrants as refugees. Some refugees are driven out of their home country due to economic hardships. In the very poor regions of the world, population growth, poverty, and lack of resources often cause these people to flee their home in pursuit of a better life (Squyres). The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act that was created in 1996 authorized funding to increase the number of border patrol agents (Cozic). It also increased penalties for those who smuggle illegal aliens into the country and those who use documents that are not legal. Although this has been done, illegal aliens are still finding their way across borders to a find better job and life. There is still awhile to go until the United States reaches a stabilized population. Over one million immigrants come to the United States annually. To add to this, immigrants have shown to have a higher birthrate than native-born Americans do. One-third of annual population growth of the United States now is from immigration. Twenty to twenty-five percent are illegal aliens or about 200,000 people (Andryszewski 87). Burden or Blessing? Wylie, TX: Information Plus, 1997. Some employers would rather pay lower wages to new immigrants. While others feel that immigration does not seem to be affecting them directly so they do not mind at all what happens. People come to the United States 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. In 1996 the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) authorized 911,000 legal immigrants, incl
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