Is immigration a controversy? Is it a problem in modern day society? Do we really know over the outcomes of immigration? Immigration is not only a major topic in the United States but all the world. Immigration has its positive and researches also proven negative impacts. Which affect the people already there and the immigrants themselves also family, perhaps for life.
In the mid-1800s, Irish immigrants were labeled as indolent drunks, not to mention Roman Catholics. At the turn of the century; industrialization which imported many different people such as Poles,Italians, Russians, and Jews were told that they couldn 't be assimilated into the American way.(Cato Institute)
From then on as time advanced into what we call now our modern day society, immigration has help a big part in the economy and school systems. But little do we know the stresses that immigrants go through. Immigrant families have it pretty rough because starting a new life in a new environment.Learning a new language can be hard for anyone, especially if you 're not from that place. The united states is not really know to be multilingual, to get a job have to speak english, to get around you have to speak english. What many immigrants do is they take ESL classes, but trying to balance time between taking a care of your family and working is difficult, especially if not speaking in your native language. Additionally, raising children and helping them in school in a new, unfamiliar lifestyle. But children do pick up english more faster than parent even at a younger age. The parents often do feel distressed when they see their children struggling to keep up in class, also not forgetting about the bullying and discrimination many immigrant children go through.The study by researchers at Pennsylvania State University and Hunter College, City University of New York, relied on data from a representative survey of Los Angeles households of all types. The researchers focused on responses for 2,535 children, about 14 percent of whom had an undocumented mother.Children with undocumented parents were more likely than those headed by legal immigrants to report that their children were withdrawn, anxious or fearful, or that their children argued, acted out or demanded attention. Another factor is securing a well paying job to actually have food on the table and a place to call home. Being incredibly difficult, even if you are documented and/or undocumented they still face a lot of challenges. Immigrants that are educated and had a very well paying job back home, get discouraged because they can 't just have the same job like they had in the home country. Home life isn 't any better, securing a home is one of the biggest struggles. With prices rising all the time affordable housing is expensive. With a low-paying jobs finding a place for a big family can create major stress and a noisy environment that isn 't even close to conductive to study nor rest. Furthermore transportation is a hassle, with having a language barriers transportation affect every aspect of their life. Finally, obtaining a driver 's license, whether documented or not is exhausting. For those who don’t speak english at all a translator is needed but they don 't come easily, also the driver must be literate in order to pass the written exam. But lucky for some families they will have only one vehicle that may not be in the best conditions to share among the whole family. Taking children to and from school, adults getting to work, and many time the men would take the car leaving the woman to find her own ride either from coworkers or maybe friends.(Global Citizen) Sadly people that been in the United States their whole life don 't see the pros and cons …show more content…
But we fail to think about the pros and cons on how it helps the economy, labor market and school systems. Most importantly we have to be human beings and remember why they come and what they been and/or going through. Stop with the statements like: there’s a way to enter the country legally for anyone who wants to get in line: or my ancestors learned English, but today’s immigrants refuse. Just welcome with open arms
In the mid-1800s, Irish immigrants were labeled as indolent drunks, not to mention Roman Catholics. At the turn of the century; industrialization which imported many different people such as Poles,Italians, Russians, and Jews were told that they couldn 't be assimilated into the American way.(Cato Institute)
From then on as time advanced into what we call now our modern day society, immigration has help a big part in the economy and school systems. But little do we know the stresses that immigrants go through. Immigrant families have it pretty rough because starting a new life in a new environment.Learning a new language can be hard for anyone, especially if you 're not from that place. The united states is not really know to be multilingual, to get a job have to speak english, to get around you have to speak english. What many immigrants do is they take ESL classes, but trying to balance time between taking a care of your family and working is difficult, especially if not speaking in your native language. Additionally, raising children and helping them in school in a new, unfamiliar lifestyle. But children do pick up english more faster than parent even at a younger age. The parents often do feel distressed when they see their children struggling to keep up in class, also not forgetting about the bullying and discrimination many immigrant children go through.The study by researchers at Pennsylvania State University and Hunter College, City University of New York, relied on data from a representative survey of Los Angeles households of all types. The researchers focused on responses for 2,535 children, about 14 percent of whom had an undocumented mother.Children with undocumented parents were more likely than those headed by legal immigrants to report that their children were withdrawn, anxious or fearful, or that their children argued, acted out or demanded attention. Another factor is securing a well paying job to actually have food on the table and a place to call home. Being incredibly difficult, even if you are documented and/or undocumented they still face a lot of challenges. Immigrants that are educated and had a very well paying job back home, get discouraged because they can 't just have the same job like they had in the home country. Home life isn 't any better, securing a home is one of the biggest struggles. With prices rising all the time affordable housing is expensive. With a low-paying jobs finding a place for a big family can create major stress and a noisy environment that isn 't even close to conductive to study nor rest. Furthermore transportation is a hassle, with having a language barriers transportation affect every aspect of their life. Finally, obtaining a driver 's license, whether documented or not is exhausting. For those who don’t speak english at all a translator is needed but they don 't come easily, also the driver must be literate in order to pass the written exam. But lucky for some families they will have only one vehicle that may not be in the best conditions to share among the whole family. Taking children to and from school, adults getting to work, and many time the men would take the car leaving the woman to find her own ride either from coworkers or maybe friends.(Global Citizen) Sadly people that been in the United States their whole life don 't see the pros and cons …show more content…
But we fail to think about the pros and cons on how it helps the economy, labor market and school systems. Most importantly we have to be human beings and remember why they come and what they been and/or going through. Stop with the statements like: there’s a way to enter the country legally for anyone who wants to get in line: or my ancestors learned English, but today’s immigrants refuse. Just welcome with open arms