Immigrant Social Structure Theories The social structure theories that best describe the circumstances immigrants encounter when leaving their native countries, is social disorganization and cultural deviance theories. Immigrants who live in disorganized countries and poor villages have a risk of their communities being high in crime. Due to the lack of businesses, declining populations, and deteriorating structures the social disorganization perspectives are easily seen. These factors along with the lack of resources are enough to make immigrants leave all they’ve ever known at a chance for a better life. Cultural deviance theories for immigrants exist because they feel breaking laws instead of conforming to laws are their only hope to survive.
Many people migrate from their own country to the US because they seek better opportunities, freedom, and rights, not to take jobs from the US citizens, like many people assume. Almost half of Mexico’s population lives in poverty, which is one of the major factors for why mexicans migrate. They wish to provide for their family and for some, the only way of doing that is coming to the US to have a chance. After all, America is suppose to be “The Land of Opportunity”. According to the Human Rights Watch World Report 2013, there are also some human rights that are being violated in Mexico.
This article from Fox News is about the Governor of Maryland signing a bill that requires public universities to give undocumented aliens in-state tuition privileges. Through this bill and others that are already in place, people believe that undocumented immigrants will be receiving more benefits than American citizens. The main argument throughout this article is whether undocumented aliens, which are commonly illegal immigrants, should be given the same benefits as regular citizens. Admission officers usually favor people like this because they add diversity to the campus and "have a real story to tell". Obama believes that school systems should not punish a undocumented student for the mistakes of their parents, regardless of whether they are an illegal immigrant.
My argument is that the United States government should not put as much time and effort into stopping illegal immigration. The current system wastes a lot of time and money trying to prevent illegal immigration and trying to deport every illegal immigrant that they find. Illegal immigration is when someone who is not a US citizen comes to the United States to live without having the proper papers and going through the process of becoming a citizen. Many Americans believe that they are losing jobs to these illegal immigrants and that illegal immigration should be stopped. The issue with that is that there is currently no way to stop all of the illegal immigrants from making their way into the United States.
Immigration Reform ECO-301 Week 7 Final April 24, 2013 Immigration Reform ECO-301 Week 7 Final April 24, 2013 Immigration Reform in the United States Today Immigration reform is a movement for change with in the current immigration policy. Immigration reform is a controversial issue in the United States. I will be focusing on the economic benefits of immigration reform in the United States. Most Americans would be surprised to learn about the substantial benefits of immigration reform to the United States economic growth and prosperity, and thus our ability to reduce our federal budget deficit over the next 10 years. Although the majority of Americans agree that our current immigration system is in need of a change, there remains a lack of understanding about the real effects that new immigrants have on wages, jobs, budgets, and the U.S. economy in general.
This isn’t a topic that many would think as a potential vulnerable population, yet they are faced with many barriers on a daily basis. Illegal Mexican immigrants fit perfectly in what the meaning of what vulnerability is. They are susceptible of being in situation that can cause them harm physically, emotionally, and financially (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, n.d.). This is the risk they take while being in this country in order to provide a better life for their family in their home nation. In 2009, the number of undocumented immigrants living in this country was 11.1 million, and the majority of them (around 60%) were Mexicans (Cabrera & Arenaza, 2012).
But the problem is that illegal immigrants are already taking the jobs of citizens. The benefit of giving these illegal immigrants amnesty is that since they are already working in the United States, there would be a tax increase by being able to receive income tax from them. By taxing them they will help pay for social security, and other government funds that will help the unemployed people find jobs and survive. Many illegal immigrants take jobs on farms and places that U.S. citizens don’t want to work, they do plenty of jobs that Americans wouldn’t want to do. So affecting the number of jobs in the United States is definitely a factor but it is not as significant as people think it is.
The idea of an immigration reform has been talked about for the past few years. Many think it’s a good idea and many not so much. Some believe that it will bring bad things for the economy, that it would bring plenty of competition for American born workers, and that many more immigrants would be influence to cross the border to get advantage of the reform. At the same time they don’t step into the shoes of those who don’t have some type of medical insurance, that aren’t capable of visiting their families because there is no easy way back into the country, they don’t think about the children who are separated from their illegal parents. Most of what they believe is wrong, economy would be pushed up, the reform will create many more jobs for people, and there will probably be some type of system to know how long someone has lived in this country.
Everyone should have a chance to look for a better life without been treat like a criminal. Illegal immigrants shouldn’t be reported instead they should be legalized. Illegal immigrants come to this country for safety because in their country they live scare that they can get kill and they also want a better life like making their dreams come true and buy things that they never have before. There are many immigrants in this country, but it also helps the economy of this country. Safety is what many people look for and if in their country they can’t find it they have to go out of their country and find it.
They’ve already went through the dangerous and hard part of getting into the Country, why not take the extra step? When asked this question immigration analyst Daniel Costa says “even with legal citizenship would an American honestly be willing to give an immigrant a chance at a new life, most would say no”. (Costa) Really the biggest problem most people see with immigrants is the whole job and population situation. But really this is not that big a deal to most people who do not want low paying jobs with bad health benefits and hard labor because that’s the typical job these immigrants are taking, and in all reality only a few Americans are willing to take. (Costa) Most Americans point out the bad and disadvantages that immigration brings, but immigration does bring benefits.