Immigration For many Americans, the word “immigration” conjures up an image of poor, uneducated Mexicans scuttling across the border to find minimum wage jobs and opportunities for a better future. Recent polls showed that immigration is highly unpopular with many U.S. citizens. Most of those polled believe that immigration is harmful and unnecessary in our society. Although the conception of immigrants and immigration as a whole is unfavorable in the view of the American …showed first 75 words of 895 total…

…showed last 75 words of 895 total…would lose out on the untold thousands of opportunities afforded by the influx of able minds and bodies. Works Cited America Immigration Law Foundation. Feb 2001 <http://www.ailf.org/polrep/2001/ pr0004.htm>. Masci, David. “Debate Over Immigration.” CQResearcher 10 (2000): 571-574. National Immigration Forum. May 2001 <http://www.immigrationforum.org/pubs/ Articles/economy2001.htm>. Spain, Daphne. ”The Debate in the United States Over Immigration. ” US Society and Values 4.2 (1999). 4 Nov. 2001 <http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0699/ijse/ spain.htm>.