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this is a controversial topic for many reasons. One of them being that in the u.s there is a lot of immigrants and a lot of the people that are american here do not like or dont treat immigrants equally. Alot of people believe that they dont belong here

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this is important because many people around us are immigrants. and many of us in our school have relatives and people that are very very close to us that are immigrants or that are affected by people against immigrants

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a lot of people are affected by immigration. some people are negatively affected and some people are positively affected. some people immigrate to other countries to seek a better life that they otherwise wouldnt have in the country they were born or coming from. some people see immigrants in a negative way because they think they are taking there jobs but in reality some immigrants do the some of the hardest and most important jobs out there that other people dont want to do

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there is people against immigrants and people with immigrants. people against usually just hate them just simply because they are not from here and dont know them or their story.

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since the 1880s till now people have imigrated. the pilgrims were one of the first to imigrate to america. most of that people that imigrate to america are seeking a better life and sometimes they achieve it and sometimes they get a worse life.

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people have immigrated to the united states hoping they can achieve their goal and have a better life but sometimes they end up in cages or sometimes are denied into the u.s. immigrant children have spent long periods of time in cages at the u.s border because they try to come up north to have a better life and run away from problems they was not their fault or that they cant control.

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there is also migrant caravans that come from central american to leave the corrupt country they are from or to run away from the violence that exists there and end up getting denied asylum when they really need

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Immigrants have long been an integral part of the U.S. workforce. And while there isn't any one industry where immigrants make up the majority of workers, there are some jobs where foreign born workers dominate, a new report from Pew Research finds.

That's especially the case in America's beauty business, where immigrants made up 63% of those that provide services as manicurists and pedicurists, makeup artists, shampooers and skin care specialists. Slightly more than half of these workers (51%) were authorized to be in the country, while 12% of them were undocumented, Pew found in its analysis of 2014 Census Bureau data.

Pew also found that 60% of the workers who ensure that no bad fruits or vegetables get to supermarkets are immigrants.

Related: Without immigrants, U.S. workforce would shrink dramatically over next 20 years

Other jobs where immigrants made up more than half of the workforce included plasterers and stucco masons, sewing machine operatorsand farm workers.

Many of the jobs held by immigrants -- especially those who are undocumented -- pay low wages, said Jeffrey Passel, a senior demographer at Pew Research Center.

"Undocumented workers, as a group, tend to work in low-paying jobs that don't require certifications, which is why you often find them working as drywall hangers or stucco masons, but don't find them in plumbing and electrical work," he said.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median hourly wage for a manicurist in 2014 was $9.43 and an agricultural sorter earned $9.57. Sewing machine operators earned $10.54 an hour. Construction helpers like painters and paperhangers earned $12.46 an hour, while plasterers and stucco masons earned a much higher wage of $18.05 an hour.

The Pew researchers found that there was no particular industry where immigrants were the majority of workers.

Private household employment, which includes maids, gardeners and nannies, had the largest share of immigrant workers at 45%.Among these workers there was a nearly even split between authorized and undocumentedworkers, the researchers found.

Related: The worker shortage facing America's farmers

Foreign born workers represented about 36% of the textile, apparel and leather manufacturing industry and 33% of the overall agriculture industry in 2014. Meanwhile, Pew found that 18% of the farming industry's foreign-born workforce was composed of undocumented immigrants, while 15% were authorized to work in the U.S.

Overall, immigrants made up 17% of the U.S. workforce in 2014, which represented about 27.6 million of the country's 161.4 million workers. Pew derived its figures from the U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS), which includes employed, unemployed and military workers. The survey also accounts for unauthorized workers.

About 19.6 million immigrant workers -- or about 12.1% of the total U.S. workforce -- were in the U.S. legally in 2014, Pew reported. About 8 million -- or 5% of the U.S. workforce -- were undocumented. However, Pew noted that about 10% of this undocumented population were authorized to work through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, and temporary status protection.

Pew noted the share of authorized immigrants in the U.S. workforce has grown from 9% in 1995 to 12% in 2014, while the share of undocumented workers has risen from 3% in 1995 to 5% in 2014 -- a percentage that has remained relatively stable since 2005.

Related: America's undocumented workforce has stopped growing

As fewer migrant workers come into the country, specialty fruit and vegetable producers say they're experiencing a worker shortage that has forced them to pay higher wages. With a national average wage of roughly $12 an hour, most American workers don't want to do the work for that pay, industry sources said.

The shortage has incited the American Farm Bureau Federationto ask Congress to consider issuing more agricultural worker visas.

"This issue is critical for our farmers, who need access to a legal and stable workforce," said Kristi Boswell, director of Congressional relations for the organization. "We need Congress to pass legislation to make that happen."

CNNMoney (New York) First published March 16, 2017: 2:00 PM ET

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That's especially the case in America's beauty business, where immigrants made up 63% of those that provide services as manicurists and pedicurists, makeup artists, shampooers and skin care specialists. Slightly more than half of these workers (51%) were authorized to be in the country, while 12% of them were undocumented, Pew found in its analysis of 2014 Census Bureau data.

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Up to 3,000 nationals of Central American countries have left the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula as part of a migrant caravan planning to walk to the United States.

The migrants, including families with young children, set out around 4 a.m. local time. The first goal is the Guatemalan border, some 260 kilometers (160 miles) away.

They follow a smaller group of some 300 people who set out on Thursday.

Hondurans rest outside a bus station before taking part in a new caravan of migrants

Why are migrants leaving?

The migrants say they are escaping poverty, unemployment, and gang and drug violence.

Some say they are suffering from the aftermath of two violent hurricanes that hit the country last November.

"The combination of COVID-19, social exclusion, violence and climate-related disasters that occur at the same time with a magnitude seldom seen before in Central America raises new humanitarian challenges,'' the International Committee for the Red Cross said in a statement Friday.

How has their journey been so far?

The migrants quickly dispersed along the heavily-trafficked highway to the border town of Agua Caliente. Some quickly caught rides while others walked along the highway escorted by police.

Police had checkpoints set up along the highway but were just asking for identification documents.

Some police with riot gear waited on buses at points along the highway, but they had made no move to stop the migrants.

State of emergency declared

Honduras' neighbor Guatemala - together with Mexico - has an agreement with the US to stop north-bound migratory flows.

On Thursday, it declared a state of emergency in seven departments as the amassing continued, to limit prevent demonstrations and to allow police to use force, if necessary.

The Guatemalan government's Immigration Institute said Friday afternoon that in the course of the day small groups of Honduran migrants had entered the country and about 600 people were voluntarily returned to Honduras.

Mexico also deployed agents to its southern border on Thursday.

The caravans will be the first of the year and set off less than a week before US President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

Biden, who is due to be inaugurated on Wednesday, has pledged a more humane approach to migration - a departure from outgoing President Donald Trump's hardline anti-immigrant policies.

The twice-impeached president has characterized immigrants from Mexico as "rapists" who were "bringing drugs" and other criminal activity with them to the US.

No money for COVID tests

If the group reaches the border this time, they will have to show negative tests for COVID-19 in order to pass, which would not be possible for most of them.

More than a dozen migrant caravans have set off from Honduras since October 2018 - at least four of them with 3,000 people each. But all have run up against thousands of US border guards and soldiers.

The Trump administration has since reached agreements with Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador where migrants heading to the US must claim asylum in one of those countries.

Otherwise, they can be sent back when they reach the US border.

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Up to 3,000 nationals of Central American countries have left the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula as part of a migrant caravan planning to walk to the United States. The migrants, including families with young children, set out around 4 a.m. local time.

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