Paper 3 - Draft 1
Thi
My Hanh Phan
Professor:
Esther Lee
AMLA 80
19 May 2025
The
Greatest Benefits of Immigration in the United States
Immigration is a controversial topic
in the United States about its myths and impaction; however, we can not deny
the many benefits that it brings to the country. Immigration drives economic
growth, creating cultural diversity, and sustains population growth. Immigrants
use their skills and experiences, which enhance productivity and innovation in
various areas, to create valuable products, earn income and pay taxes.
Furthermore, their culture enriches the cultural diversity of the United States
from language, music, cuisine, to art. Moreover, immigration and immigrants
contribute to develop of population which play an important role in labor
force. Overall, immigration brings numerous benefits that contribute to the
development and wealthy of the United States.
One of the greatest benefits of
Immigration in the United States is contributing in driving economic growth by
filling jobs, creating their own business, and paying taxes. Immigrants played
an important role in workforce in Chinatown specially restaurant industry. Through
a study, Check, Please! Health and Working Conditions in San Francisco
Chinatown Restaurants, the authors shared that “There are over 100 restaurants
in the approximately 0.13 square miles of Chinatown, employing an estimated
2,000 workers... The majority of restaurants are medium to large scale
restaurants with 10–50 workers.” (p.6). The important thing to notice about this
information helps to prove for benefits which immigration brought in economic
field. Immigrants built their own businesses which had over 100 restaurants in
San Francisco, created more jobs for people with 2,000 positions, earned money
and paid taxes for local government. Moreover, they contributed in attracting
tourists to come here to spend, which would promote the development of related
industries such as transportation, hotel, and shopping. As the result, Chinese
restaurant industry created large tax revenue, and it was also mentioned in
this study, with nearly one quarter of the city’s total sales tax revenue in
San Francisco from the restaurant field. (p.6). Therefore, immigration has
contributed greatly to economic development.
Next, immigration enriches cultural
diversity of the United States by adding their traditions, languages, cuisine,
and art. Chinese food has become a staple of American culture which shared in
video, “Katie Salisbury: As American as chop suey” by Katie on TED
Residency channel. Katie also mentioned that Chinese food was loved so much by
a larger number of Americans who have ordered Chinese takeout or eating at a
Chinese restaurant, and this industry grow to more than 40,000 restaurants
across the country, nearly three times a number of McDonald’s franchises (01:10). This example proved Chinese foods become
popular in America family; moreover, we also have a lot of foods and beverages
from Mexico, Korea, Vietnam, and so on in our country. This means that we can
enjoy diversity cuisines without travelling to those countries. Therefore,
immigration contributes their culture in enrich diversity in the United States.
Lastly, immigration sustain
population growth and ensure future workforce. In the article, “Children of
Poor Immigrants Rise, Regards of Where They Came From”, Emily – the author of
the article, shared that although the parents are poor or less educated, some
their children achieve higher levels of education and income. The important
thing to notice about this is we can recognize that when immigrants move into
the US, they not only maintain the current workforce, but their children also
contribute to labor force and ensure a future workforce. Furthermore, children
from immigrant families demonstrate their talents and abilities which are
better than the previous generation, even better than native-born children with
higher education and higher income which proved that they got better jobs. Therefore,
immigration is a important part of workforce and population structure.
In conclusion, understanding
benefits of immigration in the United States will help us have a better future
where the country has fair and essential policies for immigration. From solving
challenges and myths, to improving public awareness about benefits which
immigration brought; we can create a stronger community where the values of
diversity and wealthy growth are upholded. If we can recognized the values
immigrants brought, we – both immigrants and native-born Americans can live
side by side without any douts.
Works
cited
“CHECK,
PLEASE!”. Chinese Progressive Association, report, 2010,
https://cpasf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CheckPlease_full_ENG.pdf.
TED
Residency. “Katie Salisbury: As American as Chop Suey.” YouTube, 1 Nov.
2017
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlltIzzZ7w.
Emily
Badger. “Children of Poor Immigrants Rise, Regards of Where They Came From.”
The New York Times, Oct. 28, 2019
Thi
My Hanh Phan
Professor:
Esther Lee
AMLA 80
29 May 2025
The
Greatest Benefits of Immigration in the United States
Immigration is a controversial topic
in the United States about its myths and impacts; however, we can not deny the
many benefits that it brings to the country. Immigration drives economic
growth, creates cultural diversity, and sustains population growth. Immigrants
use their skills and experiences, which enhance productivity and innovation in
various areas, to create valuable products, earn income and pay taxes.
Furthermore, their culture enriches the cultural diversity of the United States
from language, music, cuisine, to art. Moreover, immigration and immigrants
contribute to the development of the population which play an important role in
the labor force. Overall, immigration brings numerous benefits that contribute
to the development and wealth of the United States.
One of the greatest benefits of immigration
in the United States is contributing in driving economic growth by filling
jobs, creating their own business, and paying taxes. Immigrants played an
important role in the workforce in Chinatown, especially in the restaurant
industry. Through a study, “Check, Please! Health and Working Conditions in San
Francisco Chinatown Restaurants”, although the article does not analyze the
economic problems that immigrants bring in detail, it does provide the
following figures “There are over 100 restaurants in the approximately 0.13
square miles of Chinatown, employing an estimated 2,000 workers... The majority
of restaurants are medium to large scale restaurants with 10–50 workers,”
(p.6). The important thing to notice about this information helps prove the benefits
that immigration brought to economic field. Immigrants built their own
businesses which had over 100 restaurants in San Francisco, created more jobs
for people with 2,000 positions, earned money and paid taxes for local
government. Moreover, many restaurants are concentrated, like Chinatown,
contributed in attracting tourists to come spend. In the article, “Check,
Please! Health and Working Conditions in San Francisco Chinatown Restaurants”,
the authors shared that “San Francisco’s Chinatown is one of the oldest in
North America and ranks as the third-most visited tourist destination in the City,”
(p.6). This supports the idea that visitors promote the development of related
industries such as transportation, hotel, and shopping when they visit
Chinatown. As a result, Chinese restaurant industry created large tax revenue,
and it was also mentioned in this study, with nearly one quarter of the city’s
total sales tax revenue in San Francisco from the restaurant industry (p.6). Therefore,
immigration has made a significant contribution to economic development.
Next, immigration enriches cultural
diversity of the United States by adding their traditions, languages, cuisine,
and art. Chinese food has become a staple of American culture shared in a video,
“Katie Salisbury: As American as chop suey” by Katie on TED Residency
channel. Katie also mentioned that Chinese food was loved so much by a larger
number of Americans who have ordered Chinese takeout or eaten at a Chinese
restaurant, and this restaurant industry has grown to more than 40,000
restaurants across the country, nearly three times number of McDonald’s
franchises (01:10). This example proved Chinese
foods become popular in American families; moreover, we also have a lot of
foods and beverages from Mexico, Korea, Vietnam, and so on in our country. This
means that we can enjoy various cuisines without travelling to those countries.
Therefore, immigration contributes their culture to enrich diversity in the
United States.
Lastly, immigration sustains population
growth and ensures future workforce. When immigrants come to the United Stares,
if they are legal, they are already part of the population. Moreover, their
children represent a better workforce than their parents. In the article,
“Children of Poor Immigrants Rise, Regards of Where They Came From,” Emily –
the author of the article, shared that although the parents are poor or less
educated, some their children achieve higher levels of education and income.
The important thing to notice about this is we can recognize that when
immigrants move into the US, they not only maintain the current workforce, but
their children also contribute to the labor force and ensure a future workforce.
Furthermore, children from immigrant families demonstrate their talents and
abilities which are better than the previous generation, even better than
native-born children with higher education and higher income which proved that
they obtained better jobs. Therefore, immigration is an important part of the workforce
and population structure.
In conclusion, understanding
benefits of immigration in the United States will help us have a better future
where the country has fair and essential policies for immigration. From solving
challenges and myths to improving public awareness about benefits which
immigration has brought; we can create a stronger community where the values of
diversity and wealthy growth are upholded. If we can recognize the values
immigrants bring, both immigrants and native-born Americans can live side by
side without myths, discrimination, or blaming each other.
Works
cited
“CHECK,
PLEASE!”. Chinese Progressive Association, report, 2010,
https://cpasf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CheckPlease_full_ENG.pdf.
Badger, Emily.
“Children of Poor Immigrants Rise, Regards of Where They Came From.” The New
York Times, Oct. 28, 2019
TED
Residency. “Katie Salisbury: As American as Chop Suey.” YouTube, 1 Nov.
2017
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlltIzzZ7w.
A meaningful lesson
Through this process, I recognized my mistake in writing. They also are my weakness in grammar that I need to improve. They are parallel structure with and, how to create a noun phrase, subject-verb agreement, and how to use articles for nouns. Moreover, the way I explained my ideas was not clear, so some sentences made my teacher confused when I over use relative pronoun. From reviews and comments from my teacher to my paper 1 and paper 2, I reviewed and read them carefully. Therefore, I found out my mistakes and corrected them. In final paper, these mistakes were fixed; however, I have still not improved how to use academic language. My sentences was just clear enough to understand, not good. I knew this weakness, but I didn't find solution to deal with it. I don't know how to combine and use my vocabulary to make a good sentence. I'm supposed to read academic books more frequently, and I should research and practice using MLA format to improve my skills in writing. In my paper, I had a mistake in works cited by not allowing alphabetical order. A good point, I can share that my paper gradually improve step by step because I received professional reviews and comments from my teacher and my re-reading. Therefore, the more I reread my paper, the more my papers were improved.
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