Undocumented Indispensable
Immigration In the article “Undocumented Indispensable” by Anna Quindlan, the author claims that immigrants should be treated just like they are ordinary American citizens, “We are all immigrants, read signs on Market Street. Some of us just got here sooner (Quindlan). In agreement we are all immigrants, the only difference is the timing of when everyone arrived to America. Many American people are outraged by the idea of having illegal immigrants in this country; however, if these people are so outraged, they don’t have to eat the fruits and vegetables picked by those immigrants or buy the cheap houses that immigrants have worked on (Quindlan). Many immigrants also pay income taxes as well as pay into the Social Security system. In my opinion,
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This law made it a crime for any person lacking legal documentation to live, travel or work in the state of Arizona. This law also allowed law enforcement to investigate the immigration status of certain individuals suspected of entering the country illegally (Buzby). SB 1070 outraged many as a disguised form of racial profiling, leaving all races except for whites vulnerable and diminished within the state of Arizona. This uproar was met with equally passionate defenses of the law and similar efforts by other states, including Alabama HB 56, which arguably added to the restrictions and powers set forth in SB 1070. Managing immigration in today’s time causes numerous headaches to governments of both rich and poor countries (“Immigrants and Immigration”). In the more rich nations this issue has two different sides: Who do you let in? How do you keep the rest out? The end of the cold war in the late 1980s, along with the expansion of the European Union and relaxation of its border controls, resulted in an enormous rise in illegal immigration. A rise in conflicts through Africa and the Middle East also caused the people seeking safety, political protection in European countries and North America to rise (“Immigrants and Immigration”). However at the same time, legal migration of hard-working East Europeans, from countries such as Poland, …show more content…
Brain drain is a large number of people with professional skills and knowledge, in job fields as medicine, technology, business, law, and administration, who want better conditions in a more prosperous country. Immigration is frequently a response to a hard-faced economic need( “Immigrants and Immigration”). Many immigrants come to more industrialized nations like America to help in bettering life for future generations of their
This law made it a crime for any person lacking legal documentation to live, travel or work in the state of Arizona. This law also allowed law enforcement to investigate the immigration status of certain individuals suspected of entering the country illegally (Buzby). SB 1070 outraged many as a disguised form of racial profiling, leaving all races except for whites vulnerable and diminished within the state of Arizona. This uproar was met with equally passionate defenses of the law and similar efforts by other states, including Alabama HB 56, which arguably added to the restrictions and powers set forth in SB 1070. Managing immigration in today’s time causes numerous headaches to governments of both rich and poor countries (“Immigrants and Immigration”). In the more rich nations this issue has two different sides: Who do you let in? How do you keep the rest out? The end of the cold war in the late 1980s, along with the expansion of the European Union and relaxation of its border controls, resulted in an enormous rise in illegal immigration. A rise in conflicts through Africa and the Middle East also caused the people seeking safety, political protection in European countries and North America to rise (“Immigrants and Immigration”). However at the same time, legal migration of hard-working East Europeans, from countries such as Poland, …show more content…
Brain drain is a large number of people with professional skills and knowledge, in job fields as medicine, technology, business, law, and administration, who want better conditions in a more prosperous country. Immigration is frequently a response to a hard-faced economic need( “Immigrants and Immigration”). Many immigrants come to more industrialized nations like America to help in bettering life for future generations of their