Immigration has been a hot concern for any state located along the northern and southern border. Texas is a state with a changing demographic. The Caucasian majority is slowly being overthrown by a rising Hispanic community, and people emigrating from Mexico is the cause. I find this to be a great thing. However, this inflation of persons has caused some controversy. Can an overwhelming surge of people who are in search of economic opportunities hurt Texas? These prejudice comments annoy me. If the young and old of Mexico are willing to risk their safety for a promising dream, then I say give them a chance to either succeed in this country or fail. Texas should relieve some of the restrictions of immigration.
Texas has the ability to deregulate immigration policy: the state could offer programs that specifically target immigrants who come as families, and the programs could provide guidelines that require the family's children to attend school. Furthermore, the experimental program could grant the parents an opportunity to work. These are basic ideas that could be the basis for something grand because the benefits of having a higher population is appealing. Many immigrants take jobs that are looked down upon many Americans: scrubbing restaurant facilities. Also, the eagerness to work stimulates many businesses that do not have a high prerequisites. The young immigrants show the most potential. If the youth are willing to pursue higher education, then the jobs, which have higher standards, expand. Moreover, they can create jobs for people. Unfortunately, denizens of Texas have prejudice against the idea of more immigrants.
Many people have the misconceptions that immigration brings only trouble. Job availability is a high concern. With the recent economic down turn, the number of the unemployed has risen, and that creates an uneasy competition for jobs. And people accuse immigrants of taking jobs away from Americans. This claim angers me. Immigrants don't purposefully steal jobs from others, and I'm sure they empathize with the hardships of unemployment.
Nevertheless, the possibility of every citizen of Texas favoring deregulation at the border seems low. But the thought of people being more sympathetic to aliens from Mexico delights me.
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I agree with your views on immigration. Immigrants tend to complement the native workforce, rather than compete with it. Legalization of immigration would actually help create new job opportunities for Americans.
Increased legal and illegal immigration in the past fifteen years has not increased the number of people living in poverty in the United States. In fact, the number of people living in poverty
decreased during this period as U.S. economic growth expanded, and native-born Americans
attained higher levels of education and new job skills. Legalization combined with a new
worker program would likely continue this trend, creating additional middle-class job opportunities for native-born workers.The notion that immigrants are taking Americans' jobs is generally absurd. With Mexican aliens so eager to work, they tend to take jobs not needing much prior education. Native citizens of the U.S. often times have more thorough education, and will therefore seek jobs that require this higher education.
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