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About this immigration video: Watch the Let Us B E What We Are video, Clip on emule P2P system with name Let us become what we are Immigration from areas of high incidence is thought to have fueled the resurgence of tuberculosis TB chagas hepatitis and leprosy in areas of low incidence To reduce the risk of diseases in low incidence areas the main countermeasure has been the screening of immigrants on arrival 40 According to CDC TB cases among foreign born individuals remain disproportionately high at nearly nine times the rate of U S born persons In 2003 nearly 26 percent of foreign born TB patients in the United States were from Mexico Another third of the foreign born cases were among those from the Philippines Vietnam India and China the CDC report said 41 42 43 The history of HIV AIDS in the United States began in about 1969 when HIV likely entered the United States through a single infected immigrant from Haiti In the United States concerned parties argue that an influx of immigrants especially less educated immigrants is responsible for an increase in theft and violent crime in the areas they migrate to This concern is prevalent in many strata of society from the common man a 2000 survey of Americans found 73 percent felt immigrants were dangerous because they brought crime 56 to the highest levels of the US Government as clearly stated in a speech by George W Bush on May 15 2006 57 As Professor Ruben Rumbaut and Walter Ewing have noted this impression is reinforced and magnified by television shows and movies such as The Godfather The Sopranos Scarface Rush Hour and West Side Story that strongly correlate ethnic immigrant groups with organized crime 58 Statistics however do not consistently support this argument While one 2005 report stated that 21 of all crimes are committed by illegal immigrants other reports released in 2008 showed that immigrants were anywhere from three to five times less likely to commit crimes than native born American residents 59 Some groups argue that immigration debate increases one type of crime violent crimes by United States born citizens against immigrants According to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center as debate on the issue of immigration increased and language became more incendiary from 2003 to 2006 hate crimes against Latinos rose by 35 60 The anti immigration group Federation for American Immigration Reform has argued that these statistics are flawed stating that violence by non Latino gangs against the Latino organized criminal element are being mistaken for racial violence The primary argument of some nationalist opponents in Europe and Asia is that immigrants simply do not belong in a nation state which is by definition intended for another ethnic group citation needed France therefore is for the French Germany is for the Germans Japan is for the Japanese and so on Immigration is seen as altering the ethnic and cultural composition of the national population and consequently the national character citation needed From a nationalist perspective high volume immigration potentially distorts or dilutes their national culture more than is desired or even necessary citation needed Germany for example was indeed intended as a state for Germans the state s policy of mass immigration was not foreseen by the 19th century nationalist movements citation needed Immigration has forced Germany and other western European states to re examine their national identity part of the population is not prepared to redefine it to include immigrants citation needed It is this type of opposition to immigration which generated support for anti immigration parties such as Vlaams Belang in Belgium the British National Party in Britain the Lega Nord in Italy the Front National in France and the Lijst Pim Fortuyn in the Netherlands citation needed One of the responses of nation states to mass immigration is to promote the cultural assimilation of immigrants into the national community and their integration into the political social and economic structures citation needed In the United States cultural assimilation is traditionally seen as a process taking place among minorities themselves the melting pot citation needed In Europe where nation states have a tradition of national unification by cultural and linguistic policies variants of these policies have been proposed to accelerate the assimilation of immigrants citation needed The introduction of citizenship tests for immigrants is the most visible form of state promoted assimilation citation needed The test usually include some form of language exam and some countries have reintroduced forms of language prohibition
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