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Aimee Constantino
Prof. Lee
AAS 201
03 April 2017
undocumented immigrants who live in America are of Latino ethnicity, and with almost two
million Latino-owned businesses in the United States, [they] generate $222 billion in revenue,
with 29,168 of them generating $1 million or more (Aguirre, 193). These people have a
positive effect on the American economy, and they help keep the money circulating. With so
many undocumented immigrants in the United States, America may be different than what we
American Community Survey done by the US Census Bureau found that of Latinos 16 years
and older, 18 percent work in management, professional, and related occupations; 18 percent
work in production, transportation, and material moving; 24 percent work in service occupation;
20 percent work in sales and office; and 20 percent work in farming, fishing, and forestry
(Aguirre, 193). Based on this 2008 survey, Latinos, with a good amount possibly being
undocumented immigrants, are ready to start working at a young age and are able to make a
contribution in more than one field. The undocumented citizenship status of many Mexicans is
what makes people consider them as cheap labor because, according to American Ethnicity,
undocumented aliens will rarely protest wages and working conditions -- unless they are willing
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to run the risk of being deported (Aguirre, 207). Many employers take advantage of others
undocumented status, and it compels those employees to be more cooperative and to do better.
These people also end up working the kinds of jobs that most Americans would not do. America
can not complain about these people working the lower jobs unless they suddenly would rather
work those jobs instead, for someone has to get the job done.
We should support undocumented immigration because America, being the strong and
helpful big brother type of country we are, it is our duty, our responsibility, or our chance to
provide help to those in need. Even if they are poor, in America, people are able to utilize
health care services [made] available through social welfare programs (Aguirre, 198). In
America, certain individuals without health insurance would be able to receive coverage through
Medicaid or SCHIP (Aguirre, 199). According to American Ethnicity, Latino newborn babies
are more likely to have a low birth weight compared to those newborn babies who are not Latino
(Aguirre, 198). Our country has the kind of medical resources that other countries, perhaps like
the ones people immigrate from, are lacking. There is a reason why people want to leave their
home countries and why they chose America as the place where they want to rebuild their lives.
We should support undocumented immigration because the reasons why whites fear
immigrants are invalid and unreasonable. According to American Ethnicity, there is a concern
of the broader American public about whether or not Latinos will become assimilated into the
Anglo-Saxon core (Aguirre, 202). There is also this idea that English as the national language
is being threatened by Hispanic immigration (Aguirre, 202). People probably do not want to
have to deal with the language barrier or the possibility of a single ethnic group taking over.
However, people should not worry about people like foreign-born Latinos, for instance, not
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being able to speak English well enough because studies have shown that by the third generation,
they will most likely be fluent in English (Aguirre, 202). People probably worry about America
We should not support undocumented immigration because these people are the reason
why the United States will, if not already, acquire an overpopulation issue. According to
American Ethnicity, Latinos will, within thirty years, [make up] half of the population of the
western United States, and by 2050, 31 percent of the total population in the United States will
be of Latino ancestry (Aguirre, 190). America is a land of diversity, but if the population of a
single ethnic group gets too high, then it threatens that title. The undocumented immigrant status
is not exclusive to Latinos, but the status is first commonly associated with Latinos. It is easier
for Mexicans to enter the country compared to others possibly because they simply cross the
border. Therefore, it is easy to assume that Latinos constitute the majority of those who are
within the workplace and even in higher education. America can only provide so many
resources for its own people but to have to accommodate others will surely use up those
resources faster.
people who come to America in hopes of leaving their old struggles behind in order to have a
better life fail to even do just that. They fail to properly utilize this opportunity to have a second
chance at building a better life and do not make a significant positive impact. Undocumented
immigrants, specifically Latinos, contribute to Americas poverty rates and low educational
attainment. Even government-sponsored anti poverty programs have not been very successful
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(Aguirre, 190). Due to their status and limited qualifications, there is not much that people can
have lower rates of educational attainment than those who are not Latinos (Aguirre, 195).
According to a 2008 survey, only 13 percent of Latinos who are 25 years and older had at least a
bachelors degree (Aguirre, 192). Their status or financial instability may be the reasons why the
statistics are what they are. However, it can also show that these people do not want to put in the
work in order to achieve bigger and better things. There must be some sort of explanation as to
why Latinos are stereotyped as being dumb or uneducated. America is about hard work, and in
order to come here and to make a life for oneself, it takes hard work.
people come to our country but fail to make an effort to assimilate. It is not until generations
later when they are able to communicate in English well (Aguirre, 202). Not being able to
understand and speak English well not only makes things harder for the individual but also for
the individual they are communicating with. For instance, someone may be trying to help this
Spanish-speaking person but can not due to the language barrier. The language barrier serves as
self-segregating themselves, meaning that they stay within their own society and culture
immigrants, there has been very little progress in reducing Latino segregation from the general
population [within] the last twenty years (Aguirre, 201). Undocumented immigrants often keep
to themselves or around those with similar backgrounds in order to blend in and avoid being
caught and sent back to their home country. They also do this probably because it is easier for
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them to not go through such change. Coming to America and choosing not to embrace the