A Critique of Immigration
Immigration is an exhaustive and realistic guide to the history, economics, politics, and contributions of immigrants in the United of America, written by Stuart Anderson. He is executive director of the National Foundation for American Policy. He is a former policymaker at the Immigration and Naturalization Service and staff director of the Senate Immigration subcommittee who is a prominent researcher in the field. Anderson examines immigration policies from the past to the present and the effects that they had in people’s life. He exhibits the rigorous and complex immigration system and uncovers many fallacies regarding the perception of negative effects of immigrants in the country. Anderson offers an unbiased …show more content…
political debate for decades. Anderson recommends reforms and policy solutions based on his experience. He divided his work into nine chapters; which are the history of immigration to the United States, the contributions of immigrants, legal immigration, illegal immigration, high-skilled immigration and American competitiveness, refugees and asylees, the economic debate over immigration, assimilation, and conclusion. He bases his book on the history of United States which as well represents the history of immigrants to America. This country is a nation of immigrants and was found by them (1-3). Parting from that point, Anderson exhibits the significant opposition that has existed in America against immigration since its foundation. The current situation of illegal and legal immigration is the result of American’s development …show more content…
Indeed, new immigrants are entrepreneurs and contribute to the creation of new jobs; as well as, they are great assets in the field of medicine, sports, science, education, and national defense. Anderson exhibits that the main problem with immigration is the complex immigration system and the illegal immigration flow. He offers a solution for the illegal flow that involves an incensement of temporary visas. He states, “this approach would provide labor market permits, not tied to a specific employer, with bilateral administrative agreements between the United States and countries that send illegal immigrant” (216). As a matter of fact, the United States of America needs foreign labor force especially in the agricultural industry because those jobs offered a penniless salary that few American citizens will be willing to do. Nevertheless, Anderson lacks an efficiency response about how to fix the immigration system. The waiting period for a family member of a citizen or resisted takes between six to twenty-eight years. There are innumerable of arbitrariness in the process of legalization that only pushes people to come illegally rather than wait long periods of time to be reunited with the families. It should be mentioned that in the context of politics the moral and humane side is not
Immigration is an exhaustive and realistic guide to the history, economics, politics, and contributions of immigrants in the United of America, written by Stuart Anderson. He is executive director of the National Foundation for American Policy. He is a former policymaker at the Immigration and Naturalization Service and staff director of the Senate Immigration subcommittee who is a prominent researcher in the field. Anderson examines immigration policies from the past to the present and the effects that they had in people’s life. He exhibits the rigorous and complex immigration system and uncovers many fallacies regarding the perception of negative effects of immigrants in the country. Anderson offers an unbiased …show more content…
political debate for decades. Anderson recommends reforms and policy solutions based on his experience. He divided his work into nine chapters; which are the history of immigration to the United States, the contributions of immigrants, legal immigration, illegal immigration, high-skilled immigration and American competitiveness, refugees and asylees, the economic debate over immigration, assimilation, and conclusion. He bases his book on the history of United States which as well represents the history of immigrants to America. This country is a nation of immigrants and was found by them (1-3). Parting from that point, Anderson exhibits the significant opposition that has existed in America against immigration since its foundation. The current situation of illegal and legal immigration is the result of American’s development …show more content…
Indeed, new immigrants are entrepreneurs and contribute to the creation of new jobs; as well as, they are great assets in the field of medicine, sports, science, education, and national defense. Anderson exhibits that the main problem with immigration is the complex immigration system and the illegal immigration flow. He offers a solution for the illegal flow that involves an incensement of temporary visas. He states, “this approach would provide labor market permits, not tied to a specific employer, with bilateral administrative agreements between the United States and countries that send illegal immigrant” (216). As a matter of fact, the United States of America needs foreign labor force especially in the agricultural industry because those jobs offered a penniless salary that few American citizens will be willing to do. Nevertheless, Anderson lacks an efficiency response about how to fix the immigration system. The waiting period for a family member of a citizen or resisted takes between six to twenty-eight years. There are innumerable of arbitrariness in the process of legalization that only pushes people to come illegally rather than wait long periods of time to be reunited with the families. It should be mentioned that in the context of politics the moral and humane side is not