Essay Proposal and Annotated Bibliography
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Immigrants are a solution, not the problem.
Immigrants within the United States are more diverse than ever because many people are coming into the United States worldwide. The United States is home to immigrants seeking greener pastures in economic opportunities, those seeking political asylum, and others reuniting with their families. Many Native Americans welcomed immigrants’ move as they believed they were rich in scientific knowledge and provided diversity within the economy.
In the last few years, there have been increasing concerns regarding how the immigrants are benefiting the current economy. Do they bring more job skills and better changes to the existing skills among American citizens? The concerns have been ignited by the increased influx of immigrants costing the government heavily in terms of how best to cater to their needs without violating their fundamental rights. Other than that, many feel that the influx of immigrants into the country has resulted in social and cultural constraints regarding integrating them into society.
Major immigration issues tend to vary from one state to the other depending on their geographical locations. Also, demographics and politics play a significant role in understanding the severity of the issue. Early this year, Governor Greg Abbott announced that Texas’s state would not be accepting any immigrants being the first state in the United States to do so. This paper seeks to persuade and argue that immigrants in Texas are a solution to our existing problems. Locking immigrants out of Texas will result in an ailing economy. Currently, Texas is home to roughly 200,000 annually. These people have helped diversify Texas’s economy since the early 2000s by bringing various skills necessary for its growth.
The research question is: What advantages and benefits do immigrants bring to the Texas economy?
The research hypothesis is: Immigrants provide more benefits to the Texan economy as opposed to disadvantages.
Research paper Outline
- Introduction
- Describe the history of immigration within the United States
- Thesis: Immigrants in Texas are a solution to our existing problems. Locking immigrants out of Texas will result in an ailing economy. Currently, Texas is home to roughly 200,000 annually. These people have helped diversify Texas’s economy since the early 2000s by bringing various skills necessary for its growth.
- Background
- Narrow down on the history of immigration in Texas.
- Discuss the intentions and purposes of the immigrants.
III. Argument for a better workforce
- Immigrants have different job skills
- Some immigrants are professionally trained and equipped
- Argument for solving skill shortage
- Immigrants help address the issue of skill shortage
- Immigrants offer a diverse cultural view on different issues and skills
- The branches need some limited power of the other branches to protect themselves from the encroachment of the other branches (Federalist 51)
- Argument for a more dynamic economy
- Immigration helps in enhancing business growth and development.
- Immigrants pay taxes
VII. Conclusion
- Thesis
- Summary of main points
Annotated bibliography
Kuruvilla, R., & Raghavan, R. (2014). Health care for undocumented immigrants in Texas: Past, present, and future. Texas medicine, 110(7), e1.
The authors extoll on the past, present, and future of immigrants’ healthcare issues within Texas. Kuruvilla & Raghavan argue that the continued influx of immigrants within the state of Texas will result in a catastrophic. Access to health care remains a fundamental human right for every American citizen; therefore, undocumented immigrants in Texas present a different case.
Moore, A. R. (2013). The American dream through the eyes of Black African immigrants in Texas. University Press of America.
This source provides a detailed account of immigrants in Texas and their view on the American dream. Through an extensive research study, the author seeks to understand whether or not the immigrants have achieved their American dreams. Moore extolls on different factors that hinder immigrants from achieving the American dream.
Papademetriou, D. G., Meissner, D., Rosenblum, M. R., & Sumption, M. (2009). Harnessing the Advantages of Immigration for a 21st-Century Economy. Migration Policy Institute.
This source focuses on how best the country can leverage immigration’s advantages, especially in the labor market. The authors argue that there is a need for the government to use immigration as an opportunity to harness skills and professionals. The authors also assert that the issue of immigration can only be solved through institutional solutions.
Peri, G., & Sparber, C. (2007). Comparative Advantages and Gains from Immigration. mimeo, University of California, Davis.
Peri and Sparber focus on different advantages and gains that immigration provides to the economy of the country. The authors focus on the effect that learned immigrants have on the economy’s wage bill. They argue that immigrants can indeed compete with Native Americans for jobs therefore increasing wages being paid to the learned ones.
White, S., Potter, L. B., You, H., Valencia, L., Jordan, J. A., & Pecotte, B. (2015). Origins of immigrants to Texas. Office of the State Demographer.
This source focuses on the origin of immigrants to Texas. It also focuses on the factors that motivated immigrants to shift to the state as opposed to other states across the country. The authors extoll on immigration as it related to Texas, its economy and constraints.