In the article, Why Americans Hate This 'Immigration' Debate, by Herbert E. Meyer, an issue concerning who immigrates to America is being addressed. Meyer compares two types of immigrants. There are immigrants who come into America to become American citizens and there are immigrants who come into America to find jobs. The immigrants who come into America solely for work, otherwise known as ‘guest workers’, are problematic. Guest workers do not assimilate themselves into American values, cultures, or traditions which is offensive to Americans. The result of allowing guest workers to continue as they do is an apparent division between guest workers and America as a whole nation.
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A willingness by "immigrants" to start at the bottom - so they can move up the economic ladder or at least give their kids a shot at the higher rungs - is precisely how the system is supposed to work. |
Simply put, the debate in Washington isn't about "immigration" at all - and that's the problem. |
According to Meyer, the low birth rate in America has had an effective role towards allowing more immigrants into America. With a low birth rate of 2.1 births per woman, it would be no surprise that America's economy is believed to drop as well. As a result, immigrants are relied upon to come into America and take jobs. Meyer argues that allowing a number of immigrants into America to work ultimately limits the chances for a natural born American to find a job. Note however, that Meyer is only focusing on undocumented immigrants who are in the workplace. He proposes how there should be a solution to distinguish undocumented immigrants to those immigrants who are actual American citizens. By grouping the two types of immigrants, he believes there should be different treatment for the two types of immigrants as well. The result Meyer seeks is limited opportunities for undocumented immigrants and more opportunities for American citizens. Coming into As Meyer might say, coming into America only to find a job is unfair for the American citizens.
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