Effects of Immigration

Effects of Immigration

Introduction

Immigration has a significant impact on American social order, economy, legislative issues and the environment. Although the positive impacts of movement are known to numerous individuals; the negative impacts are seldom exchanged ideas about. At the same time the truth of the matter is immigration has an important effect on the economy, society, and job market of America. The primary purpose of this paper is to focus on the negative effects and the often neglected and sidelined positive effects that immigration has on the United States.

Thesis Statement

The consistent inflow of immigrants into America has had a range of effects positive and negative effects on the political, economic, social, and environmental structure of the country.

Discussion

A Brief History of U. S. Immigration Laws

The immigration history of United States has been a continuous story of people from populated regions, especially Africa, Asia and Europe. Historians have not treated the first settlers of United States as immigrants. Europeans and British people settled in Americas in 16th and 17th century. The settlement continued, and several colonies were formed in United States. These colonies were formed by British, Spanish, Dutch and French populations.

In 1970, an act was enacted that established a similar rule for naturalization and set the minimum requirements of residence to two years. In 1819, , Congress introduced the first prominent legislation regarding immigration. It established that the immigrants must continue reporting to U. S. In 1864, Congress enacted the immigration control under Secretary of State. The contract laborers import was also legalized in the law. In 1875, a federal regulation was introduced that prohibited immigration of convicts and prostitutes. In 1882, the law of Chinese exclusion restricted Chinese immigrants. In 1907, head tax was increased on immigrants, in 1921, the law of quantifying immigrants was adopted which limited the maximum number of immigrants. In 1943, the law was adopted that legalized the import of agricultural workers from South, North, and Central America. In 1965, a national origin system for quota was abolished, but restricted the number of potential immigrants to 170,000. In 1980, the Refugees Act was adopted which included refugees in the preferred category. In 1986, the Immigration Reform and Control Act were adopted as a reforming effort (FAIR, 2008).

Effects on Available Jobs and Wages

Numerous onlookers have, for a long time, contended that in light of the fact that a large portion of them are eager to work for next to no cash, workers have an adverse effect on the wages of the Americans. As per the Washington Post, the adverse impacts on wage rate are restricted to the least paid Americans, especially the previously mentioned who don't have secondary school recognitions (Smith et al., 1997). The impacts of migration on wages are likewise demanding to discrete from different components that have an adverse impact on the wage rate, for example new advances, a diminishing in ready assembling vocations and investment subsidence.

In a similar manner, foreigners, particularly those who have settled in the country illegally, for the ...