Immigration

            Immigration is a process where people move to a country of which they are not natives. It is a common practice in the current world which has become controversial. It is an issue that affecting many people in the world. Today, people move from their home countries to other countries due to a number of reasons. Such reasons include wars, famine, and economic problems. Its impact to a particular nation has been argued differently. Thus this paper will present the positive and negative impacts of immigration.

            Immigration allows expertise to cross borders; hence people are able to share and incorporate cultural practices. Through movement of knowledge a problem of talents’ shortage is solved which enhances economic development (Walsh & Asch, 45). Many states with inadequate educated workers are able to attract foreign professionals through immigration and this has helped to boost their competitiveness and innovation. Countries are also open to worldwide market through immigration and this has helped to enlarge the capacity for development for many countries, hence, this benefits the country in terms of economy. Countries are also able to bond labor market with other countries through exchange of labor (Kennedy, 30). It also provides opportunities for students in search for jobs abroad.

            However, many controversies have been raised against immigration. For instance, many natives raise arguments that all jobs have been taken by the immigrants and this has caused unemployment among the citizens (Beck, 141). At times, it encourages ethnic tensions which may result into conflicts. It is also hard for some immigrants to adapt the cultural practices of the natives hence they end up becoming homeless. As a result, it gives rise of informal settlements which tend to harbor various criminal issues including violence. 

Conclusion

            Many controversies have been raised about immigration. Some of them are in favor of it while others are against it. Claims in favor of immigration assert that immigration has allowed expertise to cross the boundaries of the nation hence solving a problem of talent shortage. It also encourages a country to attract foreign professionals, hence boosting competitiveness for that particular country. On the other side, natives have raised claims that immigration has promoted unemployment as jobs are being taken by the immigrants.

Work cited

Beck, Roy H. The Case against Immigration: The Moral, Economic, Social, and Environmental Reasons for Reducing U.s. Immigration Back to Traditional Levels. New York [u.a.: Norton, 1996. Print.

Kennedy, John F. A Nation of Immigrants. , 2008. Internet resource.  

Walsh, Sharon K, and Evelyn D. Asch. Immigration: A Wadsworth Casebook in Argument. Australia: Thompson/Wadsworth, 2006. Print.