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Kevin Charles P. Ferrariz
ENG 101 A03
Louis Pinkett
April 19, 2009
Immigration

Immigration is mostly defined as the movement of a group of people voluntarily to a different place or country, often with a plan of permanent residency on the specific place or country. Immigration is often known as a human kind of migration. People migrate to foreign countries because of the possible facts; bad government, war, bad economy or maybe a simple reason of just wanting to have a better future. Immigration has been very common in the United States and also good for their economy. But, the problem relies on when Immigration becomes wrong. The Word illegal comes to hand. Illegal immigration has been getting worse in the United States. But what makes illegal immigrants tend to be a problem rather than legal immigrants?
Illegal immigrants and immigrants with proper documents share the same reasons why they have decided to go to the United States. They want to have a better life. They take their chance in the U.S. in hope of giving their families a brighter future. Often, immigrants illegal or legal tend to start on low-paying jobs because of four reasons; experience, language, education, and citizenship. These reasons often affect their outcome in the U.S. because some employers might not even give them jobs because of education alone. A study made in center for immigration studies by Steven Camarota stated that “Less-educated immigrants (legal and illegal) are faring better, though their unemployment rates are also very high. Among immigrants without a high diploma, unemployment is 10.6 percent, for young immigrants with only a high school education it is 11 percent, and for immigrant teenagers, 10.8 percent.” I think that as an immigrant myself, we should given the opportunity that we truly deserve and...