African immigration to the United States

you thousands of dollars. Many people are so quick to judge when it comes to the issue of illegal immigration, but if we put ourselves in their shoes and understand their situation and historical background. Factors such a religious persecution, political oppression, or…

One way or another we all had conceived a dream; dreams can be inspiring, but many times dreams can lead to disappointments. For instance, many times immigrants migrate to the United States to pursuit the “American dream” despite the risks they may encounter. Growing up I didn’t really hear “these stories” until later in life. Many families feel the need to go to el otro lado for better opportunities and to be able to provide to their families. Both of my parents are immigrants and just like…

necessity for people in the United States and not being able to find one can be detrimental to that person and their family if they’re married. Every job that is out there is important to society in some way. This is CEO’s, sewer workers, garbage workers, teachers etc. Companies have taken to hiring illegal workers to be able to pay them less under the table, which takes away jobs from hardworking Americans and is detrimental to them. The problem of illegal immigration needs to be fixed, but…

Research Paper Rough Draft 1 Illegal Immigration Needs to be Stopped Illegal immigration is defined as the unauthorized migration of people across national borders in which it violates the immigration laws of the destination country. This can include coming into the country by land, water or air. Another issue the United States faces occurs when an immigrant doesn’t leave the country after their visa expires. A visa is a passport given to an individual that permits them to enter, stay, or leave…

receive and they lack trying to find a job since they are offered many services just for being U.S, born. Also, Alex Norwrasteh in “Immigration’s Real Impact on Wages and Employment”, argues A large body of academic economic research has found that immigration has a relatively small effect on U.S. born American wages and their employment prospects” (Norwrasteh). Some might say immigrants affect U.S. born American wages but immigrants increase their raise by 2%. Immigrants might have some effect…

The United States of America is commonly known as “the melting pot”. The nickname came from the hundreds of thousands of immigrants that migrated here with the hopes of achieving the American Dream. These immigrants were known to be hardworking and typically worked twice as hard for half of the pay. Many of these immigrants put up with lower living statuses because they knew it was better than what they were receiving from their homeland. The children of these immigrants would be effected…

I write in contribution to Mae M. Ngai’s topic on “Reforming Immigration for Good” and other clusters on immigration to deepen my argument. The idea of immigration brings up skeptical responses on what happens and needs to happen during migration in the United States. It has not only been an ongoing topic for many decades, but also heavily dismissed recently by the President elect Donald Trump. He highlighted many controversial topics about the Mexican-American border, Mexican natives, and other…

The nuances of the language are complex, and sometimes it feels like there is a requirement for people in the United States to use English. However, most sports have languages of their own; people can communicate on the court or on the field both verbally and through gestures. Immigrants receive a great deal of exposure to English through team sports, which serves as…

Stretching out approximately 2000 miles long, the U.S.-Mexico concrete border has its own loopholes where at certain points the security is not tight. This enables people to cross the border without papers. However, this is not to say that those people will not find any difficulties in crossing. A note to remember, the unauthorized border crossing means risking everything it may take because the spots are not considered comfortable to be crossed such as crossing through abandoned tunnel (El…

There has been much talk about immigration in America being a burden in the economy. Arguments like jobs being taken away from Americans by immigrants are prominent. There is also arguments that immigrants keep wages down. Most of these are immigrants have a negative effect on jobs. In this presidential election, most of the talk about immigration was about a reduction in size. If there is a lot of negative connotation with immigration, then the question of why immigration is still allowed…