Immigration

Essential questions:

How has the United States population grown and what problems have arisen from illegal immigration?

Why do illegal immigrants move to the United States and what are some of the challenges that they face?

Part I Immigration to the United States
         The United States of America is a land founded upon immigrants from all over the world, so why is the United States a place that many people want to migrate to? Click on the link and read a short page.  Why immigrants love America
As of 2013 990,553 people were granted lawful permanent residency in the United States. About 40% of the people were born in Asia and about 32% were born in North America. Mexico at 14% and China at 7.2% have the majority of people coming to the United States. In 2013 we also saw a total of 779,929 people become United States citizens. We have allowed more than one million people live in this country legally within a year but there is still an estimated 11.4 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. The majority of illegal immigrants live in California and are mostly young men between the ages of 25-44. The goal of this lesson is to.

• Examine how immigrants impact our country
• Evaluate the economical cost to immigration
• Explore possible solutions to immigration

First examine the resources below to get a further understanding.
How illegal immigrants help the economy
Take a look at the next two visuals



Now that you have taken a look to both sides of the argument give me your opinion in a post.

Do you think illegal immigration benefits the United States? If so in which ways? Do you think the United States would be different if there were no immigrants?  If not are there any changes that should be made or what would you think would be the most reasonable solution to this? Use facts and statistics from the article to back up your answer.

Short documentary on how immigrants get to the United States. 

The engendered panda

Panda bears are perhaps one of the main attractions in many zoo's and a lot of peoples favorite animal, but their population was decreasing rapidly that they became engendered really soon. The giant panda is one of the most beloved animals in the world. It is also one of the more endangered species in the world, with only about 1000-2000 living in the wild. They like to live in the Forrest and their favorite food is bamboo. As soon as China's population took a huge spike many of the pandas were left with no homes. The rapid increase in a population meant that more land was needed to feed a larger population. Pandas need a great deal of food to keep alive. They must eat great amounts of bamboo every day in order to get enough nutrition to survive. Every day they eat for 12 to 16 hours. Pandas will eat 10 to 18 kilograms (22 to 40 pounds) of bamboo leaves and stems each day. When consuming fresh  bamboo shoots, their necessary intake rises to

approximately 38 kilograms (84 pounds) every day. Occasionally the pandas now didn't have a place to eat, sleep, and breed most importantly. As a result the population decreased and they became endangered very quickly because they reproduce very slowly. Female pandas do not normally mate until they are 5 to 7 years of age. Pandas breeding season takes place from March to May, then the baby pandas are born three to six months later two cubs may be born from one mother at the same time, but only one will survive. Baby pandas are blind when they are first born and when they grow up they have to get fed from their mother. The mother panda has to go out and look for food leaving the baby pandas vulnerable to other predators and humans. Pandas are rare today and are protected by law in China just like the Bald Eagle is in the United

States. If you love pandas then you are in for some good news. Researchers now think that there are about twice as many pandas living in the Wanglang Nature Reserve a 123-square-mile preserve in southwestern China – than were previously believed. An estimated amount of 32 pandas rose up to 66-72. Researchers say the population increase is due to the right habitat with lots of pandas and the right amount of food. In another survey done by researchers they found the number of wild pandas also rose from 1,100 to 1,590. But this

might not be just the result of improved panda habitat over that time. China has contributed a lot to helping out the pandas. China has dedicated more land to panda habitat than ever before. There are now 40 panda reserves across the country compared to just 13 a couple

decades ago.

http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/giant-

http://www.sciencebuzz.org/blog/panda-populations-are-