Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Immigration Literature Review 2
Immigration Literature Review 2
Immigration Literature Review 2
(Dave)
away with our laws and schemas. President Obama had the perfect speech
at a naturalization ceremony saying The lesson of these 236 years is clear
immigration makes America stronger. Immigration makes us more
prosperous. And immigration positions America to lead in the 21st century.
And these young men and women are testaments to that. No other nation in
the world welcomes so many new arrivals. No other nation constantly
renews itself, refreshes itself with the hopes, and the drive, and the
optimism, and the dynamism of each new generation of immigrants. You are
all one of the reasons that America is exceptional. Youre one of the reasons
why, even after two centuries, America is always young, always looking to
the future, always confident that our greatest days are still to come. (Furman
& Gray, 2012)
19992006 were lowest in states with the highest immigration growth rates.
During that period the total crime rate fell 14% in the 19 top immigration
states, compared to only 7% in the other 31. Truth is, foreign-born people in
America whether they are naturalized citizens, permanent residents, or
undocumented are incarcerated at a much lower rate than native-born
Americans, according to the National Institute of Corrections. (Maloney,
2013) Its now a fact that immigrants dont bring crime with them. It was a
bold statement by Trump that didnt hold up. This also holds truth in states
with high immigrant population such as California. Its an awful stereotype to
say that immigrants are more likely to be criminals just because of some
high-profile incidents of some random person committing murder who just
happens to be for example Mexican. These stereotypes are very misleading
when you have statistics that say otherwise. Its the same as saying that all
white people are racist because of the Zimmerman case.
Conclusion
In conclusion immigration isnt as bad as the media makes it out to be.
Immigrants are not taking our jobs and they are most certainly not taking
your benefits. Immigration is a great complement for our country and there
should be made laws to make it easier to come to the U.S. in the end the
positives outweigh the negatives and from all the research done immigration
is a big positive to our country.
Bibliography
American Immigration Council. (2013, July 29). Retrieved from
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/:
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/special-reports/tackling-toughestquestions-immigration-reform
Constant, A. (2015, September 27). http://www.huffingtonpost.com.
Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amelie-constant/5reasons-why-immigrants-_b_8036814.html
Edelman, M. W. (2013, November 08). Retrieved from
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/we-needimmigration-reform-now_b_4243303.html
Furman, J., & Gray, D. (2012, July 12). Retrieved from
https://www.whitehouse.gov:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/07/12/ten-ways-immigrantshelp-build-and-strengthen-our-economy
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/timeline.html
Maloney, K. (2013, June 20). Mic.com. Retrieved from
http://mic.com/articles/43599/8-of-the-most-vicious-myths-aboutillegal-immigrants#.xKyMFjFTh
10