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Illegal Immigration in America, 2008.
This paper looks at illegal immigration in America and discusses whether it is good or bad for the U.S. economy.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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In this article, the writer notes that illegal immigration is one of the biggest controversies and highly debated issue in the United States of America. The writer maintains that the impact of illegal immigration on the U.S economy is omnipresent with the U.S economy falling while emerging economies are making significant progress. The writer notes that many economists believe that the illegal immigration into America is a kind of economic war being waged against the Americans. The law makers and the officials in the Government have taken notice of the growing impact of illegal immigrants on the U.S economy and have taken steps to amend the existing laws so as to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the United States of America. The writer discusses that apart from the economic impact, illegal immigration has brought with it other social, religious and security problems. The writer looks at the different faces of illegal immigration and its effects on Americans.
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Introduction
Illegal immigrants
Modes of Entry
Origin of Illegal Immigrants in America
Impact of Illegal Immigration
Economic Impact
Numerical Data to Support the Economic Impact
Other Faces of Illegal Immigration
Security Issues and Costs
Education and Medical Care Costs
Environment Degradation
Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants
Conclusion
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"One of the most profound impacts is the decrease in the wages of low skilled workers in America. Jobs that Americans refuse to take because of lower wages are now being taken up by illegal immigrants. This has resulted in unemployment among the Americans. American companies often prefer foreign workers who work harder for a lesser pay than the American citizens. This has lead to improper distribution of income and increased the gap between the rich and poor American citizens. Another reason why the American companies prefer foreign employees is both the employer and employee can easily escape from paying taxes to the Government. The undocumented workers do not pay their taxes. In the case of American employees the taxes are deducted from their pay roll. Although illegal immigrants increase the profits for their employers they hurt the American taxpayers. Since most of the illegal immigrants have low educational qualification and low skill level they are most employed for lower wages in poor working condition mostly in underworld economies. Hence the illegal immigrants easily evade the payment of taxes without their knowledge."
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Immigration Effect on America, 2001.
A look at the impact of immigration on American society. This paper is on immigration in America.
1,360 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 45.95
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This paper is on immigration in America. The author looks at the effects of immigration on America such as the mix of race, religion and nationality and examines the possible effects of closing immigration.
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"Without immigration the United States would not exist today. Our country was founded by immigrants, shaped by immigrants, and has been made the greatest country in the world thanks in large part to immigrants. How can we even consider closing the doors of immigration? The United States is a beautiful mosaic of races, religions, and nationalities. Immigrants have made our country unique from all others. In no other place on earth can you speak with any accent, be any color, or have any belief and know that you have the same opportunities and rights as everyone else. America has been described as a melting pot of cultures and ideas and for this we should be thankful. Immigrants have contributed so much to our country. The United States must keep its immigration doors open, and to all people."
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Immigration and America, 2006.
This paper explores the benefits immigrants provide to America.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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The paper discusses how it is possible that no nation on earth has relied historically as much as America has upon immigration. Many of its most brilliant minds and most important citizens were people who left behind the Old World for the promise of the new. The paper explains that as a result, the recent furor over illegal immigration has brought to light the fact that some Americans, while their concerns about people entering the country illegally in a time of war are perfectly understandable, perhaps forget that immigrants give a great deal to America that no indigenous group can or will.
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Immigration in America, 2005.
A review and discussion of Bharati Mukherjee's essay on immigrants in America.
1,648 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes Bharati Mukherjee's essay, "Two Ways to Belong in America." Specifically, it discusses the position that immigrants who legally come to this country should become citizens of this country because they have enjoyed all the benefits the country has to offer, and they should be loyal to the country that has given them success and a new life.
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"Many critics believe the biggest problem with immigration and citizenship is not that so many immigrants choose not to become citizens, but that the country actually encourages immigrants not to assimilate. One critic writes, "Nor would it get at a related and even deeper problem, which is not that there are too many immigrants, but that those who apply, and those who come, are not required, or even asked, to assimilate" (Salins). America makes it very easy for people to immigrate here. We have always welcome and encouraged people from other countries to make their home here, and immigration law reforms in the twentieth century encouraged more people to move to America. Immigrants find that their children can be educated in their native languages, and even voting material and McDonald's menus are available in several languages. Immigrants find that they can live in segregated communities of their countrymen, speak their own language for the most part, and still find good jobs and get a good education. These social conveniences do not encourage assimilation or citizenship, and so, many immigrants feel no need to become citizens - why should they? Their lives are better, but they still live largely as they did at home."
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Russian-Jewish Immigration to America, 2002.
A contrast and comparison of Jewish immigration in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century America and Russia.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper will cover the Russian immigration from the beginnings of the Nineteenth century until the Twentieth century. A history will be presented to explain what the circumstances were in the integration of this culture into this country. Also, a comparison will be made with a contrast, as well, of the American immigration process and how the Jews were treated in the light of their arrival to this country. By analyzing both cultures and their reactions to the Jewish religion and people, we can clearly see how the religion was a factor in helping to create their foundations of colonization.
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Chinese Immigration to America, 2007.
A presentation of an interview with a Chinese-American woman, Eileen Lui.
1,651 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper presents an interview with a Chinese-American woman, Eileen Liu, who immigrated to America as a youth. The paper begins by describing Eileen's childhood in Taipei and then discusses the events surrounding her family's immigration to the United States. The interviewer presents some of her reactions to Eileen's story as a Chinese-American herself.
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Life History of Eileen Liu
Eileen's Point of View
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"As a mother and working woman, Eileen does not currently appear to have specifically high goals or ambitions. Basically she has obtained most of her youthful ambitions: a college degree, a job that pays well, material comforts such as a car and a house, and a family life with her husband and children. At the moment her focus is very much on her family and home life, and I get the feeling that her professional ambitions suffer a bit as a result. When her children grow up, however, she should be able to cultivate a more ambitious professional life. Right now the greatest of her ambitions seem to be on providing her children with all the material comforts and educational opportunities that money makes possible. Eileen herself substantiates this with her assertion that she is a typical mother with high expectations of her children. This is reminiscent of her original culture - the elders expect children to do their bidding and meet their expectations. Furthermore, Eileen does not feel that stress is a bad thing for children. In fact, this element helps them to always finish things on time. In this way, she applies her own lessons of childhood to raising her own children. She has achieved the level of professionalism and family in her life, because there were certain pressures upon her. Eileen therefore feels that a fair amount of such pressure on her own children would inspire them and help them to become self-disciplined, as she had been."
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Immigrant Experience in America, 2007.
An analysis of the experiences of immigrant to America between 1898 and 1919.
1,885 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper discusses immigrant's experiences in America in 1898-1919. It describes the changes that were experienced by immigrants in the later part of the 19th century. The paper discusses the beliefs that people held at that time and looks at the types of jobs that people had to work. It describes the discrimination against all immigrant groups and the reasons why immigrants still came to America.
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"Immigration in America 1898-1919 was the last great wave of people seeking the dignity of honest work with freedom. 1950-1969 saw less than half their number arrive, but they did not have to endure the miserable ocean voyage, the horrendous, unsafe conditions of the tenements and sweatshops, the covert and sometimes quite overt anti-foreigner sentiment of the established middle classes or the Old Stock elite who still remained entrenched in power. They were not as wretchedly without protection, not as poor without work as those at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. There is something about the courage of these people, their hope, their endurance in the face of the tremendous upheavals in American life from 1898-1919, and their stubborn refusal to be beaten down by the recurrent pattern of American racism and internal jingoism. It is one view of immigration to America at that time. Those who survived are became American; those who did not or were broken are the price that was paid for the good life and the citizenship they now enjoy."
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The Impact of Immigrants and Migrants on America, 2005.
An essay on the impact of immigrants and migrants on America during the 1920s.
1,162 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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This paper presents the findings of the author's research on immigration and migration in America in the 1920s. The paper attempts to describe the impact these immigrants and migrants of the 1920s had on America then and how those same immigrant and migrant movements continue to impact America today.
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"For example, Russia suffered over 2 billion casualties of WWI and their internal revolution while America had only an estimated 326,000 casualties while at the same time the nation's GDP and economy became a boom. Although there were obviously some lean times in America, the situation was far better than that of the European Continent. Historians have found records from Vienna Austria that prove that bread rations for that city's citizens was only four ounces 4 per week. "
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Irish Immigration To North America, 2003.
Discusses reasons for massive immigration.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 11 sources, $ 87.95
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Discusses the political relationship of Ireland and Great Britain, the early 17th century migration of Irish people to America as indentured servants, and the massive migration of the 19th century caused by British public policy and the potato famine.
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"The story of the massive Irish immigration to North America between 1820 and 1924 has its roots in the nature of the relationship between Ireland and Great Britain after 1800, when the Act of Union, creating the United Kingdom, was instituted by the English..."
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Irish Woman Immigrants in America, 2003.
Examines how the native culture of Irish woman immigrants to America influenced their success.
700 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 24.95
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This paper argues that, even in her new American environment, the Irish immigrant still managed to maintain the cultural and demographic beliefs and practices with which she was imbued before departure. These practices were critical in facilitating the success of the Irish in America. The paper uses Hasia Diner's "Erin's Daughters in America: Irish Immigrant Women in the Nineteenth Century" as a reference.
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"Emigrants to America, despite the differing economic conditions, tended to follow these dictates (Diner 46). Furthermore, ?Irish women passed on this tradition to their American-born daughters? (Diner 48). The other, more deeply rooted Irish traditions of division of the sexes (men and women spending leisure time apart), heavy participation in Catholic Church activities, a vision of self-worth as rooted in economic activity, and strong family loyalty would also survive the transatlantic trip intact. Thus, despite the Irish woman?s greater ease of adaptation to the American environment (Diner 66), she remained heavily influenced by her native culture."
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Race and Immigration in Early 20th Century America, 2008.
A discussion of race and immigration in late 19th and early 20th century America, focussing on the case of "United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind," and the 1924 Immigration Act.
1,498 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper examines how, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a national debate regarding the immigration of several ethnic groups to the United States led to two major legal decisions, Thind v. United States (1923) which attempted to clarify the "Meaning of White," and the Immigration Act of 1924. Thind, a native inhabitant of India, was found ineligible for American citizenship because his physical appearance was "distinctively different" from what was defined as being white. The writer explains that this and many other racially-biased opinions were further propagated and supported by the Immigration Act of 1924. The paper concludes that, although the act was revised in 1952, it nonetheless strengthened purely racially-based viewpoints on people from different cultures and on immigration into the United States.
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"In essence, the racial/immigration debate in American society in the early days of the 20th century centered on one very simple question--what exactly is an American? With the first question, part of the answer appears to revolve around labor and employment, for in 1908, Samuel Gompers, one of the founders and original leaders of the AFL (American Federation of Labor) points out that white Americans were losing thousands of jobs to Asians, especially the Chinese and those whom he calls "Mongolian." Gomper's main argument is that "Mongolians" have made it nearly impossible for white Americans to obtain jobs involving menial labor, such as working in a factory or some other type of industry that manufactures household goods and clothing."
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Immigration and Anti-Immigrant Fears, 2004.
This paper looks at the role of immigration and anti-immigrant fears in America.
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 39.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the role of immigration and anti-immigrant fears in American politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The writer looks at the volume and character of immigration and its economic impact. The writer discusses big city machines, Red scare and Palmer raids. Further, the writer examines how immigration became a major factor in American national politics.
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"Immigration developed as a major factor in American politics during the late 19th century, due to the large scale of immigration, the new and more diverse origins of the immigrants and the resulting social and economic tensions. Immigration contributed to the growth of big-city political machines and after World War I fear of immigrant radicals triggered the first great Red scare in American national politics. Thus, immigration and the fear of immigration and immigrants played a major role in ... "
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Immigration and Immigrants, 2002.
This paper discusses identity theory as a concept in sociological theory as related to immigration and immigrants.
1,158 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper applies the identity theory to the case of immigration in the United States. It asks if the United States should continue to allow Immigrants to enter the U.S. seeking refuge and citizenship, when the nations states are already overly populated? It questions whether immigrants should be allowed to enter the U.S. and work when there are hundreds of citizens and native-born Americans already unemployed and desperately searching for work. It uses these questions as example of the conflicting messages immigrants and their children face in modern day society, and explains how they add to the increasingly complex problem of finding identity in a torn nation.
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"The United States is world known for its ethnic diversity, due in part to the immigration allowed over several years. Many people however, fail to find a means to foster inter-racial and ethnic identities, thus causing much conflict and a lack of a uniform sense of identity. The social issue relates to finding a common identity in a nation of multi-ethnicities. Children of immigrants are now coming of age, and from a social psychological stand will make the most lasting impression on society. The character of society will be shaped by their experiences."
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The Cost of Illegal Immigration, 2006.
A look at the impact of illegal immigration upon America's schools and prison system and what America can do about it.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 71.95
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There can be little question, politically incorrect though it may be to argue it, that illegal immigration is a serious problem with serious ramifications for America. This paper explores the financial impact of illegal immigration upon our schools and how America's school children suffer as a result of illegal immigrants. Secondly, the paper explores how America's prison system is being overrun by illegal immigrants and the costs with which America has been saddled as a result. Finally, the paper briefly offers some suggestions on what can be done to protect America's borders and what the costs should be of such a measure.
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Italian Immigration: 1950?1970, 2006.
This well-researched paper analyzes the post-WWII rise in European immigration to America, while focusing primarily on Italy's immigrants between 1950-1970.
4,246 words (approx. 17.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 112.95
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This paper examines the factors responsible for the rise in European immigration to the U.S. after WWII. This in-depth paper focuses on the many struggles encountered by Italian immigrants to America between 1950-1970. The writer of this paper details how the segregation of the Italian immigrant community was similar to that suffered by African-Americans. The segregation of Italians was not publicly acknowledged, but existed nonetheless as a force in keeping them congregated in their own neighborhoods and denying them equal access to the U.S. economic and political systems. The negative perception of the Italian culture was further intensified by the rise of the mafia and the presence of organized crime which led to further widespread prejudice. The writer describes the 1950s as an era in which the WASP element of society was preferred even though the overt prejudice against the Irish and Roman Catholics had been reduced. This paper explores religion which was an important element in Italian life. Family and religious life formed a core to the Italian culture and their neighborhoods offered an enclave of life in the old country to newcomers. This paper also contains relevant information as to how the immigrants dealt with day-to-day life in America, from employment to education.
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"The immigrants with the least education were those most likely to be employed in low paying jobs. Even with minimum wage legislation, it was difficult to earn a living and wives frequently were forced to work part time as seamstresses or domestic servants to supplement the family income. As the higher paying jobs moved to the suburbs, those who were poorest were least able to relocate in search of employment. In The Other America, author Michael Harrington says one of the most self-perpetuating aspects of poverty is the inability to move, physically and mentally. When considered in the physical sense, poverty itself brings about segregation that further alienates immigrants from the mainstream of society."
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