Illegal Immigration In The United States

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Illegal Immigration in the United States By Charles B. Illegal immigration has not only become a major concern, the overall impact in the United States is rising. Within the last five to ten years, we’ve detected thousands or even millions of immigrants, specifically Hispanics; migrating into the United States without passports, visas, or proper documentation. Illegal immigration has become a great fear in the United States because it creates a higher financial deficit due to supporting the immigrants who do not invest back into our country. Studies acknowledged that, on average, the costs that illegal-immigrant households bear on the federal government are less than half that of other households and that many of those costs relate to their…show more content…
Reports from the Migration Policy Institute, a non-partisan group focused on global immigration issues, said in the 2012 budget year that ended in September, the government spent close to $18 billion on immigration enforcement programs run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the US-Visit program, and Customs and Border Protection, which includes the Border Patrol. Today, immigration enforcement can be seen as the federal government's highest criminal law enforcement priority, judged on the basis of budget allocations, enforcement actions, and case volumes (The Associated…show more content…
With doing so, we will be able to see more financial backing to the American people and the federal government’s spending on securing illegal immigrants will be used on supporting more of the American people. Work Cited Fitzgerald, Mary. "Illegal Immigrants' Cost to Government Studied.” Washington Post. The Washington Post Company, 26 Aug. 2004. Web. 12 February 2013. “Obama administration spent $18B on immigration enforcement.” USA Today. The Associated Press. Web. 20 February 2013 Schneider, Leslie. “Negative Effects of the Government Funding of Illegal Immigrants”. The Beaufort Observer. Beaufort County Now. Web. 20 February 2013 Bennett, Daniel A. “The Effects of Illegal Immigration in America 2010”. Info Press. Info Press. Web. 20 February 2013 Corwin, Robert G. “How Immigration is Impacting the U.S. Social Economy”. Social Issues. The Assimilation Myth. Web. 10 March

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