It is felt that banning it in the United States will only continue a faulty notion, because if other countries are willing to issue passports there is nothing that can be done about it. Another question that seems to get a lot of discussion is that of whether Americans are doing enough to ease the transition of new immigrants into our society. It appears that several things are being done across the country to ease the transition of the new immigrants. For example, in New York City, where 90% of cab drivers are foreign born, the Taxi and Limousine Commission boosted the industry by increasing the number of licensed cabs in the city. In the hotel industry, Marriott has done their part by offering day care and social service referrals for immigrants who staff their cleaning and kitchen crews. The federal government aids immigrants with money provided by the Job Training Partnership Act that was enacted in 1982. It also provides $262 million each year for bilingual education programs for Asian and Hispanic individuals. In the religious sector the Council of Jewish Organizations in Brooklyn recently started a Business Outreach Center to help ethnic small businesses. And the Catholic Legal Immigration Network provides legal aid, mentoring and training to indigent immigrants

To accuse all Americans of not wanting immigrants is highly unfair. In places across the country where immigration number are low, people are seen helping others even if they don't speak English. But in those areas of the country where immigration rates are high, people do not look upon those people favorably. It has been argued that offering generous social services makes the United States a magnet for large populations of illegal immigrants. There have been arguments against racial and ethnic diversity for many years. The fact is that our country, the American country was founded on immigration....

The American common culture was founded by many people from many different backgrounds and people learned how to adjust. The author feels that we should try and preserve the American culture as we have come to know it, but at the same time be open to the ideas of the new immigrants that are now becoming part of our culture.
The author has brought up several good points when discussing the roles of the new immigrants in our society. I agree with the author that America as we know it was built on several different cultures that over time melted into on cultures known as the American culture. We need to continue to be open to immigrants into our country, but with stipulations. English is the official language of this country and if people want to become citizens of this country they should be required to learn that language and use it. The rest of us should not be required to learn their language so that they feel like they fit it. We need to somehow get back to the idea that this is a great country in which to be a citizen of and those that want to become citizens should be proud of that.

We cannot continue to merely be an economic crutch for those who want to live here. We have a hard enough time taking care of those citizens that are born here, but trying to take care of all the immigrants that are using our welfare system is going to be a burden that I'm not sure we can sustain. In today's economic times programs that have been set up to help the immigrants need to be evaluated to make sure that they are doing what they are supposed to be and helping those that really need it. There may be some reform needed in order to make sure that we embrace the idea of new immigrants into our culture, but not at the expense of the country as a whole.

Works Cited

Clark, Charles S. "The New Immigrants" CQ Researcher 24 March…