Immigration is the movement of persons into another country of which they are not native, usually as permanent residents or future citizens. Immigrants are motivated by economic, social, and cultural factors. As you may know, demographic transition and migration are both related to economic and social factors that they correlates with another: at stage one, not much migration is happening which the demographic transition model is flat; at stage two, the death rates decrease, baby boom lead to the increase amount of population thus people are moving out, which is literally migration; at stage three and four, countries experience internal migration. Internal migration often happens with interregional migration, which happens between regions within a country. Compare interregional migration in the US, Canada, Russia, China, and Brazil, it is obvious that people are pushed or pulled by economic factors, the difference between these countries is that whether or not such movement is intervene by the government for whatever reasons: for Russia and China, the governments have make the population shift from west to east for economic development; as for US and Canada, the governments were more promotors who did not intervene much, and the people shift from east to west for more economic opportunities such as free-land; for Brazil, the government had move its capital for moving population, relating to economic development.
To discuss a bit more about US immigration situation, the US has been a contrary place for immigrants, especially for illegal, or non-documented, or unauthorized immigrants. US Quota Laws ended unrestricted immigration, and later seek for immigrants who are for family unification, skilled workers, or diverse for the background culture. For non documented immigrants, who are usually labor workers, have hardships economically and politically.
Millions of people escape their homelands to seek for better life. It is believed that immigration will bring culture issues, which sometimes people even argue that
It has been proven as economists observed that immigration has been widely shown to have positive effects. "crime is significantly lower in the English and Welsh neighborhoods in the United Kingdom with the largest immigrant inflows and that immigration raises local property values in Spain and the United States." (Let the People Go, the Problem With Strict Migration Limits, by Michael Clemens and Justin Sandefur) Though it may not apply to each and every of immigration, it is one good model for positive effects caused by immigration; note that some immigrant groups may over represent the crime population. As for the cultural aspect, whether or not do immigrants fit in the society - "culturally distant", if proper, "immigrants of the past quarter-century have assimilated more rapidly than their counterparts of a century ago, even though they are more distinct from the native population upon arrival." (The Manhattan Institue, on Labor-force participation, earnings, English fluency, intermarriage, legal naturalization, and military service.) Yet there are still too much diversity creates social problems that decrease the willingness to cooperate and re-distribute resources. Diversity creates group, the group that is less engage with the society will engage less politics, less humanity movements, and less interaction with other groups. Diversity also encounters complex social politics, values, and identities problems.
Another interesting fact that will probably get the most tension for Capitalism of nowadays: professional economists have found that the increase of labor force markets will increase the supply of labor and also raised capital investments, accelerated economic growth, and eventually increase the demand for labor, improving the both of the lives of natives and the immigrants.
However, as the immigration benefit the wealthier countries, there is a definite disadvantage to the countries that the immigrants come from. "The poorest can't afford to leave."(Paul Collier, the man who made it OK to talk about immigration, Melanie McDonagh, the Spectator) The discussion about the conflict of 'helping the poor individuals' and 'helping the poor societies' is addressed by Professor Collier. Indeed, some luckiest individuals might get educated and live far more wealthier than people in their home country, and the rest remain poor. The impact of brain drain is evident here, that it is questionable about how the host countries control the emigration - the rate of emigration or the rate of returns.
To discuss a bit more about US immigration situation, the US has been a contrary place for immigrants, especially for illegal, or non-documented, or unauthorized immigrants. US Quota Laws ended unrestricted immigration, and later seek for immigrants who are for family unification, skilled workers, or diverse for the background culture. For non documented immigrants, who are usually labor workers, have hardships economically and politically.
Millions of people escape their homelands to seek for better life. It is believed that immigration will bring culture issues, which sometimes people even argue that
It has been proven as economists observed that immigration has been widely shown to have positive effects. "crime is significantly lower in the English and Welsh neighborhoods in the United Kingdom with the largest immigrant inflows and that immigration raises local property values in Spain and the United States." (Let the People Go, the Problem With Strict Migration Limits, by Michael Clemens and Justin Sandefur) Though it may not apply to each and every of immigration, it is one good model for positive effects caused by immigration; note that some immigrant groups may over represent the crime population. As for the cultural aspect, whether or not do immigrants fit in the society - "culturally distant", if proper, "immigrants of the past quarter-century have assimilated more rapidly than their counterparts of a century ago, even though they are more distinct from the native population upon arrival." (The Manhattan Institue, on Labor-force participation, earnings, English fluency, intermarriage, legal naturalization, and military service.) Yet there are still too much diversity creates social problems that decrease the willingness to cooperate and re-distribute resources. Diversity creates group, the group that is less engage with the society will engage less politics, less humanity movements, and less interaction with other groups. Diversity also encounters complex social politics, values, and identities problems.
Another interesting fact that will probably get the most tension for Capitalism of nowadays: professional economists have found that the increase of labor force markets will increase the supply of labor and also raised capital investments, accelerated economic growth, and eventually increase the demand for labor, improving the both of the lives of natives and the immigrants.
However, as the immigration benefit the wealthier countries, there is a definite disadvantage to the countries that the immigrants come from. "The poorest can't afford to leave."(Paul Collier, the man who made it OK to talk about immigration, Melanie McDonagh, the Spectator) The discussion about the conflict of 'helping the poor individuals' and 'helping the poor societies' is addressed by Professor Collier. Indeed, some luckiest individuals might get educated and live far more wealthier than people in their home country, and the rest remain poor. The impact of brain drain is evident here, that it is questionable about how the host countries control the emigration - the rate of emigration or the rate of returns.