Justice in Immigration In The Devil’s Highway, Luis Urrea portrays the terrible pain and suffering that illegal immigrants face on their journey to the United States. Urrea, however, gives little attention to the controversy of dealing with the illegals currently in the American population. One major question that arises in this category is whether or not U.S. employers should hire illegal immigrants and whether or not these employers are justified in the decision they make on the matter. With the impoverished economic situations in Mexico and many Latin American countries, it is easy to understand why many people choose to immigrate to America and into a land they have always heard offers opportunity for a better life. The real matter however,
One third will be caught and most of those same people will try again. About half of those remaining will become U.S. residents, which add up to around 3,500 per day. Lastly, about sixty billion dollars are earned by illegal aliens in the U.S. each year. Mexico's largest revenue streams consist of money that is sent home by the immigrants working in the United States. (CAIR 1) Now that you have heard some background information and some stats on immigration, I want you to think about one thing, immigration laws.
The Upside of Mexican Immigration “All these damn Mexicans keep coming into OUR country and taking all of OUR jobs…” While this may seem like a bad thing to many people, the immigration of Mexicans into America plays a crucial role in providing many American industries with the high standard manufacturing or labor needed, at a much more affordable cost than that available from a typical American worker. So, before we exclaim that Mexican immigrants in our country are such a horrible thing, we need to weigh the benefits against the costs. The immigration of Mexicans into America undoubtedly has a negative reputation, but in fact is a positive thing in many aspects. Through the most basic of economic principals, we all should know that as
Close to 24% of Mexico's population live in extreme poverty, which means they live on less than $1 a day. The bottom 40% of Mexican households shares less than 11% of the country's wealth. Millions live in extreme poverty, and children are compelled to work on the streets in order to help provide food for their families.” Of course Hispanics want to settle in America with these facts. Us Americans have it phenomenal while many Mexicans live in poverty, and they just want to provide a better living for their
The heroin market in the United States is dominated by high purity heroin from Southeast Asia. In addition, virtually all the heroin produced in Mexico is destined exclusively for distribution in the United States. South American heroin produced in Colombia is readily available in the Northeast and along the East Coast and is trafficked primarily by independent Colombian traffickers. During the first 6 months of 1995, heroin prices ranged from $100,000 to $260,000 per kilogram. Other dangerous drugs include methamphetamines, produced predominantly in the Western and Southwestern United States; LSD, with most laboratories located on the West Coast; PCP, with production centered in the Los Angeles area; and marijuana, the most readily available and widely abused drug in the United States.
The DREAM Act gives an opportunity to students who are undocumented and have entered the U.S. before the age of sixteen. These students must earn a high school diploma, GED, or have been accepted into a two or four year institution of higher education upon application. They must also serve two years in the military or complete two years of college, live in the U.S. for at least 5 years before the date the legislation was enacted and display good moral character, and have no criminal record (Bennion). Those who fulfill these requirements would obtain the right to remain in the U.S and continue their education. Although the
Due to the fact that illegal immigrants don’t have a legal status in the country, their options of jobs aren’t much they have to settle for low paying jobs that others with a legal status wouldn’t do(Medrano). According to Lourdes Medrano in 2004 the movie “A day without a Mexican” made many people to their eyes of how effected the country would be if the people who performed all the farm work in out in the fields in the scorching sun would not return. Not only would it affect the employers who day after day relay on their work but it will effect the economy as the agricultural industry would decrease. After all , each individual is going to have their own opinion on whether illegal immigrants should be able to remain in the country or deported. While some argue that they should be deported others believe they shouldn’t.
"Low skilled immigration greases the wheels of the U.S labor market," economist George Borjas accurately describes 21st Century America. Today, our country is a diverse nation filled and dependent upon immigrants, whether they are properly documented or not. The United States benefits from all immigrants, both legal and illegal, but there are Americans who object the idea of illegal immigration. There is a common perception that illegal immigrants are sucking up the benefits of the government and taking American's jobs, but the reality is that America is benefitting more from illegal immigrants because they are contributing immensely to society. Since illegal immigrants contribute to America by paying taxes, working hard- labor jobs, and restricting
America is one of the most diverse countries in the world because so many people immigrated to the United States in the past in search of new opportunities. Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. People from all over the world travel to the United States for a better life. Without diversity, the United States would not have the culture it does to this day. America needs immigration because immigrants help to develop new ideas, a diversity of culture, and they founded and helped to create the United States.
New immigration reform laws have some good ways to gain control over illegal immigration; however, allowing more immigrants into the United States on top of the 11 million that are already here trying to obtain residency, is absurd. This could possibly cause the national debt to increase and cost American’s many