Opinions on Immigration

             I read an article on immigration called "Our Rainbow Underclass" by Mortimer B. Zuckerman. The 9/11 ceremonies made the author think about the multi-ethnic nature of US society. Among the victims were people origins from all over the world, that plot was not only against the Americans. The author felt that we should end immigration especially for Muslim immigrants. He said that is understandable but wrong. He thinks that politicians are not doing the right things to fix immigration problems because most politicians are afraid to lose their votes. He thought that immigration was out of control since 1965 when Edward Kennedy introduced a "reform" bill that ended the basic of Americans melting pot. The ensuing immigration reform act triggered an immigration explosion of basing entry on "family reunification". It was said the goal was not upset "the ethnic mix of this country" which increased the number of immigrants, family reunification, and immigrant's babies. The author was said that "schooling is the ticket" to find better jobs and he also discuss about old immigrants and new immigrants. The author believes that US economy changed since 1965 when all the rational aggregation ended, since then economy had changed. For new immigrants, assimilating was faster than old immigrants. Some of Spanish immigrants owned their own business in Miami and LA. The author believes that second generation is becoming more Americanize with their life styles. He believes the new immigrants are assimilating to the cycle of downward which is creating more problems of underclass peer groups. He believes that the first generation, Asian students are high educated than the Native Americans in their educational success, but the third generation will not be as high as white Americans. He wants to increase the number of educated and skilled immigrants who can work in the information and technology fields, also he wants to limit the extended family programs and s...

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