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

Ignorance in the Immigration DebateOne of the biggest, growing debates today is the issue of immigration into the U.S. I just dont realize why theres such a big debate. I compare this issue to the issue of racism in the way that, no occasion what you do, they are always going to be here, and it is only ignorance that keeps the issue ablaze. The fact that migrants are not mostly white these days, also makes the issue one more than of race. As Charles S. Clark puts it in The New Immigrants, In the 1990s, Americans who grew up in a historically white, Anglo-Saxon society are having to adjust to a Polish-born chairman of the vocalize Chiefs of Staff, John Shalikashvili to Spanish-language editions of People magazine on Seven-11 shelves and to Buddhist temples and Islamic mosques rising in their communities. In the case of immigration, though, the ignorance is apparent in both the immigrant and the non-immigrant. I would standardised to first address the ignorance and misinterpretat ions on the part of the non-migrants. First, and most important to me, is the idea that immigrants are all commonplace and poor (Clark). The truth is that, yes, about immigrants are tired and poor. But anyone would be tired and poor if they were subject to the conditions of these people. And many immigrants are not poor at all. Clark also points out, witness the 12.000 Chinese technicians working in Silicon Valley computer firms or the intumesce-heeled Iranian expatriots so visible in Beverly Hills. Its also important to realize that many migrants were well off in their own countries, and had to start at the bottom 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 find work as a maid. Tired and poor is not the same thing as lazy and looking for a free ride.Then there is the language debate/barrier. Ive heard many times, someone 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.