The Illegal Immigration Issue In America

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Amnesty The illegal immigrant issue in America is an ever increasing issue. Bills have been sent to be passed to the president and have been declined. The issue now is becoming more and more of a problem, when our borders go unprotected. The problems that illegal immigration causes to a society and a nation can be harmful. By granting these people amnesty, we can counter some of these problems and provide a system in which people can be treated fairly and not be forced to be paid less and soak up the benefits of living inside the United States without contributing. “Aliens living in the United States illegally since January 1, 1980, would be permitted to remain, would be made eligible for resident-alien status after having been here for ten…show more content…
the government would be able to keep track of these people. Currently if people are illegal immigrants they aren’t registered anywhere. The benefit of the government to be able to keep track of people is that crime rates would go down. If the government took finger prints when illegal immigrants registered they would be able to keep track of crimes they may have done. This would cut down on crime rates because people would be legal now and they can be tracked if they did something illegal. The amnesty would only overwrite their illegal immigration status it would not erase their previous crimes. So if people commit crimes now the government would have a large number of finger print data to match against these people that would have otherwise been off the…show more content…
But the problem is that illegal immigrants are already taking the jobs of citizens. The benefit of giving these illegal immigrants amnesty is that since they are already working in the United States, there would be a tax increase by being able to receive income tax from them. By taxing them they will help pay for social security, and other government funds that will help the unemployed people find jobs and survive. Many illegal immigrants take jobs on farms and places that U.S. citizens don’t want to work, they do plenty of jobs that Americans wouldn’t want to do. So affecting the number of jobs in the United States is definitely a factor but it is not as significant as people think it is. "Do undocumented workers take away jobs from Americans?" asks Anthony Chan, chief economist at JP Morgan Private Client Services in Columbus, Ohio. "My best guess is that they take some jobs away. Some Americans are willing to work at those jobs at low salaries, but not
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