A Slowing Economy Tests Spaniards' Views of Immigrants

I.http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/04/18/a-slowing-economy-tests-spaniards-views-of-immigrants.html

II. My article is about how many people from differwent places are immigrating to Spain because they cannot find a good job in the country they grew up in. Some people are lucky and get become a citizen but some arent that lucky. One man in the article from Africa was not able to become a citizen and he has been living in Spain for 5 years. He is forced to beg on the side of the street to make money just to stay alive. Another immigrant moved to Spain from Columbia and is now sharing a house with one of her friends. In the past 10 years Spain has been home to over 3 million immigrants which has raised their population to over 44 million. Now the economy is slowly decreasing along with the employment rate. The economy has decreased in the agricultural and construction areas.

III. The AP theme is impact of interaction among and within major societies because the internal struggles of Spain is losing them money and making people lose jobs. In many countries immirgration is very common as it was huge in the U.S. yeas ago. As it effects the country it very hard to keep every illegal immigrant out. This article is written by Eduardo Cue a citizen in America shows no bias in his article because it is stating facts. He is talking about population and also the economy decrease which can be prove through statistics. One point of view missing in this article is a born citizen of Spain because they talk to the immigrants who think that they are good for the country but citizens born in Spain may think that their country is being ruined. They may think this because the economy and unemployment rate is rising and they might lose thier jobs because of an immigrant. I think that it is good that people can have a new frech start somewhere else but then again I think it is unfair to other natural citizens who could be losing their jobs and when their country is losing money because of it. I think its natural that immigrants are happy and natural born citizens of Spain are mad.