America, the land of the free and “white picket” fences may seem like it is a fair and perfect society on the outside, but as a person digs deeper they start to discover things that they did not know before and it changes their perspective for the red, white and blue forever. One of the most heated arguments in America is the statistics on the payroll for men and women and how people stereotype gender in the workplace. Another, sensitive and heated debate is on immigrants and how sometimes they come into the country and hurt America and take jobs and benefits from native people. Finally, the controversy that 's been going on for decades which is gun laws and how guns only lead to heartbreak and how there needs to be an reform. America is not …show more content…
Most Immigrants are just dead weight when it comes to them contributing to society. Alan Gomez is a writer who works for USA today and he states in his article “More than half of immigrants on welfare” “About 51% of immigrant-led households receive at least one kind of welfare benefit, including Medicaid, food stamps, school lunches and housing assistance, compared with 30% for native-led households, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that advocates for lower levels of immigration” (Gomez). What 's the point of bringing people over here that are just going to suck off the Government, It helps the economy in no way shape or form. Gomez goes on to say “Those numbers increase for households with children: 76% of immigrant-led households receive welfare, compared with 52% for the native-born.” Once again even with kids that are very costly immigrants have things like welfare way more than a native born citizen which is more taxpayers money which could be going to native born children. Most immigrants are not highly educated so they just take jobs that don 't require education which Americans can have. “What it represents is a system that allows a lot of less-educated immigrants to settle in the country, who then earn modest …show more content…
Some people have given up on this issue because throughout all the protest nothing has drastically been done about gun laws. Megan Brennan a writer of the Washington post said in an article tilitied "Support for Stricter Gun Laws Edges Up in U.S” “The public 's overall desire for stricter gun laws has fluctuated substantially since Gallup 's first measure in 1990. That year, a record-high 78% favored stricter laws covering the sale of firearms. A majority of Americans held that position until 2008. Support then fell to a low of 43% in 2011, when an equal number said gun laws should be kept as is. These statics are saying that people are starting not to care as much about gun laws which is not heartbreaking. Mya Roden of Time Magazine said in an article called “Gun-Related Deaths in America Keep Going Up” that In 2016, there were more than 38,000 gun-related deaths in the U.S. — 4,000 more than 2015, the new CDC report on preliminary mortality data shows.” These bone chilling statistics are stating that gun violence is going up but the cause is going down. However, gun violence also includes suicide as Time Magazines Brennan goes on to say that more than two-thirds of these deaths were suicides. So, if all guns were prohibited, some 20,000 people would have to find other ways to kill themselves.” This is saying that without guns it will mw much harder for an sucisaical
The children of immigrants are branded as people who have only exploited abused health and education systems. The opposition also spread that undocumented immigrants do not pay taxes, do not make contributions to the improvement of systems and then for that reason should not allow them to receive the same benefits as American families who pay taxes to the government. Therefore, it encourages young undocumented immigrants do not receive an undergraduate degree from the financial
As read in the previous paragraphs, in many cases people like Jurgis Rudkus work very hard and long hour in dangerous environments with very low pay. They also live in homes that are not suitable for adults let alone children, and get looked down simply because they are not white Americans. Immigrants come to the United States of American to live the “American dream.” They believe they are coming here with the ability to make money and have better living conditions than before moving and a lot of times that is not the case and what they are forced to go through is not the dream they intend on having nor the
Some days crime rates are up and then the next they are down, what we do know is that America is becoming safer. In 2005, 11,346 persons were killed by firearm violence 477,040 persons were victims of a crime committed with a firearm, (National Institute of Justice). Surprisingly, a lot of gun violence in America is related to self defense. Between 1987 and 1990 it was found that guns were used in defense during a crime incident 64,615 times annually. This equates to two times out of 1,000 incidents (0.2%) that occurred in this time frame.
People who are immigrants have many struggles they face when living in America. For instance, immigrants face the barrier of financial stability. When immigrants come to the states they barely have anything. Most immigrants leave with very little and need to start their life all over again. They need to find new housing and jobs.
This means that the average number of people having firearms is 89 for every 100 people, that’s a lot of people with firearms. Statistics show that males are five times most likely to own a gun than females. So when you look at all the issues that
According to the Current Population Survey (2016), immigrants account to 27 percent of the total population of the United States of America, which means that the number of immigrants living in the U.S is approximately 84.3 million people. Based on the data by Migration Policy Institute (2015), the number of immigrants in 1970 was approximately 9.6 million people and by 2010, the number had reached approximately 40 million. The number of immigrants keeps on rising, and is expected to continue to rise in the future. The astonishing amount is bound to have some effects on the host country, in this case the United States, in many things including the economy. Many experts and economists argue whether immigrants bring more benefits or disadvantages for the economy of the country they’re immigrating to.
in the New York Times’ Room for Debate series where each of the researchers had very different views (“Do Immigrants Take Jobs”). The first debater is Steven Camarota. Camaroto’s view is that the “less-educated” Americans are losing their jobs to immigrants (Camarota). In his research, he argues that at the time his article was written compared to November 2007, there were more immigrants working than the natural born U.S. citizens.
The first truth I will be talking about is that immigrants are generally responding to a strong and persistent demand that is built into the structure of post-industrial economies. What is meant by this is that there is a secondary market that immigrants are attracted to that the natives would not like doing, nor would last. These jobs are usually the jobs that are long hours and heavy labor, that pay much less. The immigrants come for these jobs to start a life here in the United States, but without those jobs, the immigrants would not migrate due to the risks involved. Some of these jobs include cleaning services, butchers, landscapers, construction workers, and many other higher labor jobs.
As more and more illegal immigrants continue to flourish in the United States, one common issue involving the economy is the job market. On one hand there are those who feel that the immigrants are taking their jobs, which makes looking for a job more difficult and furthermore causing issues in the economy. On the other, there are those who feel immigration actually benefits the economy in a variety of ways. Upon arriving to the U.S., immigrants can hardly grasp the social functions therefore leading to their first priority to find a job and a home. Immigrants that are hired are more likely to work for a lower wage however they’re very low-skilled workers.
They can be used to defend and protect as well as to threaten and kill. Guns and crime go together. A study conducted by the American Journal of Public Health found that the legal purchase of a gun seems to be associated with an increased risk of violent death. Every year, Americans are shocked by numerous mass shootings and senseless acts of violence involving guns and weapons. And, every year around 100,000 people are shot among which 18,000 are children and teens (Lane, 131).
Gender Stratification in The Workplace Over the years, women have fought their way through the various barriers thrown at them by society, they are now more educated, matching male participation rates in the labour force and they are seen to create more opportunities for themselves in the workplace. Despite these achievements, gender stratification still exists in organizations and corporations in the 21st century; this paper seeks to analyze the numerous reasons why women remain underrepresented in leadership positions in the workplace and how this causes a trickle-down effect for other females in non-managerial positions. One of the major factors influencing the progress women experience in their career advancement stems from the deep cultural-infused gender stereotypes associated
Since they arrive they’re forced to jump through the hoops of the United States Government knowing any sort of lapse in judgement could result in them being forced to leave the country. In my own experience immigrants are the most hardworking people in this country, for instance my old supervisor worked two full time labor intensive jobs to support his family. Not many people could handle that much work, but he can among many others due to knowing that that sort of opportunity exists here. Most immigrants don’t leave their home country because they hate it; they leave because they want a brighter future for themselves. Whether that’s from pursuing education or working hard day in and day out, immigrants bust their asses in order to live here.
Mr Lapierre, Do you know of the 8 year old who is afraid she will be shot during lock down by a psychopathic student because her shoes light up? Do you know of the 14 year old who got shot because she refused to go to prom with a boy? On average there are nearly 13,000 gun homicides a year in the U.S. In January 2018 alone there have 28 shootings with varying numbers of killed and injured people. 28.
Immigrants are accused of stealing the jobs that belong to native-born citizens since taxpayers assume foreign-born subjects are blocking their success. " As of November, there were 1.5 million fewer native-born Americans working than in November 2007, while 2 million more immigrants (legal and
) Abstract Since women have started to become involved in competitive work field, important differences between men and women have emerged. It is clear that men have the more prominent roles in the work environment. Noticeably, men have the majority in science, academia and high-ranking job positions. I believe that everyone, at least once, has asked the following question to herself/himself: ‘is it more advantageous to be a man or a woman in the workforce?’