Give Me Your Tired!

"Give me your tired, your poor, you huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door." Every line of the nineteenth-century American poet Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus," makes every struggling individual lust for an opportunity to come and live in the United States. For those who do not acquire the chance to come to this great country they see the lines of this poem inscribed on the plaque at the base of our Lady Liberty. This country is indeed a place where those from foreign lands can start a fresh life, and live with those who are here for the same reason(s). Every day there are people immigrating to the US in search of a way to start off a fresh new life full of opportunities for them and their generations to come.

Concerning the argument for imposing restrictions of allowing immigrants into the United States there should be a specific set of requirements imposed on them before they are allowed to enter the US. Additionally, money that is spent on border patrol and security should not be increased, and more temporary work visas ought to be issued. In regards to setting requirements on immigrants before they are allowed to enter the U.S., certain criteria should be set before an individual could be considered for admission into the U.S. This could include limitations such as being able to reach certain English language proficiency, having a certain level of education or even specific skill level. Not only would these restrictions help this person who plans to immigrate to this country but it would allow for the well being of American standards. A country as great as the US would want people who will better the country as it strives for greatness, as opposed to individuals who want to immigrate to the U.S. in order to make a "quick buck." There is always debate on the issue of immigrants whether illegal or legal, and their affect to the U.S. economy. They may not necessarily pose a "threat" to the economy, but they can indeed affect it in a negatively in various forms. Immigrants that come into the U.S. would of course need to work, and as a result many Americans are concerned about jobs being given to the immigrants over the citizens that are already situated and living in the U.S. The bigger issue though would be in connection with the illegal immigrants or even legal immigrants that are not able to get jobs with payroll and resort to the "cash jobs," as they are commonly referred to. Immigrants with these cash paying jobs do indeed spend their money in the U.S. economy, but on another note their money is not counted into the country's GDP (Gross Domestic Product). When the money is circulated in the country's economy, where it is originated is unknown instead it just shows up as money going into our economy from nowhere, often referred to as a purely financial transaction. Because it doesn't count towards the country's GDP it in turn offsets the country's GDP and in the long run, the economy. Long term results of the