The web project on
immigration I have looked at is from a Nevada school in which students are
encouraged to look into the laws on immigration in America and decide for
themselves what the legislation should be. The project provides a brief
historical overview explaining European immigration in the colonial era and a
more modern overview of people from all around the world coming to America.
What is useful about
this project is it’s ‘Issues to Consider’ section where both positive and
negative ideas are expressed. Like many, I have always thought that the main
appeal of America to immigrants is the economic prosperity that it promises
however, as explained in the project, “cultural differences and language barriers”
often get in the way of integration, rendering the ‘American Dream’ of earning
good money much more difficult. An argument it also brings up is how prosperous
is the economy anyway in modern America? This is an interesting point seeing as
this was the main factor for immigration in the 20th century,
however recently America’s economy has ‘matured’ and the possibility for “rapid
economic expansion” have been somewhat dimmed.
With that in mind the
class are asked to propose their own legislation for an immigration policy,
focusing on: how many immigrants should be admitted? Should it be restricted to
certain nations/races? How to enforce such policies? The class is split into
three groups: immigrants, lobbyists and commission members, clearly as a way of
getting the views from every angle to see which one is strongest. What is
interesting is how they are advised to weigh up what was thought of immigration
in the past, and how it is presented in modern day America.
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