Illegal_Immigrants_Essay

Undocumented Workers in the United States do not Take Away Jobs From U.S. Citizens Summary: Americans need to look at the whole picture instead of one part of it or what the media tells us. Immigrants are not taking away jobs from Americans. Have you ever stopped to think how much you would do for your family' You should think about what Immigrants do for their family. Immigrants cross the border everyday. Americans think that they just "walk over", "no big deal." You never hear the real story; you never hear how they are treated. Once they actually get across, they get to live like they deserve, lavishly, right' That's far from the truth. They cross the border and get low-paying jobs (usually 2 dollars an hour) and that's still better then what they would receive in their homeland. Isn't that something' Some Americans say that Immigrants are taking away jobs. What American would be willing to work for 2 dollars an hour as a janitor or maid' Not many. One American women, in the video Natives: Immigrant Bashing on the Border, said "Immigrants come in the US, take away jobs from "us" and then live on welfare." Americans need to look at the whole picture instead of one part of it or what the media tells us. Immigrants are not taking away jobs from Americans. Desperate to find better employment opportunities, migrants are continually losing their lives by crossing the Mexico border. In the Diary of the Undocumented Immigrant, it explains what Mexicans have to go through. Having to trust smuggliers, paying them hundreds of dollars just to get them across the border and there's no guarantee that they will actually make it across. Martin explains, in the Diary of the Undocumented Immigrants, the condition of the place they had to stay in, "The house in which we take refuge is built in the rear of a house of concrete. It has four rooms, but in the two of them, part of the brick walls have fallen down. The roof is asphalt sheeting. There's badly rusted bed in each of the two better rooms. Their mattresses are filthy and stained and their coverings are torn...." It also states that twenty-four people had to stay in that house. It also explains what happens while crossing the river, "The River is swollen and its swift current makes a sound like that of a coming storm. The water is dirty and thick and stained gray, like the color of dirt on the riverbank. Pieces of wook and branches flost on it's surface." Martin and the other immigrants make it safely across but that's not always the case. In USA Today Newspaper, headline reads "Mexico captures 12 suspects linked to deadly migrant smuggling." Apparently, 19 illegal migrants were killed due to being succumbed to the heat after being locked inside an 18-wheeler's airless trailer. You can find statistics that state hundreds of illegal migrants that die a year. They never have a chance to get a job or return to their family. Contrary to what Americans believe, immigrants are not taking jobs away from Americans. In Immigration News: New Study Declares Immigration to be a Plus, it states that "Immigration benefits the American economy and overall and has little negative effect on the income and job opportunities of most native-born U.S. citizens." When you look at shops or restaurants in California, Texas, or New York, who do you notice that's running most of those shops and restaurants' Immigrants, whether they're Mexican, Asian, or Natives. Instead of taking away jobs, they create jobs by opening businesses. They spend their income on American goods, and pay taxes; this increases the productivity of the U.S. economy. Immigrants aren't taking away jobs from Americans because they're still thousands of jobs out in the business world. Most of the jobs that immigrants take are either low-paying jobs (which Americans rarely agree to do) or shops, restaurants that they start themselves. So where's the loss in jobs that effects the U.S. economy so badly' The discussion in class bought upon the idea that immigrants can't "take away" jobs unless they are offered them. One can not just "take" a job that looks appealing. If we could, we would all be rich and happy. That's not the way it works though. I agree that immigrants are more favorable for hiring because they will work for a lower wage; none the less they are offered the job. If Americans were eager enough, they could find the same jobs. Depends on what one is willing to do to "make a buck." As I said before, migrants cross the border to get not even minimum wage and it's still better then what they would get in their homeland. Americans could get the same jobs as the immigrants; they just have to want it bad enough.