Immigration to Los Angeles

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the various theories and explanations put forward to discredit Los Angeles' burgeoning immigrant population. It looks at the negative and the positive aspects of immigration to a city and how the negative aspects can be overcome. The paper concludes by suggesting that the theories that show immigration in a negative light are simply foolish.

From the Paper:

"The theory or the idea that illegal immigrants (or immigrants in general) strain the capacity of Los Angeles to provide adequately for all its citizens are clearly a little more complex than some would believe. However, it is wrong-headed to proceed from there to the conclusion that immigrants are not responsible to a very significant extent for many of the health problems now wracking Los Angeles; after all, as long ago as the middle 1990s, studies were showing that an appreciable percentage of tuberculosis cases in Los Angeles were from recent immigrants - especially Filipino and Mexican recent immigrants (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 703-707). Without question, uncontrolled immigration into any large urban center is extremely dangerous and has grim health implications."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anderson, L.M. "Maternal Acculturation and Childhood Immunization Levels among Children in Latino Families in Los Angeles." American Journal of Public Health, 87.2 (1997): 2018-2021.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Tuberculosis among foreign-born persons who had recently arrived in the United States-Hawaii, 1992-1993, and Los Angeles County, 1993." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 44(38): 703-707.
• Goldman, D.P. "Legal Status and Health Insurance among Immigrants." Health Affairs, 24.6 (2005): 1640-1653
• Harawa, Nina T., Trista A. Bingham, Susan D. Cochran, Sander Greenland, and William E. Cunningham. "HIV Prevalence among Foreign-born and US-born Clients of Public STD Clinics." American Journal of Public Health, 92.12 (2002): 1958-1963.
• Hensley, David. "The Impacts of Immigration Reform on the California Economy." Labor Law Journal, 40.8 (1989): 527-535.

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