Currently, the issue of immigration has become the topic of household discussion and Socratic method more than ever before. With the mass influx of refugees seeking solace in countries that are untouched by war, the ever-growing demographic of Latinos comprising the southwestern population of the United States and the other instances of sender country natives looking for prosperous opportunities throughout the globe, citizens of developed countries look to their elected officials for what to expect and what actions should be taken in responding to immigration. Conservative pundits and politicians stress the dangers of immigrants, refer to immigrant crimes that reach national news to further their claims and paint an evil face onto immigrants. The liberal side of the spectrum advocates for immigrant integration, implementing laws that will ensure quality immigrant life and grant them opportunities that will allow them to live a sustainable lifestyle. There are claims that state unjust treatment towards immigrants will lead to crime and terrorism as well as coddling to them will attract immigrants whose intentions are to take advantage of the system and its people. However, due to the many hyperbolic claims of immigrant crimes that are based on a few occurring instances, yet simultaneously, the blatant evidence and threatening statements made by parties in association with immigrants and enacted by immigrants themselves, this pushes towards the solution of an immigration screening reform that does its hardest make sure the most-deserving, genuine and well-intentioned people are given citizenship. Once immigrants are granted legal entry, holder countries will gain the best sender countries have to offer and build a better nation in unity. Due to the arduous path the United States sets for prospective citizens, it is unlikely they will commit crimes or step out-of-line because of the risks of deportation. Paranoid xenophobes believe granting immigrant entrance into the United States will increase crime activity and this belief coalesced with the hate-fueled scare tactics of anti-immigrant politicians and pundits will lead to the mindset that thinks immigrants equate to criminals. On the contrary, Heather M. Creek and Stephen Yoder gathered in, “With a Little Help from Our Feds: Understanding State Immigration Enforcement Policy Adoption in American Federalism” that “data are clear in showing that first-generation Hispanic immigrants do not engage in as high a rate of criminal activity as do natives” (679) and in addition, John M. MacDonald, John R. Hipp and Charlotte Gill recorded in, “The Effects of Immigrant Concentration on Changes in Neighborhood Crime Rates” that “a number of large U.S. cities experienced substantial changes in the residential composition of poor inner-city neighborhoods as a result of the mass immigration of Latin Americans. At the same time, a number of U.S. cities also experienced large reductions in crime, a trend that has continued in many cities into recent years” (194). Nevertheless, if the U.S. takes a step further in securing who may enter the country, terror attacks and immigrant crime can decrease greatly. Countries with lax immigration and asylum policy, draw in disingenuous prospects. Studies found by Claudia Finotelli and Giuseppe Sciortino in, “Through the Gates of the Fortress: European Visa Policies and the Limits of Immigration Control” show that, “EU visa policy has been clearly linked with the issue of irregular migration” (83) and is considered to be a “fortress with many open and welcoming gates in certain directions, and few and heavily guarded ones in others” (97). Immigrants and refugees with ill-intent will use the EU’s
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Although Dowell Myers shows in, “The Next Immigration Challenge” that due to, “our huge foreign-born population (12 percent of the total), America can remain the world’s richest and most powerful nation for decades” (190). Simultaneously, people who push for immigration will be satisfied with the fact that immigrants are more welcomed and have better job opportunities, like Myers pushes for in his article. The, “$18 million” (190) the Department of Homeland Security plans to spend on, “helping immigrants assimilate” (190) that Myers considers to be “measly” (190) would be enough to ensure that immigrants are being treated fairly since the groundwork of tolerance is already laid
Although Dowell Myers shows in, “The Next Immigration Challenge” that due to, “our huge foreign-born population (12 percent of the total), America can remain the world’s richest and most powerful nation for decades” (190). Simultaneously, people who push for immigration will be satisfied with the fact that immigrants are more welcomed and have better job opportunities, like Myers pushes for in his article. The, “$18 million” (190) the Department of Homeland Security plans to spend on, “helping immigrants assimilate” (190) that Myers considers to be “measly” (190) would be enough to ensure that immigrants are being treated fairly since the groundwork of tolerance is already laid