Immigration In America Summary

It was a pleasure to attend the lecture titled “The Economic Contribution of Immigration in America” by Dr. Alfonso Morales. As a Latina I am always happy to attend a lecture that is a part of the Latino Heritage Lecture Series. I strongly believe it is important to learn about different cultures, and these lectures are always very informative. For this lecture, I was especially excited to hear Dr. Morales discuss not only the economic contributions of immigration but also the more culturally inclined aspects of immigration. I found that even though his lecture was titled the “economic contributions of immigration”, he strongly emphasized more life enriching aspects like diversity and culture. As someone who isn’t very interested in economics, I appreciated that Dr. Morales mentioned what he called a “non-economic stance” where he focused on things that immigrants are bringing to the US that can’t be quantified. He mostly highlighted culture as a huge contribution. There is no question that immigration is adding culture and diversity to the US. As a young college student I can see how artists and public figures are more open about ideas and they help influence change. In today’s society we
So many people view immigration in a very negative way. They believe that all immigrants do is take from the country without adding anything too it. This lecture really opened my eyes to the various ways that immigration truly does add to the country. I liked how Dr. Morales talked about it. He said that it is hard to weigh out the pros and cons because things like cultural contributions can’t be quantified and measured the way economic contributions can. That is why so many people focus on the economical aspect of immigration. It was critical for me to hear from someone else that money sometimes isn’t the most important thing. I wish many more people would start to this this way as