Immigration​

Immigration is a topic that has caught attention since President Trump’s time in office. This topic has brought a lot of politic attention amongst U.S. citizens, and not only U.S. citizens but also Mexican citizens. On October 23, 2018 many Mexicans in Mexico walked to the border between Mexico and the U.S. and was aired on TV and papers making headlines. This connects to the prompt we will be writing about because its a political and social issue in the U.S. So far, as the 2016 election ended and Trump being in office has also caused separation in the U.S. and the political view of maybe even the world. It’s sad to say that the U.S. is not that mighty and strong as it used to be. And as a young unregistered voter, I’ve realized that I need to step up and start thinking what my political views are about the economy. It is hard to find a job, and to have a steady income now too, because many immigrants are filling in our jobs. “…the surge in immigration since 1970 led to slower wage growth for native-born workers.”(upenn) Many immigrants that come into the U.S. are likely to get the jobs because most native borns don’t want to do that job. It’s been suggested that immigration is only a long-term issue to our economy. “…last few decades suggests that immigration may actually have significant long-term benefits for the native-born, pushing them into higher-paying occupations and raising the overall pace of innovation and productivity growth.” (upenn) But as of now, we are finding it hard to solve in the workforce because of it has mainly become there work. Trump’s so-called build a new wall isn’t our solution to the immigration issue we have. “Trump signed an order to build a wall along the 2,000-mile U.S. border with Mexico. He estimated the cost at $10 billion to $20 billion. That’s the same as the budget for either the Justice Department or the National Aeronautic Space Administration. Trump’s order redirected current funds to cover the cost. But Congress did not approve that funding in the Fiscal Year 2017 budget.”(Amadeo). This is a childish act of a man that is so called our president, and it’s ridiculous that he can’t even represent the U.S. in a mature light. Trump’s assumption of accusing Mexicans being “drug smugglers” is also another reason why the wall is useless. “Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said the wall wouldn’t work unless border agents patrolled it. He said the best way to stop drug smugglers was drying it up at the source.”(Amadeo) Even Trump’s ideas of the wall is being counterattacked and called as no help to border patrollers. No wall is needed it’s a compromise and understanding that the countries need to know. Seeing this on TV a lot these days has made me realize what a terrible country the U.S. has been for two years now, and there is still more to learn for the next two years to come since Trump will have two more years in office. Whether we like it or not we can only bare in until then.