Immigrants In California

Growing up in Los Angeles means that there are immigrants everywhere. California has very relaxed policies on immigrants settling here. Los Angeles, as a whole, is way overpopulated. Los Angeles, as some would say, is cultured. This is mainly because of the millions of undocumented citizens populating California. To some, this is a huge issue because each state has very limited resources. If we let the millions of immigrants in our country, we may not have enough resources and jobs for the natives. This is one of the biggest issues being talked about in America. People risk their lives to come to America because they believe that America will bring them new opportunities. But what immigrants don’t understand, is that Americans are struggling …show more content…
The majority of immigrants who come to America have not even completed high school. As Jencks says, “Mexicans receive public assistance more often partly because they are less skilled than other immigrants and partly because they are concentrated in California, which has relatively generous eligibility standards.” What this means is, California has very lenient laws on immigration and who can receive government benefits. Immigrants purposely come to California because they know that we will let them in. To be blunt, most immigrants take advantage of the U.S. and it’s benefits because they either don’t know how bad the economy is right now or they just don’t care. They see the U.S. as the “home of the free” and think that they can just come here and do whatever they …show more content…
If immigrants take these jobs, it makes it harder for aspiring workers to gain experience to achieve higher paying occupations. If there wasn't a huge amount of immigrants, this wouldn't be a problem. But with hundreds and thousands of immigrants coming into the U.S. daily, this makes it hard for unexperienced workers to get jobs. Immigrants bring pros and cons which are debatable, but the cons overweigh the pros. Taking in immigrants would be the right thing to do, but it brings to much harm to our economy. When immigrants come to America, they use our government aid to an extreme extent and don’t contribute much to the public treasury. The majority of immigrants come to America with no skills or even a high school education. I believe that as of late, immigrants have taken advantage of America’s aid to the point where we have little to no resources left for the