Illegal immigration does not have a negative economic impact in the United States as some people would make it seem. This misconception is due to people thinking that the illegal immigrants are stealing the jobs of good citizens leaving them without work. Another misconception is that the workers are taking money from our economy. However both of these reasons are quickly proven unfounded in fact. This topic is of importance to the people of the United States because there are around 12 million illegal immigrants living and working in this nation.
:D Illegal Immigration The population of the United States is roughly 300 million people; of those people, 11.2 million are illegal. Illegal immigrants (mostly Mexicans) bring with them crime, drugs, and cost the American government billions of dollars yearly. This can greatly decrease the value of a country’s economy. Legal immigrants are a key step to help any nation’s economy thrive and grow (mostly the white ones), but illegal immigrants hinder and dismantle it (mostly the black, brown, and yellow ones). Most illegal immigrants that cross into the U.S. come from Mexico (shocker).
Children of families that receive government assistance are more likely to have children as teenagers and are in turn are more likely to receive more government assistance because they are not financially stable. The families can’t afford the people they already have in their family, so having more children interferes with their current children’s rights, tax payers’ rights, and the rights of future children brought into this socioeconomic class. It takes away the children’s right to quality experiences and proper parenting. Proper parenting is in no way saying that these people are bad parents, however, they are not setting a good example if they are not thinking about the financial well-being of their family. These government costs could be greatly reduced by distributing birth control to all men and women at no cost to them.
Illegal Immigration: Freedom for Some Is Hard To Achieve By: Wyatt R. DeGagne Hecko per.1A The United States has long been a symbol of freedom and democracy, yet some people find it so hard to gain access and eventually citizenship. Immigration into the United States is not hard for most people, buying property, learning English, and gaining a green card. For others it can be hard, not having the money or the resources to enter the country legally is usually the main issue. People from Central and South America have their own problems that they wish to get away from; corruption and crime run rapid through many of their countries, and for some the only answer is to come to the United States. Nearly 3,300 attempt to find refuge in the United
Some people oppose the DREAM Act because they think it encourages and rewards illegal immigrants and will attract other illegal immigrants creating migrations of whole families to enter into the U.S. Some Americans believe this Act is unfair because they may have to pay full tuition at state universities and colleges when immigrant students will have easier access to lower tuition to college because they are poor or minority. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The primarily reason is the job-related because with all the unemployment and high taxes, people moved to look for a better job under stable circumstances. If Puerto Rico hadn’t raise their taxes, many Puerto Ricans wouldn’t have leaved the island, but it all comes back to the United States limiting Puerto Rico in trading with other countries. Also, this mass emigration was caused by the indecisiveness of the political status of Puerto Rico. During the years, there have been various status referendums deciding on whether Puerto Rico should become a state, independent, or stay the way it is. And in these referendums, the Puerto Ricans don’t seem to agree on the status of Puerto Rico.
Deporting so many people seems to be immoral, considering many of them contribute to society. For example, by paying taxes and maintaining America’s food supply while earning low wages, and are therefore members of society (Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform 3). According to Joseph H. Carens, irregular immigrants should be given amnesty if they have been in the United States for a long time, such as 5-7 years, since they already firmly established themselves as members of society (Carens 4). One anecdote Carens uses as an example in his case for amnesty is the case of Marguerite Grimmond: “Grimmond was born in the United States but moved to Scotland with her mother as a young child. At the age of 80, she left the United Kingdom for a family vacation to Australia.
They also come in pursue of giving a better educational opportunities to their young children. Also immigrants are more likely to create jobs and pay taxes when they live in the United States which helps the economy grow stronger. Although there are many negative conceptions about immigrants these individuals should have the opportunity to migrate to the United States for a better life. Many of the immigrants that migrate were left with no other option but to enter illegally through the border because in there countries they suffered from poverty, crime, the lack of education and opportunities. In the article “Rethinking El Salvador’s transnational families” by Leisy J. Abrego writes about a young boy named Daniel and his struggles living in El Salvador while his father is in the United States looking for work.
The article “Paga ser Bilingue” by Domenico Maceri discusses why workers should be reward for being bilingual. Growing immigrant population in the United States that is not fluent in English requires providing more services in different languages. Many government agencies and American companies are looking to hire bilingual employees. Instead of hiring expensive professional interpreters, the companies prefer save money by providing stipends for multilingual workers. However, some people disagree with providing services in different languages because emigrants will never learn English.
Immigration, damaging or helpful? Immigration has been a problem in the United States since before the country was established. Many citizens and politicians claim that illegal immigration is a hindrance to the country’s economy because immigrants take American jobs and that they don’t pay taxes. They also agree that our government spends too much money in keeping them out. People on the other side of this argument claim that immigrants help by taking unwanted jobs with very little pay, and in doing that they are helping keep the prices of domestic goods down across the country.