IMMIGRATION

Immigration

Abstract

Immigration could be defined as a person's (an alien) entrance into a foreign country with the intention to establish permanent residence, Immigration motives such as those for resettlement normally, are mostly economic, even though factors such as politics or religion might be quite significant. Throughout the early 20th and late 19th centuries, immigrants to the U.S. were likely of coming from the eastern and southern parts of Europe. Even though, a number of these emigrants chose for emigrating based on the cultural factors like religious and political freedom, or educational opportunities. Subsequent to the route of the 1965 Immigration Act that eradicated the limitations on immigration to the U.S., from non-European nations, immigrations started to amplify from developing regions, which included sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, China and India. Additionally, the illegal Mexican immigrant numbers seeking for a better life and employments rose drastically. The unemployment rates of the United States is around 4.1%, which is a thirty-year low, and more vacant jobs are present as compared to the jobless workforces within majority of the metro areas and states. There exists a widespread discourse on both political spectrum sides concerning the issue of immigration in the U.S. On the right, the discussion varies amongst the fiscal and social conformists. Activists of market capitalism and free market such as the libertarian Cato Institute and The Wall Street Journal sustain an entirely open police of immigration- to all intents and purposes open borders. Since the issue of illegal immigration has been debated a lot both in favor and in opposition, this paper focuses on the issue of illegal immigration with its background and its accordance with the Ag Jobs bill.

Table of Contents

Introduction2

Discussion and Analysis2

History of Immigration:2

Immigration Pathways- a net harm or net benefit to the USA:4

Guest worker program versus the Ag Jobs bill:8

Illegal immigration as a national security issue:10

Conclusion11

References13

Immigration

Introduction

Immigration could be defined as a person's (an alien) entrance into a foreign country with the intention to establish permanent residence, Immigration motives such as those for resettlement normally, are mostly economic, even though factors such as politics or religion might be quite significant. High immigration rates are often convoyed my militants, and at times vicious, which demand deportation by nationalist groups or immigration restrictions. This paper discusses immigration in a holistic context. Furthermore, the paper explains the concept of exploitation of the immigrants in the context of illegal workers and wages. In addition to this the paper describes whether illegal immigrants offer a net harm or net benefit to the United States of America, and illegal immigration as a national security issue.

Discussion and Analysis

History of Immigration:

Throughout the early 20th and late 19th centuries, immigrants to the U.S. were likely of coming from the eastern and southern parts of Europe. Even though, a number of these emigrants chose for emigrating based on the cultural factors like religious and political freedom, or educational opportunities. However, generally the immigrants had an economical advantage, given that the immigration costs have been calculated, variations in the living costs, and gap ...