Brief History
Immigration has been a huge issue throughout American history. It continues to remain a topic of extreme pro et contra, being fueled by success stories of undocumented/unaccompanied youth who beat the odds, graduated college and have careers, as well as by sensationalizing incendiary commentary such as that of Donald Trump, who stated that Mexicans are nothing more than “drug dealers” and “rapists,” which further demonizes the Latino immigrant.
The United States experienced a major increase in immigrants during the colonial period, the 19th century, the 20th century, and the 21st century. During this time, America saw a surge of English and British immigrants migrating for religious freedom, wealth, and land. And once they were …show more content…
S. immigration policies. In 2012 President Obama announced that the United States would no longer deport immigrants who came to the country before age 16 and who were younger than 30 years old at the time of the announcement. They also had to be free of criminal records and had to have lived in the US for 5 consecutive years (Council on Foreign Relations, n.d.). Additionally, in 2015 President Obama announced a law that would defer deportation, allow immigrants to work in the country for three years, and would also cancel the act of sharing fingerprints with federal immigration agencies (American Immigration Council, n.d.). Republicans lead by the state of Texas sued the Obama administration for failing to carry out federal law. Even though the President has made attempts to remedy immigration issues there are still laws that exclude undocumented immigrants. The Affordable Care Act is one example that leaves many undocumented people without health care while allowing eligibility for coverage to citizens (Health Care, …show more content…
Immigrants are being demonized simply for exercising their human right to immigrate in the hopes of procuring a better, safer life than that which they left behind, which by no means has been easy. But additionally, there are several main issues or controversies regarding immigrants: whether undocumented immigrants would provide economic benefits to the United States and whether undocumented immigrants should have access to social services, healthcare, and other services.
The economic impacts of undocumented immigrants in the United States has sparked debates on whether they make a positive contribution or, instead, are a detriment to the United States economy. With respect to economics, advocates of undocumented immigrants state that most undocumented immigrants do not take jobs away from native workers. Undocumented workers and native workers occupy different employment positions and have very different skill levels, thus undocumented immigrants do not affect the wages of native works (Kugler,
Immigration has been a huge issue throughout American history. It continues to remain a topic of extreme pro et contra, being fueled by success stories of undocumented/unaccompanied youth who beat the odds, graduated college and have careers, as well as by sensationalizing incendiary commentary such as that of Donald Trump, who stated that Mexicans are nothing more than “drug dealers” and “rapists,” which further demonizes the Latino immigrant.
The United States experienced a major increase in immigrants during the colonial period, the 19th century, the 20th century, and the 21st century. During this time, America saw a surge of English and British immigrants migrating for religious freedom, wealth, and land. And once they were …show more content…
S. immigration policies. In 2012 President Obama announced that the United States would no longer deport immigrants who came to the country before age 16 and who were younger than 30 years old at the time of the announcement. They also had to be free of criminal records and had to have lived in the US for 5 consecutive years (Council on Foreign Relations, n.d.). Additionally, in 2015 President Obama announced a law that would defer deportation, allow immigrants to work in the country for three years, and would also cancel the act of sharing fingerprints with federal immigration agencies (American Immigration Council, n.d.). Republicans lead by the state of Texas sued the Obama administration for failing to carry out federal law. Even though the President has made attempts to remedy immigration issues there are still laws that exclude undocumented immigrants. The Affordable Care Act is one example that leaves many undocumented people without health care while allowing eligibility for coverage to citizens (Health Care, …show more content…
Immigrants are being demonized simply for exercising their human right to immigrate in the hopes of procuring a better, safer life than that which they left behind, which by no means has been easy. But additionally, there are several main issues or controversies regarding immigrants: whether undocumented immigrants would provide economic benefits to the United States and whether undocumented immigrants should have access to social services, healthcare, and other services.
The economic impacts of undocumented immigrants in the United States has sparked debates on whether they make a positive contribution or, instead, are a detriment to the United States economy. With respect to economics, advocates of undocumented immigrants state that most undocumented immigrants do not take jobs away from native workers. Undocumented workers and native workers occupy different employment positions and have very different skill levels, thus undocumented immigrants do not affect the wages of native works (Kugler,