California’s Love/Hate of Immigrants

Individuals around the world view California/the United States as the premiere place to raise a family, and to have a nice white house on the corner of some quiet street. They see California as the opportunity to work a 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. job in almost any field, something most of us take for granted. These are just a few of the things that drive immigrants to move to California. Whether it be people from Europe, Asia, Latin America, or even from within the United States, they all have one thing in common: they come in search of new opportunities, either work related or family, and/or a better living situation. California has always been a home for immigrants. Almost everyone living in the state today was an immigrant at some point. Although California as a state has always welcomed immigrants, the people living in California, who were also immigrants once themselves, tend to have a love and hate relationship towards immigrants. They love the immigrants for!

the low class jobs that many of them occupy and do so well and they hate immigrants because most of them are very determined and with time and hard work they seem to take over many of our high paying jobs. So imm

In conclusion, our view of immigrants has not changed much over the last one hundred years or so. We don’t love them and we don't fully hate them either. We just try to understand that they are here for a better life. That California is the place to be, the place where most dreams can come true. That is why the California Dream is indigenous to California. We forget that our society rests on the backs of immigrants. They run our banks, manage our country, program our computers, fix our houses, and even say, "Welcome to McDonalds! May I take your order?" So whether immigrants come to start over, for better jobs, to raise their kids in a better world, or to simply marvel at the glory that is California/United States of America, we must learn to live with them and except that their presence is permanent, that they will never stop arriving at our door, and most importantly that we are them and they are all of us!

With so many hard working Americans loosing their jobs, it is hard to believe it is a coincident with the way the economy is going. So whom else can we blame our problems on but the immigrants? Those individuals who come to this country, and particularly California, with only one goal in mind: to succeed and obtain the highest amount of knowledge available. Discussing how California has always put forward a welcome mat for immigrants and yet Californians seem to pull the mat from under the immigrants feet before they arrive is Yeh Ling-Ling in The Welcome Mat Is Threadbare. Ling says, "Immigration contributes to nearly fifty percent of U.S. population growth. Every year about one million immigrants enter the United States legally, while an estimated 300,000 arrive and stay illegally." These are just some of the figures that make up the immigrant map. Accounting for almost half the United States population in the present, the U.S. was once all immigrants. We as Americans, and especially those of us living in California, who have to deal with legal and illegal immigration more than any other state, must accept immigrants for it is they, who started this country and made it what it is today. Ling also mentions "more than 750,000 legal immigrants of working age were admitted to this country. In addition, we admit annually more that 60,000 foreign professionals on extended work visas. Many of these workers enter skilled occupations, such as computer programming and engineering, where there have been massive layoffs." This quote addresses our extreme hate of immigrants that are legal and chose to succeed. These are the people that come from every country around the world just to 'take' our jobs, or at least this is how we view the immigrants. The truth of the matter is these are people of all walks of life that are willing to work hard and want to

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