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    inspired at how much economic advantages they can receive by hiring these foreigners‚ whether these workers are legal or not. Knowing their benefits‚ U.S. employers continue to welcome these workers with goodwill. Nonetheless‚ increased enforcement of existing laws opposing American companies who deliberately welcome these undocumented employees‚ together along with the many efforts in Congress to establish new restrictions on illegal immigrants‚ may have a significant impact on immigration in the years

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    which‚ at the same time‚ raises the higher possibility of diverse conflicts between the immigrants and the natives (ibid‚ 2013). The term‚ immigration‚ has been applied to situations where a person moves to a different country for the purpose of permanent stay (Anon.‚ 2012).Considering aforementioned facts‚ it can be easily recognized that the issue of immigration is not something only for particular countries but for a wider range of countries that needs to be dealt with

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    Illegal Immigration More than 10 million undocumented aliens currently reside in the U.S.‚ and that population is currently growing at a rate of 700‚000 per year. (http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2006/03/the-real-problem-with-immigration-and-the-real-solution. With this indication it proves how dangerously open our borders are. Illegal immigrants primarily come to the U.S to have a better home life and have more opportunity in the workforce. However immigrants weaken the legal and national

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    Immigration Immigrants have done so much to benefit the United States and continue to help benefit the country so we should allow open immigration for the benefit of their lives especially in times of crisis. They have provided many forms of economic help and support over the years. For example the Fiscal Policy Institute says small businesses owned by immigrants employed 4.7 million people in 2007 and according to estimates they generate more than $776 billion annually (Ten ways immigrants.. Para

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    Berry‚ J. W. (2001). A Psychology of Immigration. Journal of Social Issues‚ 57(3)‚ 615-63. This article proposes a framework for understanding the psychology of immigration linking acculturation and intergroup relations which explains how individuals achieve a fit between themselves and a new cultural environment. Berry (2001) examined two basic elements of cultural contacts namely degree of contact or avoidance with people outside of one’s group and the degree of cultural maintenance with one’s

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    Immigration‚ Urbanization‚ and Industrialization are directly related. Immigration causes urbanization‚ which causes industrialization‚ but industrialization also causes immigration and urbanization. These three things work in a cycle. Immigration causes an influx of people into a certain area. There general trend is that immigrants look towards cities because of jobs. Often times immigrants are very poor‚ and very desperate for work. This means that they will relocate to an area

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    Immigration into the U.S.

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    America” by Neil Diamond‚ because it talks about immigrants and why they leave their countries to pursue the American dream. He explained how people left their homes and came to America in order to find a safer place to live in‚ a place where they can achieve their dreams and have a good life. The song’s theme is a positive interpretation of the history of immigration to the United States where they come to achieve liberty‚ prosperity and welfare. Liberty is more than a word. Liberty is not merely

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    Not In Our Town Analysis

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    The two resources that I picked for my final journal are ‘Not In Our Town’ and the CNN article about Officer Elsokary in New York City. The reason why I picked “Not In Our Town” is because this article shows that people are sometimes really mean‚ rude and obnoxious‚ but it also shows that people are sometimes nice‚ caring‚ kind and supportive. The attacks and this story took place in Billings‚ Montana. The attacks were against people in the town who were Jewish. The reason why I picked the CNN article

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    Pro immigration America is sometimes referred to as a "nation of immigrants" because of our largely open-door policy toward accepting foreigners pursuing their vision of the American Dream. Recently‚ there has been a clamor by some politicians and citizens toward creating a predominantly closed-door policy on immigration‚ arguing that immigrants "threaten" American life by creating unemployment by taking jobs from American workers‚ using much-needed social services‚ and encroaching on the "American

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    Illegal immigration

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    Alien Invasion Illegal immigration is widespread throughout the United States. There are 12 million or more illegal aliens in the United States‚ this number continues to rise (Swartz). This influx of illegal immigrants causes jobless Americans to lose out on opportunities. Employers choose to pay illegal immigrants lower wages than American workers. Is it right to pay illegal immigrants less than Americans to do the same job? Should the illegal immigrants be deported? Should border control be increased

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