Cartoon

This cartoon depicts a lot about what americans think the border is like.  But this is just not true, a lot of people don't realize that immigrants many times die on the journey to America.  This cartoon depicts that American government just gives away tJobs, Education, Healthcare away easily.  Which is just not true, Immigrants often find jobs more easily not due to us giving them way, but because they look for them. They also often take jobs that would otherwise not be taken.  Such as cleaning, construction, and other jobs that people born in America often do not want.

Immigration in the past

Prop 187 in California was a huge turning point in Americas view of Immigrants.  It shows the distaste for Immigrants being brought into American Culture.  The fact is that immigrants who have stayed in the US Illegally pay more taxes then they will ever receive.  They still pay income tax, sales tax, and all other taxes, yet they cannot reap the benefits either.  I think the distaste for these so called "illegals" comes from our fear of the unknown.  America has always been a place for prospect, but now that we feel entitled to things just for being American, we feel that we have earned that right, and are afraid of people taking them away.  Because Americans are seen as the best, at least by themselves, they feel threatened by people who work harder for less.  Immigrants although may have done something illegal (but who hasn't?) do not feel  as entitled so they are willing to work harder.  But because they work harder, does that give us the right to hate them?

Change is the only Constant

We live in an ever changing world.  The world we live in differs from the world our parents lived in. Just as their world is different then their parents world.  Back when I was a business major I learned tone statement that has stuck with me.  There is only one constant in this world, and that is change.  But this statement puzzles me.  If change is constant then why are we afraid of it?  Dos this mean that we are constantly in fear?  Politics is chaining, every day it changes a little bit more, whereas Society is changing everyday to, just at a much faster rate.  Politics have a hard time keeping up, but when they do they are constantly thrashed by the public for being to out there.  Why is this?  Its because society is changing with the younger generation, yet the voters are the older generation.  As a 20 year old student who votes I am a minority.  Older people have more time and more resources to vote, as well as make their opinions known.  Between my 18 credits and 4 jobs I nearly don't have time to vote...(but I do.)  This is where the issue lies, the voters come form the old age, yet the societal changes come from the new ages.  The article "A Generation Gap Over Immigration" points this out perfectly.  The social norm now is assimilation.  These "illegals" as older people call them are our "peers," "teammates," "domestic Partners," "etc."  They are not these awful no good very bad people  they are just people like us who aspire to be all that they are meant to be.  Most young adult share in this ideology of immigrants, but we tend to be too intertwined with our own life to actually say something about it. Whereas the older folks have more time to scream and shout, picket the town halls, and make their views heard!  So people are wondering why immigration tends to not go in the way of how society is going...well there you have it.