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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
11.8.2 - Mexican Immigration
Describe the significance of Mexican immigration and its relationship to the agricultural economy, especially in California.
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Immigrants help out the economy believe it or not. They pay their taxes also. They do any labor that many American's would not do like picking up vegetables and fruits. They come here to succeed in life and to send money to their families in their native countries to help them out. In California, most immigrants seek refuge here. I'm not saying that all immigrants are good persons because there are some who sell and export drugs but there are also some who don't mean no harm. They are only willing to work under any circumstance. No matter what it is. They just want a taste of the "American Dream".
"the United States has always been energized by its immigrant populations..."
"America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants...They have proved to be the most restless, the most adventurous, the most innovative, the most industrious of people." -Bill Clinton
Mexican immigrants affected a lot on the U.S, especially in California. Not all of these people were good but many of them just came here to get a job (whatever it is) to earn money and send it back to Mexico to help their families. They worked a lot in agricultural jobs like Jose has just said: picking up vegetables and fruits or working on the field like labor farmer without asking for a high wage. That was surely help us out about having more labor resource. This immigration also created a mixed American-Mexican culture which was really special. Hung T. P.1
Thank you for your comment. I think that we see such a dicotomy in the media of good vs. bad immigrant populations that really the human side is often lost. I think that there is something to be said about the "American Dream" being attainable and yet when there are negatives like crime/drugs what could be done to ensure those with the right intentions make it to our nation and those with the wrong intentions don't? What do you think should be done to help solve that problem?
Hung,
The economic relationship of cheap labor benefiting CA is truly seen and yet do you think that it is ethically right considering the working conditions and treatment of the labor for us to continue to use those workers as we do in California?
3 comments:
Immigrants help out the economy believe it or not. They pay their taxes also. They do any labor that many American's would not do like picking up vegetables and fruits. They come here to succeed in life and to send money to their families in their native countries to help them out. In California, most immigrants seek refuge here. I'm not saying that all immigrants are good persons because there are some who sell and export drugs but there are also some who don't mean no harm. They are only willing to work under any circumstance. No matter what it is. They just want a taste of the "American Dream".
"the United States has always been energized by its immigrant populations..."
"America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants...They have proved to be the most restless, the most adventurous, the most innovative, the most industrious of people." -Bill Clinton
Jose M. P1
Mexican immigrants affected a lot on the U.S, especially in California. Not all of these people were good but many of them just came here to get a job (whatever it is) to earn money and send it back to Mexico to help their families. They worked a lot in agricultural jobs like Jose has just said: picking up vegetables and fruits or working on the field like labor farmer without asking for a high wage. That was surely help us out about having more labor resource. This immigration also created a mixed American-Mexican culture which was really special.
Hung T. P.1
Jose,
Thank you for your comment. I think that we see such a dicotomy in the media of good vs. bad immigrant populations that really the human side is often lost. I think that there is something to be said about the "American Dream" being attainable and yet when there are negatives like crime/drugs what could be done to ensure those with the right intentions make it to our nation and those with the wrong intentions don't? What do you think should be done to help solve that problem?
Hung,
The economic relationship of cheap labor benefiting CA is truly seen and yet do you think that it is ethically right considering the working conditions and treatment of the labor for us to continue to use those workers as we do in California?
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