According to the textbook, Germany is not a melting pot society, and Germans are not mobile compared to the United States and its people
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According to the textbook, Germany is not a melting pot society, and Germans are not mobile compared to the United States and its people. Many people have lived in the same area and even in the same house for generations. Because most Germans live in flats or tiny houses, they are not used to meeting and socializing with strangers at home. As a result, they have a cautious attitude toward strangers (Gannon and Pillai 2015).
Regarding the number of foreign-born people living within its borders, the United States and Germany are first and second, respectively, with both witnessing increased migration over the last four decades (Goodman 2021). Despite their disparate histories of migration and immigrant assimilation, both nations’ immigration, asylum, and refugee policies are decided at the national level (Goodman 2021). Additionally, migrants escaping violence in Central America have started coming to the US-Mexico border unannounced in recent years, in a manner more akin to Germany’s experience with asylum seekers, putting the US system’s capacity to assess their applications to the test. Many schools, health care facilities, and neighborhoods around the country were caught off guard when they arrived ( Goodman 2021). Longer-term integration problems for cities with asylum seekers include offering language training and education and assisting these newest arrivals in finding work (Spies, Mayer and Goerres 2020). These processes are characteristic of more normal immigrant entrants, such as the vast majority of those arriving in the United States and Germany, but on a far larger scale and at a much faster speed (Spies, Mayer, and Goerres 2020).
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Immigrants are generally good for America’s economy. “According to the United States of America Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012 the employment status of the Foreign-Born population by race and hispanic ethnicity 2010 showed 4,138 white non-hispanic, 1,893 black non-hispanic, 4,928 asian non-hispanic and 10,776 Hispanic as employees.” (Nachmias and Guerrero 2015, p. 33) Many immigrants come to America for freedom to gain financial means and send those resources back home to those relatives yet in poverty. While others come for education and to learn about our culture while helping the United States understand their culture. Many continue using their native language while others assimilate to American customs. Societies have always sculpted walls and guarded those borders in diverse ways however many bullies within American culture have opinions about who should be allowed inside the walls. While escaping poverty, persecution, natural disasters, immigrants who uproot from their families is extraordinarily difficult. In the 19th Century many Germans left and came to America because European powers forced their subjects to follow an official state religion. An opinion waged that in America Germans would have it easy if they came to America. Farming was easier and you could own and work a very large plot of land very easily. Very little crime. They should learn English. According to the International Migration Database, “Immigration to Germany, both in the country’s modern borders and the many political entities that preceded it, has occurred throughout the country’s history. Today, Germany is one of the most popular destinations for immigrants in the world, with well over 1 million people moving there each year since 2013.” (OECD 2021) In Germany there are student visa and guest worker programs as they welcome refugees and grant fair opportunities to gain wealth. “Immigration in Germany Today reports in 2015, one German in five has an immigration background with 8.2 million people are immigrants, which is 10.1% of the population. By comparison, the United States has 13.1%.” (American Culture and German Culture, 2016)
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