Immigration In The United States

Running Head : Immigration in the United States

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Introduction

The United States has witnessed massive immigration as foreign nationals come in seek of favorable employment opportunities and due to the increase in inter-racial marriages . The United States hosts the highest number of immigrants in the world with recent statistics from the United States Census Bureau showing that the number of immigrants by 2006 immigration has become an issue

of concern as Americans worry about population growth , increased competition in the labor market , rising levels of crime and insecurity . The problem has been made worse by the rising number of illegal immigrants mostly from Mexico who make up 57 percent of the America , 9 percent are from Asia while the remaining percentage comes from Canada , Europe and the rest of the world . The number of illegal immigrants to America are approximately 14 million . While many feel that immigrants bring in competition for resources and especially jobs America has benefited from immigrants ' contribution to the economy . The challenge that America faces is the escalating number of illegal immigrants

Analysis

Immigration has been identified as a problem in America both from the social as well as the economic point of view . The United States became particularly careful with immigrants after the 9 /11 attacks in 2001 Hanson...