Every day hundreds of immigrants come to the United States for a better life. These include people from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador (Incarcerated Nation Network INC Media, 2020). Each nation brings its own culture, views, and dialects are created. Because of this, people with outdated views of life often humiliate new U.S. citizens. I think the fight for immigrant rights should continue until these inequalities are eradicated.
People immigrate to the United States for a variety of reasons. Many are fleeing a government in which corruption and impunity are deeply entrenched. Others are moving because prolonged droughts have put farmers at risk and demonstrated the government’s inability to predict developments. At the same time, mining concessions and other foreign concessions have had a detrimental effect on the environment. Thriving crime is a huge cause, but poverty and insecurity remain the main cause. The American public has been wary of the growing number of immigrants, especially illegal immigrants, for a very long time. The situation has become more acute in the last few years because of global problems like the coronavirus. That is why the immigration debate is now at its peak.
I believe it was colonization that led to the current situation. The entire economic development of the colonies was subordinated to the interests of Spain and Portugal. In the colonies, developing those branches of the economy that might threaten Spain’s rivalry was discouraged or forbidden. Hence, the population became poor, and no manufactories were built without money. In today’s world, multiculturalism is perceived as one of the signs of progressive globalization. Many companies are becoming international, allowing professionals from different parts of the world to cooperate. The international division of labor is the highest stage of development of the social and territorial division between countries, involving a steady concentration of production of certain products in certain countries, especially large ones. That is why people come to those countries in which there are more opportunities for career development.
I believe that illegal migration should stop because the economy of the whole country suffers because of it. Instead, the government could introduce regulations that would imply assistance to migrants who have problems with their documents. This situation has been going on for a very long time because most migrants do not run from a good life, and many have problems with the law or money.
Reference
Incarcerated Nation Network INC Media. (2020). Harvest of empire: The untold story of Latinos in America. Web.