For the longest time the United States has used Mexican immigration and labor to obtain economic flexibility. Finally, the means has garnered as much attention at the ends. The social and economic issues that have developed due to immigrant worker programs are among some of the most important issues being addressed by our leaders today. Immigration in America has always been a racially motivated issue due to our unique geography. Immigration is defined as "settling in a country to whom one is not native" (Webster's); however, when an American visualizes immigration he generally sees skin color. Moving from Germany to Austria is immigrating, but in our sense of the word that hardly precipitates any kind of a transition.
Only a generation ago this perception was completely different. Irish, German and Polish workers moved to America's great Eastern cities to find fortune. This generation would have visualized immigration through difference in language and customs. During......

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Title: The New Irish
Approximate Word Count: 1698
Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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