Ignorance in the Immigration Debate :: Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants

Ignorance in the Immigration DebateOne of the giantgest, ontogeny debates today is the issue of immigration into the U.S. I just dont understand why theres such a big debate. I comp are this issue to the issue of racism in the appearance that, no matter what you do, they are always going to be here, and it is solely ignorance that keeps the issue ablaze. The fact that migrants are not mostly white these days, besides makes the issue one more of race. As Charles S. Clark puts it in The New Immigrants, In the 1990s, Americans who grew up in a historic every(prenominal)y white, Anglo-Saxon society are having to adjust to a Polish-born chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, John Shalikashvili to Spanish-language editions of People magazine publisher on Seven-11 shelves and to Buddhist temples and Islamic mosques rising in their communities. In the show window of immigration, though, the ignorance is apparent in both the immigrant and the non-immigrant. I would like to first point the ignorance and misinterpretations on the part of the non-migrants. First, and most important to me, is the idea that immigrants are all tired and poor (Clark). The truth is that, yes, some immigrants are tired and poor. that anyone would be tired and poor if they were subject to the conditions of these people. And some immigrants are not poor at all. Clark also points out, witness the 12.000 Chinese technicians working in Silicon Valley computer firms or the well-heeled Iranian expatriots so visible in Beverly Hills. Its also important to realize that many migrants were well off in their hold countries, and had to start at the arsehole of the ladder once here. Perhaps it is us that make them tired and poor. For example, In Cathy A. Smalls Voyages, the very first paragraph tells about a teacher in Tonga, who will go to the United States to only govern work as a maid. Tired and poor is not the kindred thing as lazy and looking for a free ride. so there is the language debate/ barrier. Ive heard many times, soulfulness say If you dont want to learn the language, then go home or They just pretend like they dont know English so that they can do whatever they want. Ive even heard phrases like these coming out of the mouths of some of my own family members. Of course there are people who pretend not to understand, or who dont really try to learn English.