More than 70 percent of all immigrants living in the United States are from Spanish-speaking countries. Seventy percent of all immigrants live in California, New York, Texas, Florida, and Illinois (Currie 24). The high concentration of immigration geographically and ethnically is making it easier for immigrants to come here and not need to speak our language or adapt to our culture. Hispanics are coming here and moving into areas of our country already dominated by Spanish-speaking immigrants, making it much easier for them to live and work here in America without needing to speak English.
The flow of immigrants is large, regionally, and ethnically concentrated and also largely poor and uneducated is ideal for the making of a multicultural state. Many immigrants do not try to assimilate; they come for only a few years to work and then leave. The ease in which immigrants live and work in America without needing .
to speak English is setting the stage for areas of our country to be dominated by Spanish. Immigrants live in the United States while remaining distinctively ethnic, and even foreign.
The strain on the economy caused by immigration is enormous. The main reason immigrants come to America is for work. With more and more immigrants working here one would think it would benefit our economy. However, the drawbacks far outweigh the benefits. They come here and take the low wage jobs away from our native citizens who in turn have to be on welfare. The strain on our economy caused by immigration should be no surprise since most immigrants are poor, and over 60 percent of immigrants who have arrived here since 1980 still make under $20,000 a year ("immigration" 1). The amount immigrants earn is not on the rise nor is it expected to be in the near future. The earning power of immigrants is likely to stay low throughout their working lives ("Immigration" 1). In a sense, we are importing poverty.
