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Arguing Immigration: Age Of Mass Migration
Ora-Anna Brown
Social Problems 02
Professor Brown
13 February 2017
Arguing Immigration
The period mentioned in the video was known as the Age of Mass Migration and known as one of the largest immigration periods. Millions of immigrants arrived in the United States during this time and became legal upon entry unlike today. Other than farming, the job market has not really changed much for immigrants. Unless they are legal or have a good skillset, if you are illegal today you must be content with whatever job you can find which usually doesn’t pay the best or is hard to find. Certain immigrants today are starting to face the same type of hatred and nativism that their ancestors did. Certain Muslim related countries have been barred entry and POTUS wants to build a wall to keep people from immigrating through Mexico.
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The social impact of immigration has usually been negative. Immigrants are aware they aren’t welcome in “the land of the free” and are starting to feel as if they are being pushed out even if they have obtained US citizenship. For a long time “natives” of this country have claimed illegal immigrants are trying or have stolen all the jobs even though they’re jobs the “natives” don’t want to do. The social consequences of immigration are usually the cause for conversation and debate because “natives” view them as the reason for many problems. Things such as lack of jobs, a rise in crime, and the overall reason “natives” can’t live the life they want is all pinned on immigration. I don’t think that the problem is immigration I think it is a matter of who is immigrating and will they conform. By conform I mean get rid of all the cultural aspects that make them unique, like their religion or their clothing choices. Nativism is and will always be the main problem with immigration and nothing

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