Immigration Laws

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Introduction

Immigration is said to have taken place when a person moves to another country to live

there. People who leave their country because of reasons. The United States has long been the

receiving country for refugees. The United States has had four immigration waves, especially

during the colonial era. Many immigrants came to America in search of better economic

opportunity while others were seeking religious freedom. In this essay, the impacts of

immigration on America’s social and economic development are vividly discussed. Also, the

article explains the introduction of immigration laws and how they have impacted the nation.

Between the early 1500s and 1600s, Europeans were the first group led by Spanish and

French to establish a settlement in the present day America at Jamestown which is in Virginia

colony.

As already set, some settlers came searching for the freedom to practice their faith.

About 100 individuals fled from Europe in 1620 due to religious persecution and they settled at

the present day Plymouth, Massachusetts, they later established a colony.

The group was then

known as pilgrims. Another group of approximately 20,000 people seeking religious freedom

known as the Puritans later followed the 1630s and 1640s and established a Massachusetts

colony.

Philip Martin L. "Immigration in the United States." (2002).

Anton Jarvis, Marcus and Jarvis Mayanti Boodoo, A Simple Guide to the Immigration

Laws of the United States: What You Need to Know When You Come to America, Cork:

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The other group is the white Europeans who came to America seeking economic

opportunities.

The travel cost was however high and this forced them to become voluntary

servants. Additionally, as much as some of them offered themselves voluntarily, others were

abducted from their homes and were made slaves.

Using the economic model, assumptions will show that immigration will produce

financial gains for the citizens of the United States. Immigrants increase the supply of labor and

assist in creating new goods and services. The most intriguing part is that they are paid less than

the original goods produced.

Therefore domestic workers must gain. The gainers are the owners

of factors of production, and the end products will be cheaper for the local users. The immigrants

come with combined skills, and this allows the domestic workers to be used more productive

ways.

Impact of Immigration Laws

In the United States, immigration laws are controlled by Immigration and Naturalization

Act body governing policies. The body has set a maximum of 675,000 immigrants. These,

however, excludes family members.

Lawful permanent residents LPRS are allowed to apply for

all the jobs and are also allowed to stay there even if not employed. Immigration laws enable

admission of immigrants with a set of skills that are valuable to the economy of the United

Ramon Carrion, U.S.A. Immigration Guide, Naperville, Ill, ( Sphinx Pub, 2004).

James Loucky, Armstrong Jeanne and Estrada Lawrence J. Immigration in America

Today: An Encyclopedia (Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2006).

Rubén Rumbaut G. and Portes Alejandro, eds, Ethnicities: Children of immigrants in

America, (University of California Press, 2001).

States.

Also, the immigration laws make it possible for the reunification of families, protecting

refugees and promoting diversity.

Conclusion

Immigration can be viewed as the act of people leaving their native nation and going to

another to live. The United States accommodates the most significant number of refugees who

mostly go there to seek employment. The immigration laws allow people to move to America

and it makes use of their combined skills to improve its economy. Protecting diversity and

reunification of families are other goals of immigration laws.

Christian Dustmann, Glitz Albrecht and Frattini Tommaso, "The labour market impact

of immigration," (Oxford Review of Economic Policy 24, no. 3 2008), 477-494.

Bibliography

Jarvis, Marcus Anton, and Mayanti Boodoo Jarvis. A Simple Guide to the Immigration Laws of

the United States: What You Need to Know When You Come to America. Cork:

BookBaby, 2014. Accessed December 2, 2017.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&A

N=886585

Carrion, Ramon. U.S.A. Immigration Guide. Naperville, Ill: Sphinx Pub, 2004.

Loucky, James, Jeanne Armstrong, and Lawrence J. Estrada. Immigration in America Today: An

Encyclopedia. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2006.

Rumbaut, Rubén G. and Alejandro Portes, eds. Ethnicities: Children of immigrants in America.

Univ of California Press, 2001.

Martin, Philip L. "Immigration in the United States." (2002).

Dustmann, Christian, Albrecht Glitz, and Tommaso Frattini. "The labour market impact of

immigration." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 24, no. 3 (2008): 477-494.

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