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Immigration
By Alan Hood | July 31, 2007
While pondering the question of would I want to immigrate to the United States, There are too many variables to just say yes or no. If I felt that my situation was so desperate that I had no other choice then I hope that I would at least try to change my situation, even if it meant leaving my family, friends, and country behind. When you are in a situation of no education and very little prospect of earning enough money to survive on then you are almost forced to leave. In America the average illegal worker standing on a street corner looking for day labor job should be able to make fifteen to twenty times more than the average factory worker in Mexico. According to (Schaefer, 2006, 92/4) “Mexican factory wages start at $2.90 a day.” Anyone who wouldn’t want to change that situation has resigned themselves to living a miserable life.
While reviewing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website it becomes abundantly clear that it would be very hard for an immigrant worker to apply for or receive citizenship in the United States. The forms are lengthy and the fees are prohibitive to immigrants with very low paying jobs and little formal education. As a citizen I found it hard to understand which forms needed to be filled out and where to send them. Then you must comply with the background checks and finger printing at specified locations and times. I did find it funny that the forms ask you to give information about crimes you have committed but were never arrested for. I guess that’s what putting the USCIS under direction of the Homeland Security department did for us.
Priority should be given to immigrants who seek asylum due to their own government or country persecuting them based on race or religion. Immigration will become less of a factor in the decades to come because of the globalization of a world economy. When people in other countries are more able to share in the worlds wealth they will have fewer reasons to want to leave their own country. I further believe that it is the responsibility of the wealthy nations of the world to invest in every poor country that has a responsible government. Giving priority to people who have special skills should not be allowed at all. Our text book clearly points out that the brain drain principle could devastate developing countries. (Schaefer, 2006, 103/4) “The brain drain is the immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed by their home countries.” We should make it our priority to help developing countries not hinder them.
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