United States have been
a state of immigrants, and there is no any difference in the current era. There
are innumerable immigrants who continue to flock into the country especially
from Mexico. These immigrants continue to make successful lives in the country
as they are poorly paid, they have minimal skills of speaking English, and
several other challenges face them. The estimations show that the whole
population California and Texas are made of Mexican immigrants. Arizona
comprises of a one-fifth population of Mexicans while there are other portions
of Mexican immigrants in other states.
In the struggles of helping the immigrants from Mexico
into United States, there is a need to give the background knowledge of the
educational systems used in Mexico. Most students who migrate into United
States from Mexico face the challenge of a language barrier and hence find it
difficult to easily adapt the educational systems in Unite States. Most of the students cannot be in a position
to communicate using English as they have been brought up using Latino
language. Language barrier has also affected investors from Mexico, who migrate
into United States to develop their investment plans. With considerations that most of the immigrants
from Mexico into United States are of low social economic status and are not
educated. The students find it difficult in the schools as the teachers mostly
assume that all the students are the same in the class.
The rehabilitation process for the
New Orleans and the active participation of the Mexicans have raised great concerns. Among, the people who are born in United States as
they feel that Mexicans will add a
burden to the public service delivery.
There have been increases in the number of illegal immigrants into
United States from Mexico most of whom do not have legal documentations. As a result, the government of United States
has employed stiff penalties for those caught as illegal immigrants. These
measures have resulted into negative impacts to all immigrants from Mexico in divergent states of United States. Concerning the stiff measures that have been
laid by the government of United States
to curb the cases of illegal
immigration. Most Mexicans remain
unsecure of losing their nationality in United States, and this have negatively
impacted in their daily lives.
Most immigrants into United States are employed to
perform the blue color jobs in spite of their great qualifications. They are
poorly awarded these jobs and, and they
end up living in absolute poverty since
they cannot afford basic utilities. Most of the Mexican people opt to migrate
into United States due to inequality in the distribution of income in most
Mexican societies. Many of these immigrants do not have any qualifications they
can use to secure themselves a place in United States (Jaynes 96). As a result,
the level of poverty among the Mexican immigrants has tremendously risen over
time. These immigrants also do not have
easy access to the services of the government and, as a result, finds it
challenging to acquire vital services from the government of United
States. The lives of immigrants in
United States, therefore, remain problematic and prone to great challenges.
In United States, people who migrate from Mexico are
hated by the natives who feel that these people are posing great competition to
the opportunities available for them. As a result, racial discrimination and
other forms of discrimination against the immigrants have been rampant in United
States. There are various institutions that are racially structured, and they
include reservations for the native Americans, segregations and schools for the
native Americans. Racial discrimination
against the Mexican immigrants into United States has occurred in the areas of
employment, government, education and even housing. This is a vise in the
social setting and an immoral act against the Mexican immigrants into United
States (Jaynes 10). In politics, racial discrimination against most immigrants who
come into the country has been noted. Since there has been the separation of
people from divergent races and social settings, discrimination against the
Mexican immigrants in U.S is still at its peak.
Due to differences in the languages of those Mexican
immigrants from those of the Native Americans, there is unfair treatment for
the non-natives due to their speaking skills.
These discriminations are mainly experienced in the places of work (Erler 23).
These mostly occur to the Mexicans who migrate into the country in huge numbers
and are. In many instances, immigrants have no accesses to the health care
provided for by the government to the natives. They are required by the
government to cater for their health costs unlike the natives who are catered for
by the insurers and other governmental
organizations. This appears as an act of
humiliation and discrimination against the immigrants from Mexico by the
government of Unite States.
Mexican immigrants are also considered as
unequal to the natives and people from majority white races. The main reason
they have is limited from access of races
to various places and privileges other races enjoy. They also have the
limitation of rights that people from the other races have access to and, as a
result, are affected by most of the policies on immigration. The immigration
agencies show little or no concern for Mexico immigrants into United States and
most laws and policies they formulate go against their demands. Little
or no representation at
the time of law formulation by the immigration departments and other agencies
of the government concerned with immigration laws greatly limit their
privileges in United States (Erler 32).
The immigrants who get into United States from Mexico are
closely monitored by the security
forces due to the notions that these immigrants are involved in criminal offenses such as drug trafficking
and other crime that require many attentions. It was identified that illegal
immigrants are involved in such crimes resulting to close monitor of all
immigrants who come from Mexico into United States. Most Mexican immigrants have ended up been
taken with a lot of suspicions by security forces. They are also viewed as
aliens by the natives who have negative
attitudes towards them as they mainly think that the intention of Mexican
immigrants is to take their property and
land.
Integration of the immigrants from Mexico and the natives
is a major challenge these people. The natives are favored by the treatment
they get from the government and other bodies that deal in immigration laws and
regulations. At times, movement of Mexicans from one point of United States to
the other is limited by immigrations policies that mostly do not apply to the
natives. Immigrants have no representation in political positions in United
States as all positions are taken up by people from majority groups.
In conclusion, there are innumerable challenges that face
immigrants in United States.
Discrimination being the chief problem; most Mexican immigrants face
discriminated by the natives who enjoy more privileges than the immigrants.
There are areas that Mexican immigrants have prevented from down their feet in
they are set aside for the natives and people from the white races. Racial
discrimination has also affected the immigrants who are considered as the main
rivals by the natives. These challenges have hardened the living conditions for
the immigrants as they have no freedom to share their views with the natives.
Due to the reduced number of representatives who voices their views, they have
been negatively impacted by the policies that go against the privileges
immigrants enjoy. The challenges that face them are not taken into account by
the authority and hence their oppression continues to be a challenge to them in
an ideal way. Must United State
immigration department to take up measures that will protect the immigrants in
Unite States. These departments and agencies should be involved in the
formulation of policies and laws that will go against the acts of
discrimination. Other forms of humiliations that face the immigrants to ensure
their right as citizens of United States are protected. Equality among the
people of diverse races and cultural backgrounds should be enhanced regardless
of once place of birth to ensure that all Americans enjoy equal privileges.
Work
Cited
Erler, Edward J., and
Thomas G. West. The Founders on Citizenship and Immigration: Principles and
Challenges in America. Claremont, CA: Claremont Institute; , 2007. Print.
Jaynes, Gerald David. Immigration and Race: New Challenges for
American Democracy. New Haven: Yale UP, 2000. Print.
Additional articles
Human Trafficking - Persuasive Paper Part 3: Possible Disadvantages, Answers.Human trafficking essay introductionAbolishing slave trade was a significant accomplishment in the history of civil war and revolutions. Human trafficking is often r...Human-Trafficking-Essays---1666-words …
Read ArticleZeno's paradoxes refer to a set of paradoxes that were formulated by Zeno of Elea so as to support the doctrine of Parmenides that "all is one" and that in contradiction of the evidence of individual’s senses, both the belief in plurality as we...what-is-Zeno's-paradox?-What-does-it-mean?-Is-there-a-solution? …
Read ArticleHarnessing Freedom: Exploring the Dynamics and Principles of Democracy The term democracy refers to power by the people. It is a system of government associated with the people having control over leadership and governance. In this s...Harnessing-Freedom:-Exploring-the-Dynamics-and-Principles-of-Democracy …
Read Article