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The integration of immigrants or migrant integration is the process of social integration of immigrants and their descendants in a society. Central aspects of social integration are language , education , the labour market , participation , values and identification within the host country.
IRCA, as proposed in Congress, was projected to give amnesty to about 1,000,000 workers in the country illegally. In practice, amnesty for about 3,000,000 immigrants already in the country was granted, mostly from Mexico. Legal Mexican immigrant family numbers were 2,198,000 in 1980, 4,289,000 in 1990 (includes IRCA), and 7,841,000 in 2000.
[68] [69] Hispanic immigrants suffered job losses during the late-2000s recession, [70] but since the recession's end in June 2009, immigrants posted a net gain of 656,000 jobs. [71] Nearly 14 million immigrants entered the United States from 2000 to 2010, [72] and over one million persons were naturalized as U.S. citizens in 2008.
I was given the opportunity to interview undocumented Latin American immigrants. Some of the stories I was told were tragic, some enraging.
The doom and gloom that many Americans offer up on social media and in politics betrays something fundamental about this country. These days, it's immigrants who keep hope alive.
Most immigrants come here to seek a better life and are highly motivated to stay out of trouble, write sociologists Steven E. Barkan and Michael Rocque. Opinion: 5 reasons why immigrants aren’t ...
Immigrants have been linked to greater invention and innovation in the US. [59] According to one report, "immigrants have started more than half (44 of 87) of America's startup companies valued at $1 billion or more and are key members of management or product development teams in over 70 percent (62 of 87) of these companies". [60]
Immigration in general has historically been good for our country and still can be. But the past four years of black market open borders through willfully neglecting the law was never tenable or just.