Jaryd Weakley

In 1781, a french - american  immigrant by the name of Hector St. Jean de Crevecouer wrote a letter by the name of "The American". Two centuries later, an american journalist name James Fallows writes an article named " Immigration: How It's Affecting Us". Both of these writings where written in two different time periods but still have the same main idea about immigration and how the United States hasn't made any progress in stopping illegal immigration. Fallows wrote a book that was about a 30 year old vietnamese man moving to the United States and couldnt speak any english. After working numerous hard working jobs, Mr. Nguyen was able to support himself in the United States.

In Fallows book, you see one of de Crevecouer's quotes used in it. The quote "new life" best fits in this book because it helps define what the "old life" might have been. Fallows book shows and explains to us how immigrants get over hre and they survive. Immigrants usually work 2 to 3 jobs just so they can support themselves. Immigrants work ten times harder than americans because they want it more and they need it more just so they can live in the United States. When an immigrant gets over to the United States, they are so shocked and excited with everything that is going on in the states. Technology, buildings, places to eat ect. are out of this world to immigrants because they probably where poor from where they came from and didnt have anything. Immigrants will work any job, it doesnt matter if they excel in that job or they have never done it before, immigrants will do any kind of job just to make more money. Americans don't like having immigrants over in the United States because it takes away there jobs which means they aren't getting any money and they have to go find a nother job.


Americans and immigrants are constantly in a competition of competing for jobs. Honestly, i think immigrants shouldn't be allowed in the United States because they are illegal. They have no right in being over here. I believe they should only be allowed if they are legal and an american citizen. If there an american citizen, then they should be able to compete with other americans to get jobs. If they are still illegal, they shouldnt be able to apply for jobs until they are legal and american citizen.