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Immigrants have never had an easy life when coming to the United States. Americas
history with immigrants is a long and rather drastic story on our treatment of immigrants and
assimilating them into our society. Ever since the early 1800s, many immigrants came to this
country in search of freedom from persecution, free practice of religion, or just for a chance of
having a better lifestyle. However, they were still met with opposition and distaste as in their
home country. As immigrants poured in looking for jobs or freedom in the 19th and 20th
centuries, many people persecuted them for their beliefs. In addition, many laws were placed
restricting their rights if they werent yet citizens and even restricting their rights if they were
citizens. All these laws that restricted the amount of immigration or their rights have thankfully
been repealed in the 21st century. However, immigrants still face discrimination today in
Children of immigrants face discrimination in schooling. They often are treated worse in
these schools and dont learn as much as they should. An article by New America (2015) says
that most children of immigrants are segregated into different schools and are being taught by
unprofessional teachers without the resources necessary to teach the children effectively.
Children of immigrants that are able to go to school with native born citizens are often bullied by
students and treated worse by teachers. These situations can damage their learning experience
and demoralize them to the point of depression. Immigrant adults struggle just as much as
immigrant children, especially in the workplace. A study by News Release Bureau Of Labor
Statistics (2011) tells us that most immigrants who come to America have to take low paying
jobs, usually in construction, and are being payed less than they should be payed. A statistic by
Canadian Research Data Centre Network (2011) says that most these immigrants, who dont
speak English, face high discrimination and get paid less if they talk about their discrimination.
Cultural differences also cause discrimination against immigrants. The Immigration and
Naturalization Act governs how immigrants and their families must act in society, how their jobs
are obtained, and how they become a citizen. Immigrants have had a hard life trying to be a
citizen in the United States and a solution to these problems must be found.
There have been many proposed solutions in the past, but they havent really solved all the
problems. The solutions our group have came up with include increased funding for immigrant
outreach programs, more resources for schools with high levels of low-income immigrants, more
diversity classes for high schools and workplaces, culture nights open to the public, and equal
pay for immigrants in the workplace. The first solution in this packet of solutions is increased
funding for immigrant outreach programs. These programs would help more immigrants learn
English, learn transferrable skills, and help them become more familiar with American culture.
The second solution requires increased funding for schools with high amounts of immigrants.
Since schools with high amounts of immigrants usually receive less funding and have less high
quality teachers, it is necessary to give them more resources that will improve the quality of
education they receive. Immigrants and children of immigrants deserve to receive a high quality
education. In addition, they need to receive extra help that will allow them to succeed. English as
a second language programs should be expanded and bilingual teachers should be readily
available to students. Thirdly, diversity classes and nights should be given to the public to
increase cultural awareness and decrease discrimination. These events and classes could have
refreshments, performances, stories, and other activities that bring people together and allow
them to share their cultures. Last on our solution list involves equal pay for all immigrants who
are US citizens. This will decrease discrimination among workers since equal pay will be
are being discriminated and segregated into different schools. The working men are taking low-
paying jobs because no one accepts them into better jobs and are being discriminated by other
workers. Their culture is being harshly discriminated. In order to solve these problems, some
basic suggestions have been made to increase funding of elementary schools with high-levels of
immigrants and children of immigrants. Also, creating immigrant awareness programs will help
decrease the discrimination immigrants receive. Cultural nights and diversity classes should be
required for all students so that they can understand the culture of immigrants. Equal pay
between immigrants and native born citizens is necessary to ensure discrimination goes down
and that immigrants can provide for their families. English classes should be readily available to
immigrants so they can succeed in this country. These solutions will not succeed without the help
of the people, however. Therefore everyone's help if we are to stop discrimination against
immigrants.
References
Carnock, J. T. (2015, September 18). How Young Children of Immigrants Face Discrimination
At
https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/early-discrimination/
Preston, V., Chua, J., Phan, M., Park, S., Kelly, P., & Lemoine, M. (2011). What are Immigrants'
Network.
https://crdcn.org/what-are-immigrants-experiences-discrimination-workplace
Retrieved