| “After you graduate from college, you will be putting in applications for
jobs. Even though you might be the most qualified for the job, you still might not obtain the position. Affirmative Action sometimes causes this because companies have to hire a certain number of minorities relative to the size of the company. This means that if there are no minority American citizens available, immigrants who aren’t U.S. citizens can take the position. This is why Affirmative Action should be readjusted, because it is helping immigrants instead of the people it was meant for, American citizens.
The fact is that the current Affirmative Action plan is helping immigrants more than it is helping the American people. For instance, millions of immigrants and foreign visitors are eligible for and actually using Affirmative Action benefits to grab a head start on U.S. born minorities. In effect, many of today’s immigrants are coming to this country and moving right to the
head of the line. James Robb, a senior analyst at The Social Contract, a quarterly journal and author of the study, “Affirmative Action for Immigrants: the Entitlements Nobody Wanted” came up with a great example of how immigrants are using Affirmitive Action to their advantage. Mr. Robb states, “Of all U.S. science doctorates awarded in 1993, fourty-six perscent went to foreigners. There were ten science PhDs awarded to non-citizen Asians to every one awarded to a U.S. Asian.” It doesn’t end
there, because after they receive their PhDs many immigrants will stay in the U.S. to take jobs. This is bad for American citizens who have their PhDs because they struggle to find jobs many of which are already taken by people who aren’t U.S. citizens. Robb states , “because Afirmative Action is keyed to race and ethnicity, without regard to American nationality, foreign citizens routinely get special consideration.” They receive special these special considerations because of the
Immigration Reform and Control Act, which was passed by Congress in 1986. The Immigration and Reform and Control Act was an obscure amendment, which stated that employers couldn’t refuse to hire non-citizen immigrants unless an American is equally or better qualified (Skerry). In simple terms it means that companies can’t avoid hiring non-citizens, which is extereely bad for the American people.” Excerpted from Antiessays.com |
