cts, were sent aboard to pick out the fittest and most desirable aliens for introduction into this country, or even placed on board ship to pick them out in transit.”(Ward 543) Which makes you wonder what was actually more important to people back in the day, someone that would work for almost nothing or someone that was healthy. According to Ward the answer would be cheap labor. Things have not changed very much. Now there are people (Americans) who will actually go across borders and bring back Mexican immigrants/migrants to work on their farms, factories, etc. Just for the sake of “cheap labor.”Once many immigrants come to America they quickly assimilate our culture and customs. Not so much because they want to be like us, but because they want to be accepted by the majority which in the United States would be Anglo Saxons. “There is no doubt that we are absorbing the immigrant into our national life, but we are doing it with a reckless disregard of the suffering and the loss of idealism which our laissez-faire policy inevitably entails.” (Abbott 308) Many do things like change their names, dress style and most try to rid themselves of their accents. Doing these will in one way or the other make American people more comfortable with them, causing them to accept them not for who they really are but for who we want them to be. “This policy is as wrong in principle as it will always be unsuccessful in practice.” (Abbott 309) By allowing this to happen not only are we allowing people to lose their individuality but we are also destroy their culture and adapt to ours. Many of the customs that the immigrants could bring would form a valuable gift to our national life. Since the first European settlers set foot in North America, immigration has suffused the American experience. Indeed, many of the values that unite Americans as a nation are tied to immigration. Immigration has not only framed our vi...
