Immigration in America Synthesis

Synthesis

With all the foreigners crossing the borders of the United States, America is considered to be a nation of immigrants. The United States has all kinds of immigrants who decide to relocate to America in order to pursue better opportunities for themselves than what they could find in their own country. Once the immigrants make it passed American borders, they begin living the “American way”, and doing what they think will help lead to a positive movement within the community. What the immigrants do not realize is that they are in fact not helping the United States move forward, but actually making matters worse. Although the majority of immigrants may try to become as Americanized as possible; ultimately, illegal immigrants are a threat to the United States.

Illegal immigrants are convinced that by getting a job in America, they are helping the economic system. The truth is that by every illegal person acquiring a job, an American citizen is denied one. Or an illegal immigrant will obtain a job with a fewer pay rate than an American citizen would, so it forces the American citizen to lose his or her job leading to a situation we have seen before, the Great Depression. These problems rapidly bring more American citizens into poverty, causing them to look towards filing for unemployment. Hence, illegal immigrants bring a threat to the United States on the aspect of job opportunities for American citizens.

There is a phrase that is being said constantly throughout the immigrant population in the United States. That saying states illegal immigrants only “Do jobs Americans won’t do.” If that is the case, then how are illegal immigrants a threat towards the United States? Well, this question is very simple to answer. Illegal immigrants are leaving out a major part in what the phrase actually implies. Leonard R.N. Ashley, a professor of Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, mentions the complete phrase stating, “Jobs Americans won’t do for the low wages that are offered for menial and occasionally ‘back breaking’ labor” (343-44). Being able to understand the complete phrase, Americans do not take pleasure in being taken advantage of. Yes, you would hardly see an American clean the streets, wash the dishes, clean the rooms, or even clean the lawns. However, if the pay was right, Americans would do any type of job proudly.

As the illegal foreigners settle in America, their families begin to develop and now embark on sending their children to schools. Roy Beck, editor of The Social Contract magazine in Washington D.C., mentions that “America is faced with the daunting challenge of building enough classrooms to accommodate all the children immigration policies have added. . .” (210). But who is responsible for paying the extra addition of illegal children to the schools? Is it the illegal immigrants? Albert Bartlett, professor of the University of Colorado, researched and discovered the cost of putting each illegal