The topic of immigration seems to be on top of the list for discussion in America, especially with the presidential elections just around the corner this November. Many Americans paint immigration in a negative light seeing it as only a hindrance to our great nation. Some common misconceptions being overpopulation of immigrants, illegal aliens not being entitled to share any of our constitutional rights, immigrants bringing their own culture that snuffs out our own.
It is understandable why a proportion of America believes we are being overrun with immigrants with it constantly being talked about by people American’s rely on for information such as our news broadcasters and politicians. Department of Homeland Security claims that in 2012 there were 484,072 new legal entries into the United States. Now it sounds like a lot, but when the American populace was 315,091,138 in the same year; that means a whole year worth of new immigrants only made up 0.15 percent of the population (Zong and Batalova: Schlesinger). Illegal immigrants, who take the brunt of America’s anger, only make up 13 percent of all America’s immigrants, and only 1 percent of the entire population (Cole 515).
Alba Quiñonez illegally crossed the border of Mexico into Texas and was found and captured by Border Patrol at the age of …show more content…
The American culture we know a love today is a mod-podge of different backgrounds to form one large fiesta! Most of our holidays were created by immigrants; such as St. Patrick’s Day and Halloween from Ireland, Cinco de Mayo from Mexico, the Santa Claus fable from Turkey, and much more. Since the United States were founded we have digested other cultures to form our own. Even our Mother Goose nursery rhythms we read to our children before bed are adaptations of stories from
It is understandable why a proportion of America believes we are being overrun with immigrants with it constantly being talked about by people American’s rely on for information such as our news broadcasters and politicians. Department of Homeland Security claims that in 2012 there were 484,072 new legal entries into the United States. Now it sounds like a lot, but when the American populace was 315,091,138 in the same year; that means a whole year worth of new immigrants only made up 0.15 percent of the population (Zong and Batalova: Schlesinger). Illegal immigrants, who take the brunt of America’s anger, only make up 13 percent of all America’s immigrants, and only 1 percent of the entire population (Cole 515).
Alba Quiñonez illegally crossed the border of Mexico into Texas and was found and captured by Border Patrol at the age of …show more content…
The American culture we know a love today is a mod-podge of different backgrounds to form one large fiesta! Most of our holidays were created by immigrants; such as St. Patrick’s Day and Halloween from Ireland, Cinco de Mayo from Mexico, the Santa Claus fable from Turkey, and much more. Since the United States were founded we have digested other cultures to form our own. Even our Mother Goose nursery rhythms we read to our children before bed are adaptations of stories from