Immigration issues has been troubling the US lawmakers for more than a century.
There is no conclusive proof that immigrants are connected to crime.
They have made many positive contributions to this nation.
Instead of just deporting appropriate reforms are needed on the immigration issue.
2. Immigrants contribution to Fortune
500 companies
•Fortune 500 companies like Apple and
Amazon were formed by children of
immigrant parents
• Immigration is not a recent issue it is
more than two centuries old
•Mexican and Central Americans who
came here to escape the hardships in their
own countries
3. Immigrants Journey to America
• The Native Americans were the
original inhabitants of this land
• Industrial revolution led to a
shortage of workers so
immigrants were welcomed
• Many of the workers came in
legally although some of them
came illegally
• Currently there are more than 11
million undocumented
immigrants in America
4. Immigrants helped to make America
great
• Jeff Bezos who is the founder of Amazon
is the son of a Cuban immigrant,
(Grothaus, 2018)
• Steve Jobs’ father was a political migrant
from Syria
• 25% of all entrepreneurs in America are
immigrants creating jobs for the
Americans.
• Many immigrants are working in low paid
jobs that the Americans do not want.
5. Solutions to the Immigration Issue
• There seems to be no easy solution to the immigrants issue
• The former President Obama deported more than 2 million illegal
immigrants who were involved in crime.
• An immigration reform bill by the Republicans was rejected in the house,
(Pramuk, 2018).
• The members of the GOP could not on agree on whether citizenship should
be given to the young immigrants
6. Conclusion
• Immigration issues has been troubling
the US lawmakers for more than a
century.
• There is no conclusive proof that
immigrants are connected to crime.
• They have made many positive
contributions to this nation.
• Instead of just deporting appropriate
reforms are needed on the immigration
issue.
7. Reference Page
• Grothaus, M. (2018, July 26). Some of the U.S.'s biggest companies are founded by
immigrants. Retrieved October 06, 2018, from Fastcompany:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90202816/some-of-the-u-s-s-biggest-companies-are-
founded-by-immigrants
• Marshall, S. (2016, August 29). Obama Has Deported More People Than Any
Other President. Retrieved October 06, 2018, from ABCnews:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obamas-deportation-policy-
numbers/story?id=41715661
• Pramuk, J. (2018, June 29). Immigration reform: More than a decade of failure
from Bush to Obama and now Trump. Retrieved October 06, 2018, from CNBC:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/congress-unlikely-to-pass-immigration-reform-
border-separation-bill.html