Illegal immigration has been an important and serious issue for decades; which affects everyone, both Americans and immigrants themselves. Illegal Immigration has three main purposes: first to find a better life in the “promise land”, second: free healthcare, and third: for criminal activity. Most illegal immigrants come to America with the best intentions for themselves and/or their families, but many others have alternative motives. The thing that must be remembered is that illegal immigration is illegal. It’s all in the name.
Illegal Immigration- A Problem at the U.S Borders Illegal immigration has been a problem at the U.S/Mexican border for years. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, in 2008 there were about 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States in 2008. One of the problems that are caused by this is that illegal aliens are getting jobs in America. These jobs that they are getting should be going to true Americans that are legal. Some people have been looking for a job for a long time, and the illegal immigrants are taking them.
Amnesty in the United States In The Economic Consequences of Amnesty for Unauthorized Immigrants, written by economists Orrenius and Zavodny, from 1969 to 2009 as many as 11 million undocumented immigrants have come to America, mainly from Mexico, Central America and Asian countries (Cato Journal 87). There are many amnesty proposals by both democrats and republicans since there is no denying that the American immigration system is broken. The alternative to amnesty is immoral and unethical, which would consist of deporting and punishing families, including children, who have come to America for a better life in the pursuit of happiness. It is unethical to deport 11 million people, therefore undocumented immigrants that have been here for a certain length of time or came as a child should be given a path to citizenship to make it possible for them to legally live and work in the United States, although government would have to impose certain policies first and certain requirements would have to be met by the immigrants in order for them to gain amnesty. Deporting so many people seems to be immoral, considering many of them contribute to society.
Illegal aliens shouldn’t be rewarded with legal status and other benefits. Most Americans don’t want immigrants in their country because they take the jobs away form them. American citizens have different Pros and Cons about immigration topic like Amnesty, Deportation, Mexican Border Fence, Driver Licenses for illegal aliens. Most all of the states don’t allow immigrants to get a drivers license with the right paper work. This does not keep illegal aliens from driving, even though they work low salaries, can’t afford an insurance and they often have trouble the road signs in english.
America’s primary goal is national security and when thousands of illegal immigrants travel into the U.S. each year, any one of those illegal immigrants could have plans to wreak havoc on this country. Gang members could be affiliated with terrorist groups who have ill-intentions for America, jeopardizing public safety (I’d rather my pink Caddy not have bullet holes in it). Along with the violence, illegal immigrants take jobs away from legal residence (right about here is where I ran out of stuff to say so I B.S.-ed it to make it longer, just bein’ honest). It’s proven that illegal immigrants are more likely to do lower paying jobs that involve more labor than legal Americans, but in the long run those jobs would be filled by previously un-employed citizens. This would strengthen America’s economy in the long run and reduce how much the government pays out to
The Good, the Bad, and the Immigrants In recent media, immigration has become the talk of the year and whether the discussion is regarding Obama’s new immigration plan, if immigration is good or bad, or where most immigrants seem to be headed, the conversations are heating up more than ever before. But what seem to be the most involved arguments of all is the fact that some people tend to believe that immigration is taking a negative toll on their country without actually looking into the effects that come with them. Although some may argue that immigrants are taking up job opportunities, overpopulating the country, and increasing crime, I believe that immigrants are bringing more cultural diversity, shaping how the world seems to view America,
Some debates talk about citizenship, border security, driver's license, mass deportations, threats, economic burdens, and higher crime rates. For example, in America, 72% of legal citizens oppose allowing illegal immigrants the ability to obtain a driver's license (Miller). Other problems create disadvantages towards American citizens and workers, such as the Southwest seeing an increase in mass murders, sexual assaults, kidnappings, shootings, armed robberies, burglaries, and more, most being tied to illegal immigration (Greenblatt). These problems further drain public budgets and intensify competition for jobs, social services, and low-cost affordable housing because of the congestion in cities and towns that involve minorities, the homeless, everyday citizens, and both legal and illegal immigrants. Throughout the current wave of immigration, polls have consistently found that the public, at large, favors curbing immigration.
Delgaudio, Sterling District Supervisor of Loudoun County, Virginia, in a July 17, 2007 statement offered the following: “Illegal immigration is taking a greater and greater toll on this community... While lax federal and state enforcement allows the problem to develop, local government is also at fault when it rewards law-breakers with access to free taxpayer-funded services. Giving away free services to people whose very presence is a felony is unfair to people who obey the law. More and more of their own money goes to support lawbreakers and subsidized increasing problems of overcrowding, litter and gang crime. It's an insult to native-born taxpayers and taxpayers who took the time and effort to come here legally.
While illegal immigration in the United States can and will never be entirely stopped, it can be effectively decreased and even reversed (Reverse). At this point illegal aliens are depleting American funds by consuming a large amount of tax payer’s money, while not paying taxes, and taking jobs away form potential tax payers. As stated earlier more than 26 billion dollars go towards aiding illegal aliens every year, and while 16 million are given back threw taxes the other 10 billion lost could easily be poured into the needy public school system. With the support and proper training by the federal government border control can execute the job of deterring illegal
Illegal Immigration Illegal Immigration Illegal immigration includes many different status and differentrequirements to get in the process. There are many reasons and circumstances that the illegal immigrants have when they across the line, putting sometimes in risk their lives or just they leave their beliefs, cultures and loving families. The follow table will show the population of Illegal Immigrant’s increases. Table 1 Spread of Distribution of Locations Where Illegal Immigrants Reside by State. The population of Illegal Immigrant has increased since 2000 around the country estimated from 11.5 to 12 million individuals.