Immigration We Americans are so fortunate to be living in America today and we are so blessed to have the freedoms that other countries unfortunately do not have. Because of the many assets we have in America, other people from other countries are wanting to come in. The Immigration Policy and immigration itself has been highly talked about throughout the world and has been a very controversial topic for America. Although immigration can be beneficial for many reasons economically, the legions of disadvantages harming the country receiving immigrants overtake those beneficiary factors. (claim) “Immigration is the moving away of people from one’s own country to another country, in search of better standards of living, education or to escape
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Smith stated his opinion concerning immigration in his “Shut the Door” speech to the Congressional Record in 1924. Thanking God that we had the largest percentage of any country in the world of the pure, unadulterated caucasian stock, according to Smith, said that he wanted “to make a country to assimilate and perfect that splendid type of manhood that had made America the foremost nation in her progress and in her power.” (E5) “The time has come when we should shut the door on immigration and keep what we have for what we hope our own people to be.” (E3) says Smith. He profoundly stated that he was against immigration and wanted to put a stop to it. He may not have been before when there were little immigrants coming in, but after the outburst of immigrants coming in, he knew that his mind was against immigration. He believed that we should be independent and develop our own American resources. (E2) He believed that after we developed American resources that we should save them for the natural increase of our population. (E1) Just because this speech was given in 1924, doesn’t mean that people today don’t have the same opinion concerning immigration as he did during that time. Many people are very harsh to immigrants and the whole process of immigration and are very broad just as he was in
Smith stated his opinion concerning immigration in his “Shut the Door” speech to the Congressional Record in 1924. Thanking God that we had the largest percentage of any country in the world of the pure, unadulterated caucasian stock, according to Smith, said that he wanted “to make a country to assimilate and perfect that splendid type of manhood that had made America the foremost nation in her progress and in her power.” (E5) “The time has come when we should shut the door on immigration and keep what we have for what we hope our own people to be.” (E3) says Smith. He profoundly stated that he was against immigration and wanted to put a stop to it. He may not have been before when there were little immigrants coming in, but after the outburst of immigrants coming in, he knew that his mind was against immigration. He believed that we should be independent and develop our own American resources. (E2) He believed that after we developed American resources that we should save them for the natural increase of our population. (E1) Just because this speech was given in 1924, doesn’t mean that people today don’t have the same opinion concerning immigration as he did during that time. Many people are very harsh to immigrants and the whole process of immigration and are very broad just as he was in