Immigration is the act of a certain individual or group that chooses to move from one place (typically their homeland, or the land where they were borned at), to a foreign country.
There are a couple of reasons for immigration to occur:
1) Wars: Typically the people who immigrant from war are not exactly called "immigrants", but rather a refugee, in which they seek to have a stable and peaceful life in a different country, as their country's current status does not allow it to happen.
2) Persecution: Persecution usually comes in the form of political persecution (in which a ruling party essentially eliminates or severely limits the freedoms of differing parties as well as party members). This can lead to a political escape, in which generally the ousted government is given refugee in a friendly ally state, while their supporters generally become fugitives. Examples of Persecution can be found before the Holocaust, in which people who did not fit the Nazi ideology, as well as those who did not want to live under Nazi Germany, "immigranted" to other countries.
3) Lifestyle: Many people immigrant away from their homecountry typically to find a better life in a different country, whether a better job opportunity, trying to get rich, to get a safer environment for their family, etc.etc.
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Immigration typically comes with it's own share of benefits and drawbacks:
+ Immigrants provide cheaper labor and are more likely more opportunistic, taking jobs that native populations would not take. Many companies hire immigrants as they do not have to pay as much to immigrants, due to them not knowing of benefits in which they are prescribed, in which the companies keep for themselves.
- However, the same can be said about job opportunities. There has been instances where 'native' populations riot and fight as they lose the jobs in which their families have been working at for generations to "outsiders", due to the fact that businesses want to make a profit rather than support the community.
+ Immigrants bring new ideas and their cultures to their destination, which in turn can help the native population. There has been a lot of instances of cures being found based on the transfer of information in between people groups.
- However, the same can be said to the detriments that they can bring. As of 2017, Immigrants caused ~43.22% of crimes, in which a disporptioned amount were caused by Illegal immigrants of Hispanic background. There is also a disporptional amount of immigrants (mostly illegal), which are part of our prison system.
Like all people, there are good immigrants, and bad immigrants. Depending on their upbringing & culture as well as personal experience, what each immigrant brings to their host country can be either good or bad, but as a whole, immigration helps bring a set of new ideas, beliefs, actions, and change to the host country.
