At the point of this post I was in a transitional mode of thinking. I was still entirely against immigration but I was beginning to feel different about it. In this post I was giving stats to emphasize the harmfulness in the increase of immigration. Numbers changed drastically from 1820 when number of immigrants were at a low of 8,385 to in 2006 with the number rising to 1,226,264. This change would seem to correlate with the increase level of poverty and jobs around the nation. Statistics are often used to make situations seem worse than what they are or show the harshness of what they are describing. In looking at this website:
http://immigrationcounters.com/
How do u feel? Are these stats demeaning of the real-life situation or demonstrating exactly what's happening? Does this website make you change your views on how you feel about illegal immigration or help to emphasize your feelings towards the subject?
I would like to add some facts that I didn't previously know. In 2004 a million people immigrated legally into the US. There were specific reasons they were allowed to do this. A few would include:
- employment preference such as certain skills they could provide
- family preference
- relationships with US natives
- diversity
- refugees.
