Hispanic immigration to the USA

Facts versus Fallacies

This first website is a website about a book written by two university professors and an alumnus. It is, thus, a brief encounter of what the book says about hispanic immigration. And it is all about the misconceptions people have and how, economically, these immigrants are very beneficial for the United States. Indeed, they accept the first jobs they can find, most of the time, jobs other people do not want to do, at least not for such low wages. They want to work hard and go up the ladder towards their American Dream.

The Hispanic Challenge

This second website is basically a long article completely against latino immigration and telling the USA they should be on their guards concerning such an immigration. Indeed, the author sees these immigrants as dangerous for the social and cultural aspects of the United States. He says that this group does not want to assimilate and have created a community excluded from the rest of the population. They speak their own language, have their own politics and, more importantly, their own culture which they do not want to share.

The author starts the article by talking about what the United States are and the history around them. Indeed, there was immigration at that time and all different immigrants came together to form what is now America. If it hadn't been for all these immigrants, the United States wouldn't be what they are but just another country such as Canada or Mexico. But, the point is, everyone worked together. The problem with the latino immigrants is that they do not wish to work with the rest of the population to be included and enrich the country. No, they want to stay together and be a threat to the wonderful american (white and protestant, by the way) culture.