LuciGuthey

Mrs.Clark
Humanities
12/08/16
Immigration

Remember,rememberalways,thatallofus,andyouandIespecially,aredescended
fromimmigrantsandrevolutionists.FranklinD.Roosevelt.Immigrationissomethingweall
doorhavedone,itishowweallcametotheU.S.Immigrationhasbecomemorerecentlya
topicofdiscussionbecauseoftherisingneedofsaferlivesforpeoplewholiveinSouth
America.Educationandworkaregettinghardtofindbecauseoftheunsafeconditionsthat
manySouthAmericancountriesnowinhabit.Therearegangsandmurdersthathappenevery
hour,immigrantsdecidetorisktheirlivestohavebetteronesandthatiswhytheycometothe
U.S.Work.Education.Money.Safety.TheillegalimmigrantscomingtotheUnitedStatesare
notharmfultotheEconomyandwayoflife.
ImmigrantscomingtotheUSarenotcomingtotakethemoneyintheUSeconomy.The
documentaryLaCosechastates,thereisnominimumwageforillegalimmigrantsworkinginthe
US.Immigrantscomeandpickthefood,butdonotgetpaidenoughtobuyit.LaCosechaalso
states,Theaveragefarmworkerfamilymakeslessthan$17,500ayear,wellbelowthepoverty
levelforafamilyoffour.Thedatashowsthatimmigrantsworkhardtohaveenoughmoneyto
haveaplacetoliveandeat,butwhentheygotothestoretogetfoodtheydonthaveenough
moneytobuythefoodtheypick.Thesecondstatisticshowsthatafamilyoffourwilllivefar
belowthepovertylineevenwiththeirchildrenworking.Also,theycannotaffordtosendtheir
childrentoschoolbecausetheyneedthemoneytheymake.Onecanclearlyseethat

ImmigrantsarenotcomingtotakethemoneyintheUStheycanbarelyaffordtobuywhatthey
pick,instores.Mostimportantly,peopledonotrealizethattheyaregettingpaidunderminimum
wageandbygettingpaidthatmuchtheykeepthepricesofthefooddown.1
ImmigrantsarecomingtotheU.S.makemoney,getawayfromviolence,andthe
povertyintheircountries.TheBorgenProject10FactsAboutPovertyinMexicostates.
Aroundhalfofthepopulationlivesinpovertyabout10percentofpeopleliveinextreme
poverty.2Alsothecountriesmost,illegalimmigrantsarecomingfrom,havingthehighest
murderratesintheworld.Forexample,Mxico,Brasil,Colombia,Guatemala,ElSalvador,and
Honduras.ThestatisticsdemonstratethatimmigrantsarecomingtotheU.S.togetawayfrom
povertybecausetheycan'tworkiftheycan'tfeedthemselvesbecausetheycannotmake
enoughmoney.ItisallachainreactionimmigrantscometotheUStomakemoneybecause
theycan'tfeedthemselvesintheircountries.Also,theycomebecausethereisalotofviolence
anditisdangeroustoeventrytogooutandwork.MostofusintheUSlive,liveseveryday
withouthavingtoworryonebitabouthowifwewalkoutside,wemightgetshotorbecomea
rapevictim.Mostimmigrantshavetospendtheirlivesstressedabouttheirsafety,thatisan
everydaysituationformostimmigrantsbeforetheymigrate,butwedonothavetoexperience
that.Wouldyouliketospendyourwholelifeworryingaboutdyingatanysecond?
Immigrantscomeforabettereducation,buttheystruggletostayinschool.Thetext
states6%ofimmigrantshaveabachelor'sdegreeorhigher.Alsoimmigrantshaveaveryhigh
dropoutrate.Thesestatisticsdemonstratethatimmigrantshavetroublestayinginschool
becausetheyneedmoney.Thenwhentheyneedmoremoney,kidsdropouttohelptheir
families,butbydoingthistheynolongergettinganeducationandcannotgethigherpaying

"FactsTheHarvest/LaCosechaDocumentaryFilm."2011.7Dec.2015
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http://theharvestfilm.com/facts
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"10FactsAboutPovertyinMexicoTheBorgenProject."2015.29Nov.2015
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http://borgenproject.org/povertyinmexico2/
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jobs.Whentheydonotgotoschooltheycannolongerhaveahighereducationbecausethey
donothaveenoughmoneyortheeducation.Thus,mostAmericansgotoschooleverydayand
thinknothingofitsomepeopleevenhateit,butwhenyoucanthaveityoutendtowantitmore.
Thisiscaseformigrantfamilies,theycantgotoschoolbecausetheyneedtohelptheirfamilies
makemoneysotheycaneat.
TheUSseconomyandwayoflifedonotsufferfromtheillegalimmigrantscomingtothe
US.Manypoliticalleadersnowhavestrongviewsagainstimmigrants.Itisveryimportantto
rememberimmigrantshavenonegativeeffectonanythingineverydaylives.Immigrantsare
actuallyhelpingtheeconomybykeepingthepricesofcropsdown.Butbykeepingtheprices
down,theyoftenputtheirownsafetyatrisktryingtocometotheUS.Immigrantsareoften
undereducatedbecausetheyneedthemoneytheymakeinthefields.Therefore,almost
everyoneintheUSisanimmigrant,andwhyshouldimmigrantscomingtotheUSnowget
treateddifferentlythanUSnativesdo.