Immigrants Contribution in Usa Development

Running head: IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTION IN

Immigrants Contribution

In USA Development

Nick Gaaer

ABC University

Immigrants Contribution In USA Development

As we all know that USA is a country build by immigrants from all over the world, particularly from Europe and South America.

During the Second World War most of the scientist from Germany and Europe settled in U.S.A. Again in the early seventies and eighties, a large number of young people entered USA as students and thereafter legally got the immigration through sponsorship of spouse, relatives and employers, Most of these immigrants after settling in USA not only contributed in the growth of economy but also were instrumental in developing the high technology for which America today is famous.

Much of the technical and cultural innovation that has come out of the USA would not have been possible without the contribution of German immigrants, whose influence on the USA began in the 1600s.

(German Contribution http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/lote/german/mckinnon/earlyger-usa.htm).

Since eighties, due to socio-economic and political problems in the third world countries, millions of people from these underdeveloped and poor countries flooded USA either as legal, refugees, asylum seekers or illegal looking for green Pasteur and better opportunities for themselves and their families (as USA had a very high economic growth in the world). Later on, they were given legality either through amnesty schemes or sponsorship.

We, the Americans, had a very negative perception of the immigrants. According to 1994 Newsweek survey; 50 percent of the people agreed that immigrants are burden, because they take up their jobs, housing and health care. We frequently complain that the country is flooded with uneducated immigrants. They take over, impose their culture and do not even try to assimilate.

Everyone agreed that we must police our borders to curb illegal immigrants. Pat Buchanan, 1996 presidential candidate, wanted to declare moratorium on all immigration. Republican Senator Alan Simpson even sponsored the bill to reduce the number of legally entered immigrants from 675,000 annually to 540,000. There is a myth that the immigrants occupy jobs leaving only a few for others. The fact is that the immigrants contribute in making more new jobs by spending their money on the output of other workers. Then there is a hard fact, which we all should accept. We, the Americans, would not accept those jobs that the immigrants accept. If we look at the meatpacking job, it is the most hazardous job in the United States. A native born American would never do this job.

In sharp contrast to the rhetoric that feed on misinformation, evidence shows that the problems attributed are false or greatly exaggerated. In reality immigrants today contribute positively to the development in USA.

The proportion of educated new immigrants has increased. A large number of the engineering doctorates are foreign-born professionals, who have contributed in the development of high technology such as telecommunications, biotechnology, chemicals and computers.

There are countless firms in the USA in the ever-growing Information Technology (IT) / Computer industry which would have gone out of business without immigrants. Andy Grove the CEO of Intel, the leading IT Company, was from Hungary. Half of the 800,000 garment workers are immigrants, part of the $120-billion industry. Without them the industry had to be shifted