Immigration has always been a daunting part of economic and demographic growth for the United States. During the last decades of the 19th century, immigrants contributed considerably, providing labor for the industrialization of the country. However nowadays it is very hard for immigrants to legally come and stay in this country. After watching Timothy Grafs ted talk titled “We don’t immigration caps. We need minimums.” I’d have to agree with him. His ideas are revolutionary and he was able to prove how immigration is very beneficial to not only the US but to the world’s economy. However, Grafts mentioned “Governments are very good for putting road blocks on the path to immigration”, he continued to say he believed “this is intentional”. I,
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Immigrants especially those whom are skilled workers bring with them a diverse set of skills and educational backgrounds. Personally, I know of many immigrants that work in New York City as skilled estimators, graphic designers and even lawyers. These friends of mine have all attended university in Ireland or the UK, when going to college they studied nothing but their major for three full years. These immigrants come to America and are very skilled in their trade because of the time they spent learning all the different aspects, whereas American students are required to learn subjects that don’t necessarily have anything to do with their major which may make the “well rounded students” but personally I would rather the extra courses that have to do with my major. Because they are trained in a different way than America students they may be able to come up with different solutions to problems in order to help their business prosper. However, I have had to say goodbye to a few Irish friends, not because they wanted to leave or because they weren’t needed by there employers but because they were not granted additional time here when their visas finished and were forced to leave the life they had created for themselves in America and go back to Ireland, where there aren’t many jobs. It would be great if these hardworking immigrants, who are skilled …show more content…
If Americans really wanted to see our economy to become strong again maybe they would open their eyes to different options, ones that include using immigrants to our advantage. Immigrants want to better themselves; in doing so when they come to America they cause a ripple effect by working hard, paying rent and putting some of that money back into the community. These immigrants pay taxes and usually try to adapt to American ways. It has been proven that they do not have an effect on crime rates and that they actually improve their communities by becoming small business entrepreneurs. A lot of countries around the world are starting to catch on to the benefits of immigrants, and are now encouraging them to come to their countries with incentives. Immigration shouldn’t be looked at as a negative thing, Americans shouldn’t be trying to prevent immigrants from coming to our country, but instead welcoming them because after all these immigrants can help improve our communities, society and not only our country’s economy but the world’s economy sustain growth for years to
Immigrants especially those whom are skilled workers bring with them a diverse set of skills and educational backgrounds. Personally, I know of many immigrants that work in New York City as skilled estimators, graphic designers and even lawyers. These friends of mine have all attended university in Ireland or the UK, when going to college they studied nothing but their major for three full years. These immigrants come to America and are very skilled in their trade because of the time they spent learning all the different aspects, whereas American students are required to learn subjects that don’t necessarily have anything to do with their major which may make the “well rounded students” but personally I would rather the extra courses that have to do with my major. Because they are trained in a different way than America students they may be able to come up with different solutions to problems in order to help their business prosper. However, I have had to say goodbye to a few Irish friends, not because they wanted to leave or because they weren’t needed by there employers but because they were not granted additional time here when their visas finished and were forced to leave the life they had created for themselves in America and go back to Ireland, where there aren’t many jobs. It would be great if these hardworking immigrants, who are skilled …show more content…
If Americans really wanted to see our economy to become strong again maybe they would open their eyes to different options, ones that include using immigrants to our advantage. Immigrants want to better themselves; in doing so when they come to America they cause a ripple effect by working hard, paying rent and putting some of that money back into the community. These immigrants pay taxes and usually try to adapt to American ways. It has been proven that they do not have an effect on crime rates and that they actually improve their communities by becoming small business entrepreneurs. A lot of countries around the world are starting to catch on to the benefits of immigrants, and are now encouraging them to come to their countries with incentives. Immigration shouldn’t be looked at as a negative thing, Americans shouldn’t be trying to prevent immigrants from coming to our country, but instead welcoming them because after all these immigrants can help improve our communities, society and not only our country’s economy but the world’s economy sustain growth for years to