How do new American immigrants quickly integrate into local life?

Immigration plays an increasingly important role in the United States, whether it is negative or positive. Of course, the positive contribution of immigration far exceeds the negative impact. How do new immigrants quickly integrate into American life? Please follow Bian Xiao to understand:

"Immigrants' integration into American society" is defined as a similar process between immigrant members and receiving society. Generally speaking, after living in the United States, immigrants' education, employment, income, housing and language level have been positively improved as they get closer to Americans. However, in terms of health, crime rate and family pattern, immigrants have turned to a negative direction because of excessive "integration"

education

Education is the place where immigrants outnumber locals. Regardless of gender, the education level of the second generation of immigrants generally exceeds that of the descendants of local people. In the past decade, a large number of highly educated immigrants have entered the United States; The most outstanding performance is the new Asian immigrants headed by Chinese. Immigrants from Mexico and Central America generally have a low level of education, but their children have also received more than 12 years of education.

Employment and income

The employment rate of the first generation of male immigrants is 86%; 83% of the second generation male immigrants; The employment rate of local descendants is 82%. However, the employment rate of female immigrants (6 1%) is not as high as that of local people (72%). It is worth mentioning that the employment rate of male immigrants with low education level is higher than that of local immigrants with low education level, that is to say, even these immigrants with low education level have played an important role in the American economy.

occupation

Generally, the first generation of immigrants are engaged in low-income and low-skilled occupations, but their children actually account for one-fifth to one-third of the high-end scientific and technological occupations in the United States.

house

New immigrants are willing to live with immigrants and are obviously isolated from local whites; The most obvious is the Chinese immigrant group. However, if immigrants have lived in the United States for more than 10 years, they will be more likely to live with local people. Many immigrants from China said that after living for a long time and gradually adapting to American living habits, they will find various benefits of living with local people. In big cities, Asians are most willing to live together, followed by Hispanic and black immigrants. Illegal immigrants and other immigrants are also isolated.

language

All Americans, whether immigrants or locals, think that English proficiency is very important. 4 1% immigrants can speak very good English; 25% people's English level is average. The English level of the second-generation immigrants from China is generally better than that of their parents, and they can communicate with their local peers at zero distance.

health

Immigrants, whether children or adults, are in better health and live longer than locals. The health level of their second generation has declined.

criminal rate

To the surprise of experts and readers, the crime rate of immigrants is only a quarter of that of locals (1adult aged 8 to 39); The crime rate of immigrant communities is also lower than that of local communities; However, the crime rate of descendants of immigrants is higher than that of locals. This shows that immigrants are more likely to commit crimes after integration.

family pattern

The divorce rate of immigrants is lower than that of Americans, and immigrant children prefer to live with their parents. However, second-generation immigrants are more likely to divorce and separate from their parents.

We can see that American immigrants have to go through an initial "labor pains", then gradually change, adapt to the new American life, and finally integrate into it. New immigrants from China have to go through such a process. It is worth noting that "integration" into the United States is not exactly the same imitation, but refers to the convergence of mainstream civilization values, work and lifestyle. The unique culture belonging to one's own nation can be preserved, and some bad habits of American natives are likely to lead the second generation of immigrants to imitate, lead to crime and avoid contact with children.