Essay, Research Paper: Pros Of Immigration

Our country is faced with a terrible dilemma. This problem is immigration. There are two types of immigration, illegal, and legal. We are talking about immigration as a whole legal and illegal.
Our grandparents, our relatives, our friends are all immigrants. They came from all over the world for many reasons, such as, religious persecution and racial tension, but the largest reason for coming to America was for freedom. The freedom to live where we want, to own property, to take part in the government and most importantly, the freedom to be treated like a human being. Coming over was extremely difficult. For some, there were good, seaworthy boats, but most boats were overcrowded, dirty, and disgusting.
At Ellis Island, people would break down into lines, and walk by a doctor, trying to hide any physical problems. Children over two had to be able to walk by themselves. If the doctor noticed anything wrong he would use a piece of chalk to show the person required further inspection. If, this was indeed the case, the person would be set-aside in a cage. Another test was that of sanity. An interpreter would ask each person a few questions just to find a sensible answer to test mental stability. The last and most feared doctor checked for disease by lifting the eyelid. He scared children, and probably spread more disease than the people he checked. From an eyewitness account, his gloves were not sterile, and he did not change or even wash them between examinations. Then, immigrants filed into lines by nationality to be questioned. The questions scared many people. Should they tell the truth or lie.
This caused a flood of immigrants into the United States. Most of America's famous people are descended from immigrants if they are not immigrants themselves. America is made of many different cultures, all of which have contributed to the American way of life. Jews contributed doctors and lawyers. Japanese are computer and business contributors. Koreans are well educated and have been involved in many professional, technical, and managerial careers. African Americans have contributed music, science, literature, entertainment, and many other things to our culture. Our culture is derived from many different ones, and cannot be broken down into which group contributes what because each group has done so much. All this proves that Americans are not just one people. We are individuals from different cultures. We are different, but we are all Americans.
Since the end of the cold war, our country has loosened the restrictions on immigration. This could not have happened at a worse time. As the size of our country grows, more and more problems develop. By allowing these immigrants that are not proficient in English. They don’t possess work skills to help our economy and land them jobs. They also do not pay taxes into our country is like giving them a free handout. It is setting a presence for the rest of the world to send its sick, its poor, its needy to America. The immigrants think the streets are paved with gold and the government will pay for thing the people need.
Most immigrants do not qualify for social security. States feel that the federal government should have to pay for the immigrants. They feel that they shouldn’t have to pay for immigrants to live in their state. The United States government wants to stop spending money on immigrants and start spending the money on the poor, the ill and the homeless citizens. The United States has been too generous in opening its doors for humanitarian reasons. Let other nations do their part. The statistics show that refugees are more apt to be on welfare than the general population or other legal immigrants
We can hire more immigration officers to help assist people enter the country. To fund the thousands of immigration cases overwhelming the courts in America. This has nothing to do with racism, but it has everything to do with national security. The country cannot keep up whit the cost of Medicare due to the increased number of people needing it. Immigration has changed since the founding of this country. Its time to close the doors a bit and stop the flow of immigration.


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