Sunday, February 14, 2010

Economies of high immigration countries

It always bothers me that some people state, “immigrants don’t pay taxes” as their primary reason for wanting the immigrants deported, yet those same people would vote against a law enabling immigrants to become citizens, and receive a social security number through which to pay taxes. There are many ways to try to cover discrimination, but in the end, it is still discrimination. I like the point brought up about immigrants not wanting to be here anymore than some natives want them here, because I know it is true. Every summer hundreds of letters would come in and out of my grandparent’s farms for and from the workers, and they were only apart from their families for a few months. I cannot imagine how it would feel to be separated from my family for the rest of my life, as is the case for some immigrants who make the trek to America. If there was a way to build up the economy of Mexico and other countries with high departing immigration rates it would definitely be a better situation for those people, allowing them to make enough money to support their families while still being with them. We discussed several options and different ways to make this happen and the one I thought was most appealing was to fund schools to educate them in their native countries as opposed to in America (unless of course they wanted to be in America). But educating them in their own country would allow them to be near their families and have that emotional support. Also, learning economics and business in your country with your own native culture makes a person better suited to create change because they understand how these topics translate into their personal social norms.

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