Immigration Is Responsible for the Rising Poverty Race

A problem in America that I do not really notice because of what community I live in, is poverty. In the article that I read, they said that one of the biggest attributes to the poverty problem is the Hispanics. According to the article, “…the Hispanic poor accounted for almost three quarters of the four million increase in America’s poor since 1989,” (“Immigration is Responsible for the Rising Poverty Rate”). The writer of this article seems to look down upon the Hispanics because of how many of them contribute to the poverty problem in America. The writer believes that the main cause for the poverty problem is immigration. Because so many Hispanics are immigrants, the writer came to the conclusion that is the main cause for the Hispanic poverty. I also agree with the writer that one of the major contributors to American poverty would be the Hispanics, however I feel that in the future the Hispanics will be able to make a great contribution to American culture. The writer brings up the point that now the black poverty rate has been decreasing. “Black have a very high poverty rate…but the black poverty rate has been declining,” (“Immigration is Responsible for the Rising Poverty Rate”). When the blacks had to start a new life in America after slavery was abolished, they were part of the lower class. As time moved on they were able to move up more and more because they were no longer new to society. I think that in the future the same thing will happen to the Hispanics because when they immigrate they are looking for a new life, and at first they will be poor, but like the blacks, as time moves on they will start to be a smaller part of the poverty problem in America.