The primary document that we read this week about the cabinet maker shows the up hill battle that immigrants have to fight upon entering the country. We read about the author coming to America being pushed west by the people already living there, and then struggling to make a living. This is what happens when too large of amounts of people enter the country at one time, and is the exact reason why immigration should be controlled tightly. The US must regulate the amount of people entering the country so that there is a steady supply of jobs for the current population. If this does not occur then people become unemployed and the economy tanks.
Outside of history classes and informed citizens, very rarely does President Jackson's name come up in the debate for the worst president ever. For this reason I think that history will treat President Bush kindly despite current public opinion. History will remember that we had the worst attack on American soil ever and a war that even though is now not backed publicly was fought legally. Jackson has had to live down defying the Supreme Court, sqaushing capitolism, giving away federal funds, and displacing Native Americans. What Bush has done doesn't even compare, which is why I think given some time public opinion will change.
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The primary document that you are referring to is very strong evidence for controlled, sensible, LEGAL, immigration. Yes, the United States is a nation of immigrants. Yes, the United States is the richest country in the world. However, our prosperity should not be taken for granted and is not unlimited. I am all for immigration as long as it does not favor a specific country and is legal. Unfortunately, we have passed the point in our history where it is acceptable to allow anyone to cross into our country without knowing who they are or what their intentions are. I believe that the immigrants that came before felt that they should earn their way in the US by contributing to soceity and then they would be given something back eventually. I believe that it is opposite today. Today, I believe that immigrants up front want free education, health care, welfare, and don't want to learn English. I think that this is an abuse of our generousity and that immigrants in the past would not have done so.
Were capitalists contributing to the difficulties of our primary source's "cabinet maker" by seeking out cheap labor and not providing safe conditions? Could anything/anyone have improved the situation for immigrants even if numbers of immigrants were not regulated?
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