The large inflow of Latinos, combined with growth in the U.S. native-born Hispanic population, have considerably altered the demographic structure of the country in this last century. ... In this nation, Hispanics make up nearly 17 percent of the populace, and at this time we have 11 million undocumented illegal immigrants in America. ... There is nothing in this for republicans, independents, Americans and it isn't good for the American people, the only thing it will be good for democrats. ... Obama said it best: "If you are a citizen you should not have to wait years before your family...

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For many years immigrants have been leaving Mexico and parts of Central America in search of jobs in the US. ... Poor environment, climate change, limited access to water, bad food production are factors forcing many people to leave their countries and come to America. ... There are many difficulties to those who immigrate to America legally or not, there will always be complications. ... Without Immigration , America would not even be the land it is today, I mean we are the "melting pot." America was founded by immigrants, if anyone has the right to say no to immigration it should b...

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Immigrants and native born workers are drawn toward different jobs. ... Immigrants do no take advantage of the work and education opportunities as much as the native born do. ... An American to me, is someone who is willing to fight for this country, is honest and cares for the people of the United States. You do not have to be a native born to be a true American I personally think. I think if you are loyal and true to your country then you are considered to be an American, illegal or not....

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Is immigration hurting the American economy or do we gain from an immigrant who comes to this country for freedom and a new economic life. ... The unskilled immigrate will take whatever job is available at a much lower age that most Americans would receive for the same job. ... These immigrates compete primarily for jobs with each other and with Americans who do not hold high school diplomas. Because of this competition native-born Americans have seen wages fall about 5 percent (cited The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration). ... This could have a reverse...

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America! America!" ... No, this beautiful paragraph was once stated by an unlearned immigrant just stepping onto American soil for the first time. ... It is not sugar-coated, nor does it leave out all of the gruesome details of early American life. ... The character's dreams are soon crushed as they reach America, only to find it is just as downtrodden and oppressed as their native land. ...

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Was life really better in America? ... The last reason that people came to the US in the 1900s was because there was a war going on in their native country. ... A lot of people's lives were worse than they were in their native country. ... (Documentation of American Immigration Pg. 66-67) Most people that came to the US made more money and had more luxuries than they had in thier native country. ... For some reason Americans looked at them like they were dirt. ...

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Many immigrants came and still continue to come to America. People came to America because of its freedom and all the opportunity. ... They are so anxious for them to be a part of the American society. ... This shows that even though parents wanted their children to be adapted to American culture, they still spoke in their native language so their kids do not forget their nationality. ... This poem is about how immigrants kept coming over to America. ...

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My father and mother could not find work in our native country. ... For us America was an opportunity, "America served as a magnet because it promised economic opportunity and personal freedoms" (Schultz, 2012, p 305). ... Men spoke my native language poorly, and no questions were off limits, and I found myself wondering what I had gotten myself into. ... Finding work was difficult, I was called a "greenhorn" and "America itself provided a tight labor market. ... America is a melting pot of culture and people that would eventually embrace immigrants like me. ...

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From Europe and Africa, from Canada and Asia, from Mexico and South America, people have come to the United States. ... (Bassett J.F., 2010) From the first settlements of the Quaker, Puritans, and Catholics, Americans have welcomed immigrants with opened arms. ... It is hard enough for our government to provide for our native citizens, and yet these people who should reside somewhere else are draining our economy as well. ... If we let this continue, hard-working Americans will be in trouble. (Steuver, D.H., 2009) In 1848, The Mexican-American border took shape with the Treaty of Guadalupe, w...

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By definition of the Microsoft Bookshelf Encyclopedia an immigrant is a person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another country or region to which one is not native. ... The website of the Federation for American Immigration Reform explains how the first great wave of immigrants came to the U.S. ... This law forbade American vessels to transport Chinese immigrants to the United States. ... In the swearing ceremony conducted administratively the following oath of allegiance is given: I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegia...

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From all over the world, people move to America believing that if they work hard enough, they will become rich. ... This statement is associated with the dream of becoming successful in America. Immigrants come to America believing this. ... Some say leaving their native homeland was the wrong decision, and many share stories of failed grocery stores and dry cleaners and how they regret they did not do something else. ...

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The LPS (Legalized Populations Surveys) sample consist of Mexican and Central American men who came to the United States to stay after 1975, who were born after 1944, and who worked prior to legalization. The sample was then restricted to individuals who entered Houston and other national cities without inspection, the most common place of entry for Mexican and Central American men during this period. ... The NYLS (National Longitudinal Survey of Youth) comparison sample is composed of Latino men (natives and illegals) who were not in the NLSY military sample and who were new labor market...

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They have lived here their whole lives, being American at heart. ... Secondly, it will affect other American students because immigrants aren't native speakers so they aren't able to use the language fluently like American students. ... Consequently, the American students could not get the best education they should have gotten. ... For example: American pay taxes for having the best education, poor American can have financial aids so the question is why undocumented immigrants who are not American can have those priorities? American contributes their money and strength for their ow...

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After all the hard work and effort towards building a better future, an individual could be denied so much that we, as legal Americans, would have no reason to worry about. ... In my opinion, this is way too old for an individual to come over and be given legal status; the point would be to allow younger children who are more impressionable to come over so they can grow up with American ideals and patriotism for where they live. ... As a society, Americans need to change the way we view illegals coming into this country. ... Europeans forced their way over here past Native Americans and found...

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Whatever it is, native-born Californians are fast becoming the minority in the state. ... It is important as a person seeking this state's top office to take into consideration the legal immigrants feelings as well as the ideas and beliefs of the native born Californian. ... "For what killed California as the golden land was massive and unrestricted immigration from the Third World, an unrepelled invasion from Mexico, and a failure to protect the U.S. manufacturing base and the wages of America's workers" (Buchanan). ...

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