New Dreams at any Cost

Knowing what we know about SB1070 and its heavy approach to illegal workers, what is your feeling on the issue. Do migrant workers take jobs from U.S. workers? In thinking about this issue, it is important to consider what industries migrant workers tend to work in and what the wages are. Would a U.S. citizen work in these industries and/or for these wages? What role does the recession play in this debate?


The issue that is brought on by the arrival of thousands of immigrants to the U.S has many saying that these individuals are taking the jobs that many do  not want. How can someone take away something that is not claimed nor wanted. In this issue, i do not know if its the fact that i come from illegal parents, or the fact that i stand strong and oppose the fact that they are treated like non humans. Many things come through my head as i question myself but i have learned to understand that each individual has the right to pursue their happiness. 


In analyzing what kind of jobs these individuals take we discover that their goal is not to take over this country, nor is it to put anyone down in order to be successful. They take the jobs they know they are needed in such as : construction, farming, fast food industry and house maintainer. These are all jobs that are not the highest wages but they bring them enough money to send back home and to help them survive here. It gets me so irritated to hear people express their ignorant opinions when they say that immigrants are only good for two things: asking for welfare and bringing more babies to this planet. When something like this is brought to my attention i like to remind those clueless individuals that we can not stereotype a whole group for one individuals flaw. 


In the end we are all here to find a way to be happy and to each their own. I can not tell someone they are taking away my jobs when they are getting paid below minimum wage and working twice as hard the normal citizen. The economy they obtain with these jobs is not something that we should envy in fact this recession is affecting all of these people. The fact that jobs are so difficult to acquire makes it even harder for someone who is looking for opportunities to come and get a job so easily. I am proud to say that my parents worked really hard to give me what they weren't able to acquire in their country. Being an immigrant does not mean they are not capable, it means they work twice as hard to get half of the way we have reached on a normal day.