Immigration Debate
Assimilation and its discontents
In light of these changing attitudes and perceptions, sociologists Richard Alba and Victor Nee have chosen this moment to reexamine the idea of assimilation in their new study Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration. [dagger] Alba and Nee begin with an examination of the historical patterns of assimilation and acculturation among earlier groups of European and Asian-American immigrants (Japanese and Chinese who entered America mainly in the late 1800s). By looking at a variety of indicators including language acquisition, education, and economic progress, they show that “the social foundations for ethnic distinctions” among these immigrants had been largely “whittled away” by the third generation. While granting that most scholars do not fully understand how this assimilation took place, the signs were apparent: By the third generation, English “monolingualism” was nearly universal among European Americans and Asian Americans. Ethnics had largely moved out of inner-city immigrant enclaves and into mixed-ethnic suburbs, and rates of college education among their children and grand-children were equal to that of the larger population.
Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories. – The Women’s Issues Shelf
Roni Berger, Ph.D., CSW
Haworth Press
0789018306 $24.95 www.amazon.com
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Immigration Debate
Studies prove that immigrants influence the economy and social conditions of a country. The increasing ratio of immigrants in a country, alarms the nationalists. At the same time, the business class is benefited with the service of the immigrants. The search for the ultimate impact of immigration, calls for serious debate. The steps for changes in the immigration policy, is a sensational issue in the US. Illegal immigration is the most controversial issue in the USA
The people against immigration argue that immigration has lead to increase in unemployment and checks the privileges of its citizen. They say that the absence of immigrants will increase the job opportunities of the citizens, which will help to increase wages. They also fear that their children will hesitate to take technical degrees because of the competition in the field with immigrants. The immigration critics suspect the loyalty of the immigrants towards the country. They fear that the rise in the immigrant population affects the stability of the total population. They are not ready to share the privileges and natural resources with the non natives.
