Should Legal Immigration Be Stopped

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Israel Ramos American Lit. Block 3 10-01-2009 Should Legal Immigration Be Stopped Immigrants are those who come from one country to another for purposes of seeking employment or improved their financial position. However due to the large amount of increasing immigrants especially illegal immigrants some people believe that legal immigrants should be stopped. Legal immigration should not be stopped because there is no law being broken, immigrants help our country grow, and it is unconstitutional. When you are a legal immigrant, you are entitled to most of the same benefits as citizens; you have a social security card and social security and unemployment benefits, and all without any law being broken. Legal Immigrants also are able to collect government benefits and employers have to pay them standard wages. A legal immigrant has obviously migrated to a new country to triumph and has shown respect for the country by migrating legally and respecting the law. If a legal immigrant has respected the law and wants to triumph they will benefit themselves and the country to which they migrated to. To conclude, legal immigration breaks no law and no harm is being done which is why it should not be prohibited. Some of the most intelligent and ambitious individuals, who are unsatisfied with their own countries, bring their skills to America. Immigrants increase the diversity and expand the culture of the country and give struggling people all over the world an opportunity for a better life. Immigrants give competition to natives and competition increases the economy of the country. Immigrants give natives competition in the work force and that makes the natives work harder, so both immigrants and natives will be working hard and that essentially benefits the country’s economy. Therefore, immigrants help our country grow. The Immigration

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