There are many different reasons why immigrants come to the United States and other places. Immigrants can be beneficial to us or they can cause problems. A major benefit of immigrants is that most come to work which helps the economy grow. These workers range from people helping in the agriculture fields to specialized professionals and businesses. These legal immigrants also help the country by paying taxes‚ new ideas‚ and helping the economy. However‚ immigrants can cause big problems that sometimes
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Caribbean Immigrants to New York/Us In the early 1900s the largest number of black immigrants were English-speaking Caribbean (West Indians) who settled in the Northeast‚ mainly in New York City. These immigrants were only 1.3 percent of the NYC population and faced intense racism‚ but by 1923 they became a 12.7 percent of the city’s population. Many of these immigrants were young‚ unmarried men. According to Winston James‚ a few women arrived and held occupations as teachers‚ doctors‚ lawyers
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Immigrants are not here to take jobs from American citizens‚ in fact many of them take jobs that many Americans would not want. An example would be a laborer working long days in a field for a farmer. Sometimes‚ this may be a conclusion many Americans may reach due to their own inability to find a job‚ reasons almost never being that an immigrant stole that job. The affected people in this stereotype are most immigrants with a job in the United States‚ the severity also depends on race and religion
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and that’s why we’re fighting.” Immigrants move to the United States from all over the world for more opportunities‚ better education‚ and a better life for their families. Throughout the years‚ immigrants have been coming into the United States either by their own free will or by being forced to flee their native country. There is history of deportation‚ people being threatened at work for being undocumented‚ and children being sent to foster care. Immigrants have been crossing the border and
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flowing through their blood. A poster that was created in 1917 clearly portrayed the government’s need for money and how they saw that everyone‚ even immigrants‚ should take part in the purchasing of bonds. Sources such as those depicting immigrants and their feelings prior to war greatly contradicted the views of the U.S. government during the war. Immigrants‚ especially Chinese‚ were treated poorly and with great indifference up until the war started and the government pleaded for U.S. citizens to buy
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Illegal Immigrants With the rise of illegal immigrants‚ the United States has had difficulties solving the issue for a long time. Hence‚ there’re many factors for the causes and solutions from different branches and the government. “Amnesty?” and “Why blame Mexico?” are two articles that discuss the reasons for millions of Mexicans risking their lives to come illegally to the U.S. and indeed illustrate the writer’s perspectives and ideas for those people. In “Amnesty?”‚ John F. Kavanaugh‚ a
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There were many immigrants that came to the beautiful landscapes of Wisconsin in the Late 1800’s and early 1900’s. With the improving transportation during this time encouraged large amounts of people to move West. Immigrants came by railroad‚ ship‚ or even horses with wagons. Milwaukee seemed to be where the majority of immigrants showed up to because of its accessibility and the many business opportunities in that area. The Germans were by far the most abundant while the Norwegians were second
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legalize or not to legalize immigrants? Since the founding of the United States of America over 55 million immigrants have settled here. So you could say we are a country of immigrants. So why is immigration such an issue? Should immigrants be granted citizenship and by law be required to pay for taxes after five year of residency in the United States? Some may say that this is America‚ “home of the free” but nothing is free here or is it and for whom? If immigrants where forced to nationalize
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grasp on immigration and my feelings on it. At first‚ I thought it was pretty clear cut‚ if someone is an illegal immigrant‚ than they are someone who has came to this country illegally and then is not trying to become a citizen‚ which is so wrong! I have learned so much about how every immigrant’s situation is very different‚ unique‚ and quite sad. Now‚ obviously‚ there has been immigrants that have not worked towards citizenship‚ but there is so much more to the situation. The United States makes it
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How society sees immigrants? Society see immigrants as criminals or junks. They think that we are the ones who are stealing jobs and opportunities to Americans. Society sees us as the most dangerous communities because we are the ones who commit crime and robbery. However‚ not all undocumented immigrants are the same because every human is different. Immigrants not come to the U.S to still whites jobs or properties. These undocumented immigrants only come to U.S. to escape from poverty or oppression
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