EWOT #2

My EWOT this week is about a topic that was discussed in class for a little bit, and it was "is Mexican immigration bad for the country?" this topic is also a debate that I had with a friend today. I argued that immigration is good for the country. One of the main things that people say is bad about immigrants is that "they take our jobs." I completely disagree with this because the jobs that many as well as the stereotypical immigrant have are jobs that American citizens would never apply for. Adam Richman who is the guy from Man vs. food, talked on Real Time with Bill Maher about how the jobs that Mexican immigrants have at his restaurants are jobs that American citizens do not strive to have Jobs like dishwashers and custodial services are jobs that most Americans (even if jobless or poor) will not "stoop" themselves down in the social ladder to have. Richman said that no American citizen comes into a restaurant and asks to be a dishwasher or custodian. Usually they come in wanting to be waiters or chefs. In this case, Mexican immigrants help our businesses run smoothly by taking on the jobs that most do not want to take on. The money that they make from their job will be spent and cycled through out the economy.

The second generation of immigrants help the USA as well because since they are American citizens, they care about the country. This caring motivates them to work hard in school so that they can get a good job and help to solve the countries as well as the businesses economic problems.  Immigration does more harm than good which why I agree that it should be allowed.

Als