This article is pointing out the extremely high levels of poverty which immigrants are experiencing in the U.S. The percent of immigrants living below the poverty line is much higher than the poverty of native residents. The American government is spending billions of dollars on Welfare programs and support for immigrants who have come here with nothing and remain here with nothing.
Much like the Puerto Ricans in New York and other big cities, immigrants may come here feeling they will find work and live out "the American dream." But like the Puerto Ricans have discovered, jobs aren't on every street corner and there is a good chance the jobs many immigrants thought they will get just don't exist.
So now we are stuck with our own poverty problem and dealing with other countries problems of poverty. Immigration, legal and illegal, needs to be better monitored and slowed down. I understand many immigrants perform in jobs that many native residents would not even consider working at but we don't need to bring in more immigrants than there are jobs. I feel bad for these immigrants who have been mislead to think they will live prosperously only to find they are poorer than in their old country. The article below highlights the issue of immigrant welfare and shows the level to which it has spun out of control. We need a solution to this issue and it isn't more immigrants.
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd8
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I agree that many immigrants come here thinking that it is "the land of milk and honey." When in reality, they find out that there is not many jobs if any at all. America is in a recession (or depression depending on who you ask) and our economic woes effect immigrants along with citizens. The reason that the U.S. is stuck with the poverty problem of other countries is our fault just as much as it is the other countries. Other countries do benefit from us and we do from them. The "American Dream" is a term thrown out a lot because of our captitalist society and it does lead people into thinking they can make a better living in the U.S. I do not think that the "problem" will ever go away because it involves more than just our country.
I also agree that the immigrants risk their lives crossing the border in pursuit of a better life in the US without realizing that thiscountry can't provide precisle what they are looking for. In our capitalist society we preach that anyone who works hard enough can succeed, but that isn't true because immigrants have the most entusiasm and the most optimistic for their success and who says they aren't one of the most hard working people in this nation working many hours for little pay.
I think that the US is at fault and also their native countries. We are at fault for making false judgements of our nation and their native country for not providing enough for them.
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