When an immigrant becomes a citizen, it changes the way he or she feels toward the United States. Rodriguez writes, “It is not surprising that studies show that naturalized citizens tend to have a positive outlook on the United States.” Being a citizen provides many privileges and two of them are, being able to run for public office and having the right to vote during an election. In a public office position an immigrant can help not only with immigrant’s issue but also possible with country’s issues. Voting is very important for immigrants because it help the cause of future immigrants, forcing politicians to hear the voice of immigrants. This privilege is an important right that resonates with the pride one can feel as an American.
The United States of America is a nation that thrives on diversity and acknowledges the necessity to offer opportunity in order to sustain equality. This country was built from the hard work of immigrants from all over the world to build what is America today. Many people arrive to the United States from their homeland countries both legally and illegally and it has never been such a concern until now. Immigration legal and illegal has pulled in plenty of eyebrow raises, media reports, and arguments on wither it places a positive or negative stain on the United States. Some believe that America benefits from immigration, while others blame immigration for all economic and employment crisis.
For this reason, one advantage of immigration for the United States is the increase in diversity of cultures all over the country. The United States is commonly seen as an immigrant nation, a common ground where everyone is welcome to work hard, improve living conditions, and chase what we call the American dream. It's true that immigration has always been an important part of American life, but in reality the U.S. has become strict about who can legally enter its borders. Of course, for every lawful immigrant in the United States, there are many more who try to enter illegally. Illegal immigration occurs when foreign individuals break U.S. immigration laws by illegally entering or residing in the country.
America also enabled natives who needed jobs to gain wealth in order to support their families. In the essay “Five Myths about Immigration” by David Cole, Cole supports the immigration to America. He explains how there are myths that are portrayed by the immigrants, and argues all of them. The myths that Cole explains in his essay are: America is being overrun by immigrants, immigrants take jobs from U.S. citizens, immigrants are a drain on society’s resources, aliens refuse to assimilate and are depriving us of our cultural and political unity, and noncitizen immigrants are not entitled to constitutional rights. Cole uses evidence such as statistics and court cases to support his thoughts and describe how he feels about immigrants.
Krikorian presents a good argument and has done his homework. The author seems to respect patriotism and feels we have a greater obligation to our citizens than foreigners. Krikorian speaks of a country we once were when our grandparents came to America but not that same country now. He argues our immigration laws need to be shaped to improve the United States along with the government enforcing more stringent immigration laws. This would shrink the illegal population and life for American workers would improve.
Hakluyt also pointed that the overflow of people, both in need of religious freedom and in want of more business opportunities, within England needed a place to go. America is not only perfect for dumping those excess peoples into, but also exceeds that by also bringing profit from those living in those colonies. One of the major points that Hakluyt drives home is the comeuppance to Spain by creating demand for goods and shipping, and thereby creating profit for England and away from the plundering Spanish. From the profits of the taxes and duties of the new shipping industry, Hakluyt believes a powerful navy can be built for the protection and preservation of the growing British Empire. In 1584, when Hakluyt wrote his Discourse, he says that England at the time was swarming with unemployed youths, men, soldiers, prisoners, and beggars.
This is what makes our American culture unique. Immigrants bring to our country strong family structures and strong morals. Foreigners also help our economy prosper. Immigrants are what help make America be America; by being a multi cultural society standing united. Economics play a big role in the immigration debate.
Critique of “Imagining the Immigrant” In John Savant’s article “Imagining the Immigrant,” he implies that to fully understand the situation of immigration, we must imagine ourselves in the immigrant’s situation. The purpose of Savant’s article is to make his reader think and try to imagine what an immigrant goes through. Savant wants his readers to understand that immigration is something people do when they are seeking a better life here in America and when they have run out of options. He goes on to say that “Law and morality are not always commensurate”(1), meaning just because the law says immigration should be a certain way does not mean that that is the correct way morally to handle the situation. And although Savant makes a persuasive argument, he fails to tell both sides of illegal immigration.
This is the engagement to marriage visa. It is widely believed that marriage to an American citizen will automatically grant one a legal status in the United States. However, this is not the case. Unfortunately, many immigrants discover this fact far too late. Even the act of marriage between a U.S. Citizen and a foreign national is regulated by the government as an act of immigration.
Causes and Concerns of Immigration to the New Land In Reed Ueda’s The Historical Context of Immigration, he says “Throughout the history of the United States, immigration was generated by an international force field of displacing “push” and attractive “pull” factors” (Ueda 362). Economic reorganization and political centralization were the result of the push and pull factors that influenced immigration into the United States. In this essay I am going to discuss two “pull” and two “push” factors that affected immigration to the United States in the nineteenth century. I am going to be comparing the Political Tolerance and Political Concerns along with the Overpopulation and Lack of Land compared to the Economic Hardships of the new world. Political Tolerance Political Tolerance in the new world was a welcoming sign to immigrants.