Immigration is an issue that established nations have been dealing with for decades. The first question that we have to ask is why do people emigrate? Well, according to Anup Shap, emigration happens from a result of warfare or persecution; it could come from financial prospects and the allure of a better life in an industrialized nation. For other people, simply they choose to leave their country and want to live somewhere else.
There are many different arguments supporting and refuting immigration. First, immigrants help bring cultural diversity to a host nation bringing their backgrounds and experiences with them. Also, they can bring a motivated labor force to the host nation if they are emigrating for economic reasons. Conversely, Immigrants …show more content…
From these statistics, the developing world has a huge problem that it is facing. In the United States, there has been a huge push for immigration reform. In Western Europe, the refugee crisis has forced nations to look at their own broken immigration system and find a way to fix it. During my research I learned a great deal about the immigration as an issue and I am going to present a comparative between the United States and Western Europe on how immigration as a national issue is being addressed.
Let’s look at the American emigration system. President Barack Obama has issued statements on how his administration is currently dealing with or will deal with the immigration system in the United States. The Obama Administration is focusing on controlling immigrants at the border by increasing security, focusing on the criminal element, deporting only those that have committed a felony and working towards a earned citizenship (Obama Administration,
There are many different arguments supporting and refuting immigration. First, immigrants help bring cultural diversity to a host nation bringing their backgrounds and experiences with them. Also, they can bring a motivated labor force to the host nation if they are emigrating for economic reasons. Conversely, Immigrants …show more content…
From these statistics, the developing world has a huge problem that it is facing. In the United States, there has been a huge push for immigration reform. In Western Europe, the refugee crisis has forced nations to look at their own broken immigration system and find a way to fix it. During my research I learned a great deal about the immigration as an issue and I am going to present a comparative between the United States and Western Europe on how immigration as a national issue is being addressed.
Let’s look at the American emigration system. President Barack Obama has issued statements on how his administration is currently dealing with or will deal with the immigration system in the United States. The Obama Administration is focusing on controlling immigrants at the border by increasing security, focusing on the criminal element, deporting only those that have committed a felony and working towards a earned citizenship (Obama Administration,