When the word immigration is conjured up especially in today’s world where the economy is moving toward recession, an image of poor, uneducated, job takers and opportunities for a better future come in mind. The media blew it totally out of proportion that politicians only talk about the undocumented immigrants like Mexicans rushing across the border. the media is convincing the citizens to believe that immigration is mischievous and dispensable in our society. the conception of migration as a whole is negative in the view of the American society assuming that they are the reason for the shortage of jobs opportunities. however, colonization caused migration to migrate. Therefore, they are coming back to benefit themselves from the resources that their colonizer took from them years ago. this paper demonstrates that instead thinking that immigrants are taking citizens’ jobs, they are mostly contributing to the economy as well as the culture.
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However, they are not taking the jobs that most citizens are competing for. When citizens’ workers lost their jobs because of global restructuring, emigrants are the one to fill those new secondary labor market and that is what the system provided them. According to International Human Rights, article 23 states that “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment” (2012). This demonstrates that emigrants are also allowed to work if they wish. They can find jobs and work just like regular citizens. The fact that policies has changed with the new economy crisis while migration was the most common topic on the media influenced citizens to believe that immigrants are taking their jobs. However, that is not the case because everyone deserves the right to work to provide food and shelters for
However, they are not taking the jobs that most citizens are competing for. When citizens’ workers lost their jobs because of global restructuring, emigrants are the one to fill those new secondary labor market and that is what the system provided them. According to International Human Rights, article 23 states that “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment” (2012). This demonstrates that emigrants are also allowed to work if they wish. They can find jobs and work just like regular citizens. The fact that policies has changed with the new economy crisis while migration was the most common topic on the media influenced citizens to believe that immigrants are taking their jobs. However, that is not the case because everyone deserves the right to work to provide food and shelters for