PHIL 347 Week 7 Course Project; Argumentative Paper

Argumentative Paper: Immigration Student Name Chamberlain College of Nursing PHIL 347N Assignment Date Immigration The immigrant population in the United States (U.S.) is the largest than any other country in the world (Budiman, 2020). According to Budiman (2020), more than 40 million people born in other counties are now living in the U.S. Immigrants account for nearly 13.7 percent of the population, tripling the immigration census since 1970 (Budiman, 2020). This country was built on the backs of immigrants, leaving their homelands, seeking a better life and opportunity for themselves and their loved ones. They fled dictatorship and communist counties to avoid oppression, tyranny, and economic poverty. The question to be asked: Why is a country built on and by immigrates so unwelcoming to immigrants and their families? Is there a difference in acceptance between immigrants from European counties and those from Spanish-speaking counties? Do Native-born Americans believe immigrants are ruining the U.S economy and stealing jobs from U.S citizens? Unfortunately, this current Presidential Administration plays on the emotions and fears of the American people by implanting negative views on immigrants (Wydick, 2018). Economy The rhetoric used to spew lies to the American people is that immigrants are dangerous and taking jobs away from natural-born citizens (Wydick, 2018). According to Wydick (2018), President Trump’s statements are used to change the American people's minds against immigration, even if his word has no truth. According to Sherman, Trisi, Stone, Gonzales, and Parrott (2019), immigrants make up a substantial share of the U.S workforce in different industries. One- third of immigrants work in farming, fishing, and forestry; twenty-five percent are in computer and math science, and over four million immigrants provide services in healthcare and social services (Sherman, Trisi, Stone, Gonzales, and Parrott, 2019; American Immigration Council, 2020). When it comes to education, a 2016 Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data states 17.2 percent of immigrants’ ages twenty-five and older had a bachelor’s degree, and another 12.8 percent had attained a postgraduate degree (Krogstad & Radford, 2018). Higher education means high-skilled workers who pay higher taxes to the government (Kurt, 2020). Undocumented immigrants still play a role in the American economy. Kurt (2020) states, undocumented immigrants take on low wage jobs; Americans are not interested in. They are more willing to work different shifts, nights, and weekends, unlike Americans (Kurt, 2020). These same immigrants are also consumers who contribute to the American economy (Kurt, 2020). Immigrants tend to open businesses at a faster rate than native-born Americans. In 2014, it was reported 19.1 percent of entrepreneurs in the U.S. migrated from the Middle East and North Africa, while entrepreneurship among Americans was 9.5 percent (New American Economy, 2016). New American Economy (2016) released a report noting immigrants owned close to three million businesses, generating over $65 billion in business income (NAE, 2016). Also, research done by Ottaviano and Peri found that an increase in immigration has a minimal positive impact, 0.6 percent, on native-born American wages (Kurt, 2020). Public Safety