Essay On Why America Should Remain A Nation Of Immigrants
Social scientist Tamar Jacoby states that yes, America should remain a Nation of Immigrants, immigrants keep the economy string because they take the jobs that Americans decline and work hard for less money. Jacoby says that after the September 11 attacks, it caused people to fear foreigners. He also states that the foreign-born population is now at 28 million and growing and those Illegal aliens take up between 7-8 million of the population. Jacoby also declares that the population will double in the next 50 years due mostly to foreigners. Immigrant 's reliance on welfare exceeds that of Native Americans as well. Immigrant 's also failed or refused to learn our native language and adopt our traditions. Columnist Patrick J. Buchanan states that no, America should not remain a Nation of Immigrants because immigrants coming from third world countries has caused America to no longer be a nation because we lack a familiar culture. Because of over-population in the United States, I am anti-immigration and feel we should no longer remain a Nation of Immigrants.
"In 2000, there were over 32 million foreign-born residents in the U.S (11% of the total U.S. population). These immigrants fall into one of several categories depending on how they came to the U.S. and their current citizenship status. Most immigrants (73%) are here legally. Undocumented aliens, many of whom entered legally but overstayed their visas, account for 27 percent. Almost one-third are naturalized citizens and most immigrant families (85%) contain children that are U.S. citizens".(www.kff.org) Foreign population is also …show more content…
growing and illegal aliens are between 7-8 million of it. With all of the population growth from all foreigners, our towns are becoming overcrowded and cities are going to become unlivable. Schools are also overcrowded with foreigners and many of them don 't speak English at all or very little of it. Many immigrants have failed or refused to learn our native language so they can 't help their children in school, causing them to fall behind and it slows down the native born Americans. The families of immigrants that don 't speak English and don 't care about their educational goals are hindering those who do speak English and want to further educate themselves. Some states have laws allowing illegal immigrants to attend school. Why? Foreigners should have to have the same papers as Native Americans in order to attend school, a legal birth certificate, green card, or proof of being an American. And because they are here illegally, parents pay little into the tax infrastructure to fund that education. Test scores are also much lower than they should be due to the learning gap. If you were to take out the scores of the non-English speaking foreigners, test scores would be much higher. This has more to do with the state of California.
Illegal Immigrants are also solely to blame for a raise in crime rates in the state of California.
Audits are showing that authorities are not deporting illegal immigrants once they are released from jail, and once they are released, they are committing more crimes. That is money that we Americans are having to pay to house and feed these illegal immigrants while they are in
jail.
Immigrants also take advantage of public service. Illegal immigrants are not qualified for public aid, but are allowed to get it under phony names. The healthcare and welfare that immigrants are receiving costs the United States billions of dollars every year. Why should legal Americans have to front money for them to get these benefits when most Americans can 't afford to pay for healthcare and food for themselves? I am all for helping people get healthcare and other aid if they can 't afford it as long as they are here legally.
Illegal immigrants also don 't follow the rules of our culture. In the state of California you are required to carry car insurance. Many people don 't follow this rule. They raise the accident and driving population and cause insurance rates to go up. I know this from first hand experience. I was run into in the parking lot at the college last summer by a Hispanic man. He spoke to me briefly in English and as soon as campus police came he said no habla ingles and told the officer it was my fault. The officer spoke to him in Spanish even though I told her he can speak English. The officer snapped at me and I felt violated. They were speaking in a language I couldn 't understand. This man fought me for six months before it went to arbitration. Come to find out, his insurance was lapsed and my uninsured motorist policy kicked in. That right there goes to show you foreigners have no respect for our country or what we stand for.
Tamar Jacoby states that in Buchanan 's book, he states that "By 2050, an estimated 10% of the world 's people will be of European decent, while Asia, Africa, and Latin America will grow by three to four billion people, yielding 30 to 40 new Mexicos."(Taking Sides) If we keep allowing people to migrate to America, we will be overcrowded and people of European decent will then be the minority. We have to think about the problems we have now before we allow more people to come here legally or illegally. I feel that immigration should be put on hold until the immigrants here illegally can be papered here legally or deported. America needs to take care of this problem before it becomes more out of control than it already is. So the main issue is immigration needs to be stopped because legal immigration leads to illegal immigration because, once people come to the United States legally, their relatives will follow even if it means coming illegally.
Works Cited"IMMIGRANTS ' HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND ACCESS." Kaiser Commission. Aug. 2003. 4 Oct. 2007 .
Madaras, Larry, and James M. Sorelle. Taking Sides. 12th ed. Vol. 2. Dubuque: McGraww-Hill, 2007. 387.
Parker, Randall. "Criminal Illegal Aliens Repeat Offenders." ParaPundit. 09 Jan. 2007. 4 Oct. 2007 .
Volandre, Simon. "Immigration is a Major Cause for Concern for Native Californians." Associated Content. 18 Sept. 2007. 4 Oct. 2007 .
Wipf, Jennifer & Peter. "Welfare & Healthcare, Licenses for Immigrants in the U.S." About.Com. 4 Oct. 2007 .
"In 2000, there were over 32 million foreign-born residents in the U.S (11% of the total U.S. population). These immigrants fall into one of several categories depending on how they came to the U.S. and their current citizenship status. Most immigrants (73%) are here legally. Undocumented aliens, many of whom entered legally but overstayed their visas, account for 27 percent. Almost one-third are naturalized citizens and most immigrant families (85%) contain children that are U.S. citizens".(www.kff.org) Foreign population is also …show more content…
growing and illegal aliens are between 7-8 million of it. With all of the population growth from all foreigners, our towns are becoming overcrowded and cities are going to become unlivable. Schools are also overcrowded with foreigners and many of them don 't speak English at all or very little of it. Many immigrants have failed or refused to learn our native language so they can 't help their children in school, causing them to fall behind and it slows down the native born Americans. The families of immigrants that don 't speak English and don 't care about their educational goals are hindering those who do speak English and want to further educate themselves. Some states have laws allowing illegal immigrants to attend school. Why? Foreigners should have to have the same papers as Native Americans in order to attend school, a legal birth certificate, green card, or proof of being an American. And because they are here illegally, parents pay little into the tax infrastructure to fund that education. Test scores are also much lower than they should be due to the learning gap. If you were to take out the scores of the non-English speaking foreigners, test scores would be much higher. This has more to do with the state of California.
Illegal Immigrants are also solely to blame for a raise in crime rates in the state of California.
Audits are showing that authorities are not deporting illegal immigrants once they are released from jail, and once they are released, they are committing more crimes. That is money that we Americans are having to pay to house and feed these illegal immigrants while they are in
jail.
Immigrants also take advantage of public service. Illegal immigrants are not qualified for public aid, but are allowed to get it under phony names. The healthcare and welfare that immigrants are receiving costs the United States billions of dollars every year. Why should legal Americans have to front money for them to get these benefits when most Americans can 't afford to pay for healthcare and food for themselves? I am all for helping people get healthcare and other aid if they can 't afford it as long as they are here legally.
Illegal immigrants also don 't follow the rules of our culture. In the state of California you are required to carry car insurance. Many people don 't follow this rule. They raise the accident and driving population and cause insurance rates to go up. I know this from first hand experience. I was run into in the parking lot at the college last summer by a Hispanic man. He spoke to me briefly in English and as soon as campus police came he said no habla ingles and told the officer it was my fault. The officer spoke to him in Spanish even though I told her he can speak English. The officer snapped at me and I felt violated. They were speaking in a language I couldn 't understand. This man fought me for six months before it went to arbitration. Come to find out, his insurance was lapsed and my uninsured motorist policy kicked in. That right there goes to show you foreigners have no respect for our country or what we stand for.
Tamar Jacoby states that in Buchanan 's book, he states that "By 2050, an estimated 10% of the world 's people will be of European decent, while Asia, Africa, and Latin America will grow by three to four billion people, yielding 30 to 40 new Mexicos."(Taking Sides) If we keep allowing people to migrate to America, we will be overcrowded and people of European decent will then be the minority. We have to think about the problems we have now before we allow more people to come here legally or illegally. I feel that immigration should be put on hold until the immigrants here illegally can be papered here legally or deported. America needs to take care of this problem before it becomes more out of control than it already is. So the main issue is immigration needs to be stopped because legal immigration leads to illegal immigration because, once people come to the United States legally, their relatives will follow even if it means coming illegally.
Works Cited"IMMIGRANTS ' HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND ACCESS." Kaiser Commission. Aug. 2003. 4 Oct. 2007 .
Madaras, Larry, and James M. Sorelle. Taking Sides. 12th ed. Vol. 2. Dubuque: McGraww-Hill, 2007. 387.
Parker, Randall. "Criminal Illegal Aliens Repeat Offenders." ParaPundit. 09 Jan. 2007. 4 Oct. 2007 .
Volandre, Simon. "Immigration is a Major Cause for Concern for Native Californians." Associated Content. 18 Sept. 2007. 4 Oct. 2007 .
Wipf, Jennifer & Peter. "Welfare & Healthcare, Licenses for Immigrants in the U.S." About.Com. 4 Oct. 2007 .