Immigration problem???

Question

I just don't understand how in the late 19th century and early 20th century we had people from eastern and western Europe migrating to the US. Even though people at first opposed immigration eventually accepted them in society. So explain me why is everyone making such a big deal about illegal aliens from Latin America. Is it likely that the US will eventually accept them like they did with the Italians, Irish, Germans etc....

Answer 1

Can you point any where it says late 19th century and early 20th century had illegal aliens sneaking across the border at night so no one will catch them? Did the 19th century and early 20th century people receive food stamps, free medical, free welfare ? March in the streets demanding more rights and privileges than the actual people who live here?How many cases of document fraud can you pull up from the 19th century and early 20th century? How many of them were drinking and driving and taking America lives and getting away with it because of poverty and being illegal allows them to be above any moral laws both of earth and up above.

Answer 2

The difference is that those populations were legal. Sure, people objected to them, but they were here legally. Why is that an issue? Because people who are here illegally always have the possibility that they could get sent back to the country they came from. That means that employers and other people can take advantage of them, and they are afraid of organizing in unions. This means that they are forced to accept whatever low wages are given to them, and this in turn lowers the wages for everyone else, you and me included. This is a problem. Answer? Well, "Securing the border" is a good idea, but you and I both know that it's mostly election year talk and that even if they make a "fence", it'll have big holes in it after a few years. My Answer? Make it so that future illegals cannot work, drive, or bank here, and then make those who are here already into citizens. Our economy as it stands now depends on them, if only because they make the awesome burritos I have for lunch :) Is it possible? Of course it is, but there is just no will to actually do it because too many big players and corporations benefit from keeping things just the way they are.

Answer 3

19th and 20th century immigrants were INVITED by the US to come. It is a fact their steerage was paid for in many instances. The US needed and welcomed them.

Now, things are quite different because of globalized economy. As a result, this could and very well might happen.

The downward pressure on U.S. wages might be more immediate and severe than you might imagine. It is tempting to suppose that the giant U.S. economy can't already have felt much strain yet; the total number of offshored white-collar jobs is probably fewer than a million so far. But it doesn’t take the shifting of many jobs to produce ripple effects through the whole economy.

Why? Most U.S. workers whose jobs are sent overseas will try to find new ones, perhaps in other industries or occupations. So the offshoring of any jobs will produce job seekers who will tend to push wages down even in industries in which outsourcing isn’t happening. Far more significantly, the mere threat of moving jobs offshore is enough to hold wages down—those growing armies of skilled workers around the world are increasing the labor supply in many occupations, and the immutable law of markets is that when supply goes up, prices come down. It has happened in all kinds of other markets—food, clothing, microchips, appliances. Why not in labor?

Perhaps that is why low-wage workers (even illegals) are being allowed to work in the US by the government without restraint that could actually be enforced through deportation.

The large corporations seized upon an opportunity, the illegal immigration escalated beyond control, and now the government pressured by American citizens, "must do something".

But what? It is more concerned with its globally economic positioning.

And maybe the day will come when the American "way of life" will be gone as we know it. Maybe the day will come when all American workers will be thrilled to make $10-$15 a hour just to survive..........in a global climate.

Answer 4

In an effort to find some connection to the illegal and legal immigration. They do come from different places to live here. The public accepts the immigrants to their advantage and the politics does the same. Latin peoples are the voter base for the republicans and noting is being done to stop the people from coming. We have problems and we need a solution to stop the exploitation and stupid spending. Lets make the dollar worth less than the pa so. Maybe that is happening now. Bottom line is there is no way of telling the people that are legal. There needs to be a way to send them home with just the clothes on their back. I would like to see that.

Answer 5

Each state needs to enact laws like Oklahoma and Arizona. This is the only the federal government will ever take proactive steps. Most of the Senators and Congressmen spend the bulk of their time counting votes and money for their next election, so many, who are either counting on the votes or campaign money, or both, from this problem, really can't see it as a problem. Since most illegals are from countries south of our border, the votes will always be a lure to Democrat pro-amnesty politicians, but the money can be dried up by making it too expensive or impossible for American companies to hire them without risking the loss of everything they own. Then at least the Republicans and Independents would turn anti-amnesty and even anti-illegal. Right now, there is almost nobody in Washington taking this seriously, except those trying to push amnesty through. It will take a lot longer, but would have a more lasting effect, if enough states follow the Oklahoma and Arizona lead.

Answer 6

This was the beginning of the industrial revolution that changed our planet. The United States lead the way and needed laborers and opened its borders to legal immigration from Europe. The situation is now far different. Legal immigration is still very acceptable in the United States and perhaps if so many people didn't criminally come here against the law we could accept more legally.

Answer 7

First off they came here legally, there were no benefits, work or starve or go back where you came from.
Since ww2, through unions, the American working people have built up wages & work conditions that now with the flood of illegals are destroying the those wages & conditions. The illegals are taking allot of what are known as entry level jobs - jobs American young prople should be doing and killing any kind of future for these kids.

Answer 8

There's a world of difference between the immigrants of the early twentieth century and the immigrants of today. Immigrants of old came here to work and, most importantly, to become Americans. Immigrants of today come here for public assistance, expect to be catered to, and commit a disproportionate share of violent crime.

Answer 9

Its not about cultural acceptance, its about legal codes. When 4 of my great-grandparents immigrated, in the time span you mention, they came legally. They went through Ellis Island, went through medical screens, paid naturalization fees. They followed the laws to the T, as they were written at that time. Its how they do it, not where they come from, that matters.

Answer 10

Legally and respectfully .
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