According to Erik Gomez, the issue of immigration is complicated due to the fact that America was built on immigrants. Nevertheless, Americans are uncomfortable with the idea of letting people in because of the fear of losing their way of life. In making this comment, Mr. Gomez urges us to be free from bias, change the way of viewing immigration and start to embrace the immigrants who are already in the country, such as marginal groups and ethnical minorities. In other words, Ben Huh, an immigrant from South Korea, believes that politicians do not give an opportunity to people to decide what immigrants should be let in. On the other hand, the reducing of immigration rate is needed to preserve cultural identity.…
One of the things that have always been perplexing about the History of the United States is how the Civil War could end Slavery, but immigration issues still exist. Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States delivers an abundance of information that contributes to the evidence of the ongoing issue. The author emphasizes ratiocinations on why Mexicans aim to live in the United States, what they are trying to escape from in Mexico, the restraints they are facing in the United States, and the conditions they are facing while crossing the border to get into the United States. Individuals such as students, educators, and historians who are studying immigration can be aided by this book that includes numerous amounts of…
In spite of this difference, many people believe we Hispanics could have become as successful as the European immigrants. So why haven’t we? For one thing, by the time Hispanics grew in numbers in the United States, the economy was no longer labor-intensive. Hispanics have lacked not “a strong back and a willingness to work,” but the opportunity to capitalize on them. Then, unlike the European immigrants who went west and were able to buy land, Hispanics arrived here after homesteading had passed. But a more fundamental reason exists: racism. Hispanics are considered a nonwhite race, regardless of the fact that many of us are of the white race. Our ethnic difference has been officially construed as a racial difference: In government, businesses, and school forms, “Hispanic” is one of the choices under the category race. (48)…
The first five weeks of the course Latin America Through Another Lens has introduced me to another perspective on Latin America and immigration to the United States. We have watched film, read articles and completed research to better understand many Latin American countries and the people who call them home. Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, and San Salvador have all been considered in film and I found the movie When the Mountains Tremble to be especially moving. The course introduced me to immigration from Latin America to the United States and we took a closer look at five current myths that are often associated with Latin American immigration. I was very curious about the idea that immigrants are a drain on society’s resources.…
The year is 1776. In an act of defiance of the oppressive rule of the powerful nation of Great Britain, the political leaders of the British-American colonies sign into existence the United States of America. Even before this inception of the United States, North America had been seen as a place where one could move to start a new life and reap the full rewards for one’s work. These opportunities combined with the new United States government founded on the ideals of freedom and equity have attracted countless families from all over the world, making the United States truly a country of immigrants. Immigrants from European nations coming to America both assimilated and helped to shape the culture of the nation. Others, either immigrants or those forced to come to the United States, were marked with distinguishable differences from the European majority. The Africans and Asians are examples of some of these minorities, but, in my belief, one of the groups that has had the most unique struggle to become part of the ‘great melting pot’ of America is the Latino culture. For many different reasons Latin Americans have struggled to assimilate with the American culture for hundreds of years.…
This article is about the legal conscious and incorporation experience of undocumented immigrates in the United States. Although this population maybe disaggregated in the United States one central distinction among them is their age at migration .Those that migrated as Adults live out their daily lives in different social context than those who migrated as children. Therefore although all undocumented immigrants are legally banned their identities sense of belonging and interpretation of their status vary. Base on ethnographic observation and in-depth interviews of Latinos undocumented…
Yet another crucial demographic change over the years is the national scattering of the Hispanic people. While the Hispanic community was largely concentrated in cities such as Texas, California, Chicago etc, over the years there has been a lot of geographic mobility across the country. The Hispanic population is also largely known for their youthful population which comprises a major chunk. The presence of the Hispanics in the US is no new phenomenon, but their growing political, cultural and economic prominence has created an awareness of their impact on the future course of the…
Considering the close proximity of Cuba to the United States, it indicates that there has always been migration between United States and Cuba. During the 1800’s, immigration had become very popular amongst Cuba and the United States. In the 1800’s Cuban merchants and businessmen generally conducted business, and casually visited United States on vacations, and vice-versa. But all that changed when Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1959, hence, having a significant rise in immigration from Cuba to the United States. Over the years thousands of Cubans fleeing Cuba on makeshift boats has become a routine to the United States. But the most important of the Cuban migration has happened in the past 40 to 50 years. Since then there were 4 major migration movements that distinguish this particular migration movement from others.…
Immigration in the United States is a complex demographic activity that has been a major contribution to population growth and cultural change throughout much of the nation's history. The many aspects of immigration have controversy in economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants, settlement patterns, crime, and even voting behavior. Congress has passed many laws that have to do with immigrants especially in the 19th century such as the Naturalization Act of 1870, and the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, or even the Immigration Act of 1903 all to insure specific laws and boundaries set on immigrants. The life of immigrants has been drastically changed throughout the years of 1880-1925 through aspects such as immigrants taking non-immigrants wages and jobs, the filtration process of immigrants into the United States, and lastly, the foreign policies of the immigrants and their allowance into the nation.…
The rapid growth of immigration to the U.S. from Latin America has increased the overall Hispanic population of the U.S. Immigration from Latin American and the growth of Hispanics are one of the most important and controversial developments in recent history of the United States. In 2005, there were nearly 40 million Hispanic immigrants and descendants of Hispanic immigrants living in the U.S (Pew Hispanic Center, 2006). It is true that there are many push and pull factors that play a role for immigrants to come to the United States such as to leave poverty and unemployment in their homelands in search of better living opportunities…
The problem of immigration is nowadays one of the most serious problems the contemporary American society is currently facing. Many specialists argue that the growing number of immigrants, especially illegal ones is dangerous for the future development of the national economy as well as for socio-political life of the whole country. In such a situation it is quite natural that American government is getting to be particularly concerned about the problem of immigration and initiated a legislative reform concerning immigration. The history of the US is a history of inflow of immigrants, embodied in Ellis Island, and the history of adverse reaction to the newcomers on the part of the current population. Many people in the United States think that the number of immigrants should be limited and the immigrations laws should be changed.…
Mexican migration to the United States takes a big impact involving two companies and takes place at specific times for good or bad of both. Manly, this phenomenon takes place because the immigrants are in search for a better job and higher pay as well. I decided to choose this topic because it represents a huge problem, the main topic to be discussed by heads of government of both countries is migration.…
Mexican migration had started in the early 20th century. The United States was in need of labor workers and many Mexicans were trying to escape from the political problems in Mexico. The first mass migration of Mexican immigrants had started during World War II. The immigration was very massive through the years, it was hard for United States to keep in track of who was coming in. Nowadays, the laws are very strict and heavily enforced. Mexican immigrants have been considered the largest immigrant group in the U.S. Most of the Hispanic immigrants had settled in California, Texas and Illinois. The English proficiency test had reported that 69 of immigrants were limited in 2013. The population of Mexican immigrants was young but older for…
escalated the vitriolic debate on both sides of the issue. Media attention about the recent surge of…
Within my topic, there are many important factors on immigration such as: why individuals shame Mexicans who come to America, and why we do not let those immigrants stay in America after finishing college, and why immigration is important to me. Mexican immigration has been a problem since as far back as the 1920s.recently Barack Obama has passed laws helping immigration and Donald Trump has brought ideas that would kill many chances for illegal aliens to come to America for a better life. This is deeply important to me because I have a family member that crossed the border illegally by crossing the river then sneaking through border patrol. He almost lost his life but that was only because he wanted a better life for him and his family.…