Note: This sample paper is responding to the question: “How would a sudden end to immigration affect the U.S.’s economy and culture?” LING 281 December 13th, 2017 Paper #3 The Consequences of A Sudden End to US immigration Immigration is the act of moving from a country to another country for a variety of reasons such as political, social, environmental or economical reasons. Usually, the purpose of immigration is for a person to increase his chances of having a better life. Today, the United States is considered to have one of the highest number of immigrants in the world, if not the highest, with a number that accounts for about 13.5 percent of its population (US Immigrant... ,Camarota & Zeigler, 2017). Regardless of the negative effects some legal or illegal immigrants might bring, an end to immigration in the United States would cause a significant negative impact on both its economy and culture. The presence of immigrants in the United States is crucial in healthcare, agriculture and cultural influence, where what they provide is way more beneficial than harmful. With the aging of the baby boomer generation, the United States will most likely face a serious problem within the upcoming years in healthcare. The baby boomer generation is the generation brought up after World War II. The baby boomer, the biggest generation in US history, are mostly going into their senior years and/or on the edge of retirement. Although family members usually take care of their own elderly, but in this case, new generations are getting smaller compared to the baby boomer. A high demand on caregivers will show up within the next few years which means more workforce will be needed in home healthcare. Immigrants represent about one quarter of the working hands in home healthcare. With the huge number of immigrants that work in this field, it seems like they’re the perfect solution to rescue this American generation. According to Ted Hesson in an article titled, “Why Baby Boomers Need Immigrants”, he states, “There’s a reason foreign-born workers take so many home health jobs: they’re low-paid, low-skilled and increasingly plentiful.” (2017) A sudden stop to immigration would not only affect immigrants, but it also means that a lot of Americans will suffer from it since they have to pay more for such services. it could be okay for some people to pay more money, while it could seem impossible to some who are living on a paycheck to paycheck. Hesson also stated that “The number of home health aide positions will increase 38 percent by 2024. That puts it among the top five fastest-growing U.S. occupations.” (2017) Looking at the fact that there will be a huge increase in demand for care takers, it’s clear how significant the role immigrants could fill and how a stop to immigration would negatively influence the US in healthcare. Moreover, the help provided by immigrants to the medical field is not only restricted to home healthcare, but is also clear in the .

1. Note: This sample paper is responding to the question: “How
would a sudden end to immigration affect the U.S.’s economy
and culture?”
LING 281
December 13th, 2017
Paper #3
The Consequences of A Sudden End to US immigration
Immigration is the act of moving from a country to another
country for a variety of reasons such as political, social,
environmental or economical reasons. Usually, the purpose of
immigration is for a person to increase his chances of having a
better life. Today, the United States is considered to have one of
the highest number of immigrants in the world, if not the
highest, with a number that accounts for about 13.5 percent of
its population (US Immigrant... ,Camarota & Zeigler, 2017).
Regardless of the negative effects some legal or illegal
immigrants might bring, an end to immigration in the United
States would cause a significant negative impact on both its
economy and culture. The presence of immigrants in the United
States is crucial in healthcare, agriculture and cultural
influence, where what they provide is way more beneficial than
harmful.
With the aging of the baby boomer generation, the United States
will most likely face a serious problem within the upcoming
years in healthcare. The baby boomer generation is the
generation brought up after World War II. The baby boomer, the
biggest generation in US history, are mostly going into their
senior years and/or on the edge of retirement. Although family
members usually take care of their own elderly, but in this case,

2. new generations are getting smaller compared to the baby
boomer. A high demand on caregivers will show up within the
next few years which means more workforce will be needed in
home healthcare. Immigrants represent about one quarter of the
working hands in home healthcare. With the huge number of
immigrants that work in this field, it seems like they’re the
perfect solution to rescue this American generation. According
to Ted Hesson in an article titled, “Why Baby Boomers Need
Immigrants”, he states, “There’s a reason foreign-born workers
take so many home health jobs: they’re low-paid, low-skilled
and increasingly plentiful.” (2017) A sudden stop to
immigration would not only affect immigrants, but it also means
that a lot of Americans will suffer from it since they have to pay
more for such services. it could be okay for some people to pay
more money, while it could seem impossible to some who are
living on a paycheck to paycheck. Hesson also stated that “The
number of home health aide positions will increase 38 percent
by 2024. That puts it among the top five fastest-growing U.S.
occupations.” (2017) Looking at the fact that there will be a
huge increase in demand for care takers, it’s clear how
significant the role immigrants could fill and how a stop to
immigration would negatively influence the US in healthcare.
Moreover, the help provided by immigrants to the medical field
is not only restricted to home healthcare, but is also clear in the
development of a number of effective natural treating and
healing systems, such as, acupressure and acupuncture ( 4
Ways.., Kumar, Rohit, 2013). First, acupressure, it is a
developed chinese therapy that helps in improving the blood
flow, increasing energy and releasing stress in the body. The
way it works is by putting pressure on specific body points that
follows curtain patterns to help with the energy to flow through
them. The flow of energy in these patterns would promote some
sort of a relaxation feeling and a release of stress. Second,
acupuncture, it is also a chinese developed therapy, very similar
to acupressure, that manipulates the energy flow in the body.
The way it works and its result is not very different from

3. acupressure since It also uses the same specific body points.
The difference is that instead of putting pressure on these
points, thin needles would be inserted to the body on these
exact points. It is mostly used for pain relief in different parts
of the body. These two types of therapy are just some out of
many therapy techniques that were brought to the US and
they’ve shown high effectiveness ( 4 Ways.., Kumar, Rohit,
2013). These are just two out of many other therapy techniques
that the United States benefited economically and culturally
from. Such techniques might’ve never been practiced in the US
if immigration wasn’t legalized.
Economic contributions comes first when it comes to
immigrants, disregarding how they affect Americans culturally
in different ways such as: deepening the understanding of
spirituality, traditional cuisines. The United States has the
highest number of immigrants, who came from all around the
world in different ethnicities and races. According to Rohit
Kumar “Meditation, yoga, and qigong — the ancient Eastern
arts for connecting with the soul — are taught throughout
America. These are rich cultural practices that Asian
immigrants helped to bring from their homelands.” (2013) They
come from different cultures that have taught us a lot in the
past, for instance, the way we learned from them to have a
better understanding of spirituality. Both the Bible and East
Asian teachings have their own individual unique way with a
similar spiritual goal. Learning from them would give
Americans a better understanding of other religions and
spirituality (Kumar, 2013). Furthermore, one more effect
immigrants had on Americans was teaching them about proper
diets by bringing traditional cuisines. As Kumar stated,
“Traditional cuisines are complete systems for eating that give a
person the full spectrum of nutrition needed to thrive.” (2013)
The majority of these cuisines focus on having meals full of
nutritions that mostly consists of vegetables and good fats.
Proper dietary helps reducing the chances of having diseases
such as: diabetes. Exchanging knowledge with immigrants is

4. one of the ways that helped the US develop culturally.
Immigrants contribute a great deal to the agricultural field,
farming in specific. According to an article titled “Expelling
Immigrant Workers May Also Send Away the Work They Do”
by Eduardo Porter “These days, over one-quarter of the
farmhands in the United States are immigrants working here
illegally” (2017). This shows the importance of immigrant
working hands in farming and how denying them of a chance for
a better life would shake the farming workforce. Moreover, the
farming methods American-born farmers mostly use include
chemicals, which is the reason why we have to pay more for
anything organic. Rohit Kumar, in an article that he wrote,
titled “4 Ways Immigrant Cultural Wisdom Is Inspiring
America”, says “There’s a word for organic farming in most
other countries: farming”(2013). Farming is growing crops
naturally, which is the case in most countries where they avoid
the use of chemicals. Some countries were able to maintain very
rare food cultivating methods that goes back to centuries. Any
immigrant with a such knowledge should be considered
important and would be of a great help to the field ( 4 Ways..,
Kumar, 2013). These are two out of several reasons on why not
it’s only important but a crucial part immigrants are
economically and culturally.
Finally, it is clear that immigrants play a significant role
in both the economics and culture of the United states.
Healthcare, agriculture and cultural influence are three out of
several fields that helped the US in boosting its economy and
culture. A sudden end to immigration would affect the United
States negatively causing a huge impact on its economy and
culture. The fact that Americans have learned from immigrants
something helpful in mostly every single field, should not be
taken for granted, but they should be treated better and equal.

5. Works Cited
Camarota, Steven A. and Zeigler, Karen. “U.S. Immigrant
Population Hit Record 43.7 Million in 2016.” Center for
Immigration Studies. Oct. 2017. https://cis.org/Report/US-
Immigrant-Population-Hit-Record-437-Million-
2016.
Hesson, Ted. “Why baby boomers need immigrants.” Politico.
25 Oc. 2017.
https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/10/25/immigr
ants-caretaker-workforce-000556
Kumar, Rohit. “4 Ways Immigrant Cultural Wisdom is Inspiring
America.” HuffPost News. Oath Inc. 21 May 2013.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rohit-kumar/4-ways-
immigrant-cultural_b_2926214.html

6. Porter, Eduardo. “Expelling Immigrant Workers May Also Send
Away the Work They Do.” New York Times. 24 Oct.2017.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/business/economy/immigr
ation-jobs.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
Paper 3 – Argument Synthesis
For your third paper in this class, write an argument synthesis
responding to the following prompt:
The readings for this unit discuss the concept of false
stories posing as legitimate journalism. In your papers, discuss
the major reasons why people believe and share false stories.
Write an argument synthesis with the information available in
the assigned articles and construct your essay to answer the
question:
“What are the main reasons people believe false stories posing
as legitimate journalism and what can an
individual do to prevent believing and sharing false stories?”
Use four sources (listed below) and one additional piece of
research that you locate to support your argument.
Your audience is professors/students in a 4-year university;
assume they have not read the texts. The length of the paper
will be 1000 words. The format is double-spaced, 12-point
Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, MLA style.
Successful papers will:
· Include an effective introduction that gives a general overview
of the topic and your project. This will need to include a

7. definition of “false stories posing as legitimate journalism” and
this topic’s context.
· Have a thesis statement that indicates the main idea of the
essay, which is “What are the main reasons people believe false
stories posing as legitimate journalism and what can an
individual do to prevent believing and sharing false stories?”
· Be organized around the issues found in the assigned readings.
· Include effective body paragraphs that clearly state each issue
and provide information with evidence from the assigned
readings.
· Use persuasive appeals (logic, character/credibility, emotion)
to influence your reader.
· Include a conclusion that restates the main points and explains
the importance of the issue; why is it significant? What might
be the consequence of not paying attention to your argument?
· Read the sample paper and rubric before your writing.
Assigned readings: All of these recordings, videos, and articles
you need read is in the following.
Bennett, Bo. "Confirmation Bias." YouTube. YouTube, 29 Mar.
2014. Web. 21 Jan. 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_YkdMwEO
Domonoske, Camila. "Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To
Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds." NPR. NPR, 23
Nov. 2016. Web. 21 Jan. 2017.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwoway/2016/11/23/503129818/
study-finds-
students-have-dismaying-inability-to-tell-fake-news-from-real

8. Eberhart, George. “Media Literacy in an Age of Fake News”
American Libraries. Magazine 1 Nov. 2019.
Web.https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/11/01/media-
literacy-in-an-age-of-fake-news/
Maheshwari, Sapna. "How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case
Study." The New York Times.
20 Nov. 2016. Web. 20 Jan. 2017. https://nyti.ms/2k1AjO8
Martin, Michel. “Misinformation around the Coronavirus”
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/14/815916424/misinformation-
around-the-coronavirus NPR. NPR, 14 March 2020. (4:54)
Mudde, Cas. “Why the hysteria around the 'fake news epidemic'
is a distraction” The Guardian. 7 Feb. 2018.Web.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/07/hyster
ia-fake-news-epidemic-distraction
Pariser, Eli. "Beware online "filter bubbles"." Eli Pariser:
Beware online "filter bubbles" | TED Talk | TED.com. N.p.,
Mar. 2011. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.
https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bub
bles (8:57)
Steinmetz, Katy. “How Your Brain Tricks You Into Believing
Fake News” Time. 9, Aug. 2019. Web.
https://time.com/5362183/the-real-fake-news-crisis/