Immigration in the united states

In the US non-natives are many, and the movements across the borders have been consistent due to the belief that the US offers better opportunities in terms of employment and the living conditions. The History of immigration in the US can be traced back to the 19th century during the colonial era. From the 1880s to 1920, there was a massive surge of non-native in America, with a majority of the immigrants coming to seek better economic activities while others came as pilgrims (Clarke,2000). Earlier on from the 17th century, many African slaves arrived in droves against their will to work in plantations spread across America. In 1882, due to the increasing influx of immigrants, the Exclusion Act was introduced to curb increased immigration from people from Asia especially China.

7 million people in America are affected by the issue of immigration (Moses, 2009). The 43. 7 million is based on the number of people that yearly receive the green cards. With a population of about 43. 7 immigrants, the process has had several consequences to society. Among the Hispanics, especially the Mexicans, the US societal systems have largely segregated them (Griswold, 2018). Currently, the U. S. presidential campaign for the Mexican wall has seen increased persecution of the Hispanics. To the Hispanics, problems related to the poor distribution of resources among their populations, and poor judicial systems have been existent. To the conservatives, the traditional social norms that govern the US should be able to fix the problem related to groups segregation. On the contrary, the Republicans have had a diverse view on the aspect of inequitable resource distribution among the Hispanic population and also the unequal application of law among them.

To the Republicans, the aspects related to poor resource distribution among the Hispanic population is largely blown out of proportion and it is a tool by the Democrats to gain more political mileage. The Democrats have largely acknowledged the existence of such problems among the Hispanic population and the need to rectify them (Devi, 2008). The politician who can positively impact on the issue of immigration is Barack Obama. The values that Donald Trump has exhibited have focused on aspects like brutality, and rudeness towards the immigrants. On a number of occasions, Trump has advocated for the separation of kids from parents near border regions. Donald Trump’s beliefs are also centered on the brutality and forceful detention of the immigrants. People with similar beliefs and values as Trump are largely the White conservatives.

The White conservatives largely support Trump values and beliefs towards immigrants (Wiebe, 2017). The government began by identifying the root cause of poverty in the U. S. and policies enacted to help eliminate them (Raphael et al, 2009). The focus was on the elimination of poverty among the American youth. In 2001, the poverty population level grew by 13 million people which was the largest increment in a decade despite the enacted policies. The Immigration Act of 1965 changed everything. It eliminated the overt discrimination of US immigrants. The 1924 Act eliminated the immigrants from European nations and those from Asia and Africa. The 1965 Immigration Act was more on the manifestation on the peoples’ rights which the main reason behind the immigration reform. This ensured non-discriminatory immigrants in the U.

This means these immigrants were low wage earners which were not waged discrimination practice because the natives received a high-quality education and thus were highly skilled. Therefore, labor competition was among the native high school dropouts and foreign-born workers. The immigrants increased the supply of lowly skilled labor which in return led to increased inequality to income earners (Raphael et al, 2009). These immigrants were the major cause of the increased wage gap between the high-income earners and the low-income earners and this increases poverty among the people. As a result, the 1965 immigration fiscal costs exceed the expected benefits. This population claims their healthy rights based on humanity, not on the resources they possess. This raises a conflict between the medical institutions offering health service as a sale commodity and the immigrants.

A Health Immigration Study was conducted to help in the understanding of the US health care institutions and how to handle the increase in demand of health services by the immigrants’ patients (Portes et al, 2009). The U. S public and private hospitals are large institutions and many clinics and private health cares which supplements the hospital services. They have medical insurances, have legal status and fluent in English speaking. Non-English speaking professionals from China and Korea forced the medical institutions to employ cultural mediators to assist in bridging the gap. The major challenge to the health care institution narrowed to the immigrants who lacked education, legal status and the poor (Perreira et al, 2012). The lack education to the migrants meant that communication to the health workers was challenging, they could not read medical labels, some have folks beliefs on illness and ignorance in basic hygiene and the right nutritional practices.