1. Tanner Meade
FYS-Immigration
Harold Blanco
May 3, 2015
These five videos about illegal immigration discusses policies, immigrants in the
workplace, and the system of entering the country. In the first video, we learn it is not as easy as
everyone thinks to become an American citizen. We learn that most of the time, the immigrants
do not want to leave their home country, they have too. It is a huge and expensive decision for
them to make a moved like that. It has been said that they leave the country usually for better
work, living conditions, or safety from their country. It says to be a citizen in the US, you have to
have a close relative and then get on a list that is at least a ten year wait. If you have a child in
the US, you have to wait until that child is twenty-one for them to register for you to come to the
US. One thing mentioned is that the US spends 2.6 billion dollars on border walls, and they do
not even connect, most of it is just fencing. Another thing stated is that if the US gave migrant
workers’ rights, then the American workers would even et better pay and rights.
In another video, we learn the immigrants are mostly taking the jobs that US citizens are not
taking or wanting. They talk about this could drive down wages, but it is pushing kids to go to
school and get an education. We learn about the harsh terrain and the dangerous travel people
make to get in this country.
In another video we learn that the government and people in politics are not in support for the
immigrants at all. It gives an example of a man going against his word about a bill that gives out
more green cards.
In the last video we learn that illegal immigration is costing the US 113 billion dollars. The
companies paying illegal workers get to save their money, while the responsible ones go out of
business for having higher wages.