Essay On Why America Should Remain A Nation Of Immigrants

Social scientist Tamar Jacoby states that yes, America should remain a Nation of Immigrants, immigrants keep the economy string because they take the jobs that Americans decline and work hard for less money. Jacoby says that after the September 11 attacks, it caused people to fear foreigners. He also states that the foreign-born population is now at 28 million and growing and those Illegal aliens take up between 7-8 million of the population. Jacoby also declares that the population will double in the next 50 years due mostly to foreigners. Immigrant 's reliance on welfare exceeds that of Native Americans as well. Immigrant 's also failed or refused to learn our native language and adopt our traditions. Columnist Patrick J. Buchanan states that no, America should not remain a Nation of Immigrants because immigrants coming from third world countries has caused America to no longer be a nation because we lack a familiar culture. Because of over-population in the United States, I am anti-immigration and feel we should no longer remain a Nation of Immigrants.

"In 2000, there were over 32 million foreign-born residents in the U.S (11% of the total U.S. population). These immigrants fall into one of several categories depending on how they came to the U.S. and their current citizenship status. Most immigrants (73%) are here legally. Undocumented aliens, many of whom entered legally but overstayed their visas, account for 27 percent. Almost one-third are naturalized citizens and most immigrant families (85%) contain children that are U.S. citizens".(www.kff.org) Foreign population is also
Audits are showing that authorities are not deporting illegal immigrants once they are released from jail, and once they are released, they are committing more crimes. That is money that we Americans are having to pay to house and feed these illegal immigrants while they are in