Migration and Globalization
Migration is a big
contributing factor in globalization and in the world economy. Every day we see
things in the news about refugees fleeing here and illegal border crossings
there. Immigrants are what make our country diverse, but what lies ahead for us.
In 50 years will English be the dominate language? Will we have the space to
house all these people flooding to America to find a better life? These are all good questions and I plan to
look into them deeper.
People of foreign
countries choose America for many reasons. Better education, safety,
opportunity, the possibility of living the American dream, medical treatment,
clean water these are just a few of those reasons. Immigrants literally built
this country. They drove the booming
industry of the early to mid-20th century for their chance at the
American dream. They had the determination to be great. Their hard labor for a
reasonably cheap price made our economy a super power. They did, and still do,
the jobs regular Americans don’t want to. They are the back bone of the
American economy.
When people
migrate they take their culture with them. I will use America as an example
again because of its nickname the melting pot. Our culture has been affected
thousands maybe even millions of ways by different cultures. In everyday life
we use words from different cultures, we eat food from different cultures and even
listen to music inspired by other cultures. The people of America come from
many different countries and our diverse cultures still stands strong even though
we are all American now.
Migration also has
its draw backs. For example dealing with illegal border crossing has become a major
problem. We spend millions of taxpayer’s
dollars giving aid to, imprisoning, and deporting refugee’s flooding over our
borders from Mexico and other countries. Crime rates have risen. Drug trafficking
and human trafficking have increased at least ten fold in the past few years.
Our border to the south has caused us our fair share of trouble in the past few
years. Another danger is terrorism. With access into America getting easier to
obtain over our southern border, terrorists have a free way in. This is a
danger to the citizens of our great nation and should not be taken lightly. I
personally think border security should be at the top of the list for national
defense.
Migration has
changed the face of America and other countries and will continue to for a very
long time. Hopefully in the future the effects of migration will be positive in
years to come. But with the increasing amounts of terror attacks around the
world and risk of contagious disease spreading it does not seem likely. Events
such as these will not only affect the people inside our borders, but also push
people out of the way of danger into new areas. The spread of people is
inevitable. It has been since the beginning of time. There will always be
people in search of something better.
But is the grass really greener on the other side?
You tended to focus on immigration but I was hoping you would delve into some of the forced migration also. But you had a lot of good points and I saw the economic and cultural link as well as future problems. Overall a good blog on a semi-tough topic.
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