Argumentative Essay On Illegal Immigration

The United States of America, being a country founded by immigrants, is known all over the world as the land of great opportunities. People from all walks of life travelled across the globe, taking a chance to find a better life for them and their family. Over the years, the population of immigrants has grown immensely, resulting in the currently controversial issue of illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants are the people who have overstayed the time granted on their US, visa or those who have broken the federal law by crossing the border illegally. Matt O’Brien stated in his article “The government thinks that 10.8 million illegal immigrants lived in the country in January 2009, down from a peak of nearly 12 million in 2007.”(Para, 2)

Immigration is currently a hot topic, within in the United States government. Currently the United States Congress is fighting to decide the fate of the Dreamers, and the Immigration bill DACA. Like many controversial issues within the government, the Democrats and Republicans are in a disagreement on what to do. Each article, examines a different take on the current immigration reform. Bier’s main argument is that individuals who are contributing to immigration reform are ignorant, that Immigrants are not hurting the American Labor market. The next article, I examined, was written by Eric Cantor; Cantor states that although the parties each have a high stake in the decision, Congress makes on DACA, there must be a decision otherwise, the law will remain status quo. Next, we look at Gessen’s article, the main argument is that immigrants should not be looked at valuable or illegal, they should not have to be talented in order to be welcome within the United States. Lastly, Vargas, an undocumented Immigrant, discusses the difficulties of being illegal within the United States, yet still shines a light on the positive influences he had throughout his childhood and time in America.

Among the presidential candidates for the year 2016, Republican representative Donald Trump seems to have the most ridiculous and controversial campaign ideas. One of his more known campaign ideas has to do with banning Muslims from the United States. He generalized that all Muslims currently, or plan to act as, terrorists who will launch attacks on US soil. Building a wall on the border between US and Mexico is another well known idea of his, especially because he wants Mexico has to pay the cost for the wall’s construction. Even though politicians may paint immigration in a negative light, the United States relies on immigrants to help its economy, so it should not opt to throw them out of the country.

The United States is known as the country of opportunity, liberty and equality. People come to the United States to give themselves and their children an opportunity to live a better life than the one they had. When Donald Trump became president, many people became fearful of what would happen to them, especially those of Hispanic descent and people from Muslim countries. President Trump started working on changing the immigration policies. According to the Migration Policy Institute, approximately 13.5% (43.3 million) of the U.S. population are immigrants, documented and undocumented, and those are only the ones that the government knows about. Some are deported to México or to their homeland for other reasons such as murdering, illegal trafficking,

The walls are caving inside one’s hiding place and all one hears is the screams of their cherished friends being brutally assaulted by law enforcement that is suppose to be our protectors, who turn out to be the devil hidden in the flesh. One could nothing, but continue to hear the screaming and pray that the terror does not find him or her. One continues to cower under fear and wait for the sun to rise again to live under fear for another day. Each day goes by with one always looking behind his or her shoulders wondering if they, immigration, are coming for them and are the people, he or she trusts, will sell them out.The thoughts of abandonment, fear, and betrayal are constantly running through the families that do not have a piece of paper,

The 2016 presidential election and the now 2017 president, has struck fear in many Americans, especially immigrants; both legal and illegal. Immigration has been one of the top headlines throughout President Donald Trump’s presidency. Many immigrants feared for their lives. They did not know what to expect if Trump were to become president, but now, the fear of being kicked out of America or even being restricted from coming back to America with a green card, has increased. While we still have other issues surrounding us, immigration plays a key factor in causing mayhem in our society.

"You know, 11 million people live in the shadows. I believe they're already American citizens” Biden said at a gathering at the United States Chamber of Commerce in March 2014. "These people are just waiting, waiting for a chance to contribute fully. And by that standard, 11 million undocumented aliens are already Americans, in my view”. Biden feels, “If we want a game changer, the single most important thing we can do for our economy and for America's future is pass immigration reform now”. Nearly 12 million illegal immigrants have made a life for themselves in the States. Deporting them is not only morally unjust, but Biden makes it clear deporting illegal immigrants will have a negative impact on the economy. If they are offered a path to gain citizenship, they will have a greater contribution to American economy and society. "These are not strangers. … They have been here most of their whole lives," Biden said of immigrants. "These are our children, all of our children”. Although the United States needs to enforce a stricter border policy, the United States cannot afford to spend billions of taxpayer money on a project to create a physical boundary. In comparison, Donald J. Trump, a Republican candidate, intends to build a wall across the US-Mexico border, and make Mexico pay for it. If Mexico refuses, Trump plans on increasing fees on all temporary visas decreed to Mexican CEOs and

The issue of Immigration is a controversial debate that is currently being argued between many Americans regarding undocumented immigrant rights. This issue is significant because Americans and undocumented immigrants living in the United States face a problem everyday which is violence. Undocumented immigrants have and deserve rights including the rights to work. They are not being treated with the equality and freedom that America promises therefore undocumented workers should be allowed to work unmolested.

Trump’s plan to stop illegal immigrants is to build a wall over the Mexican Border. During Donald Trump’s presidential campaign one of his boldest promises was to deport all illegal Hispanic Immigrants. Current President Donald Trump has already released his plan to stop immigrants from entering and crossing the border. One of the negative effects on building this wall is he wants Mexico to pay for this border. "I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I build them very inexpensively" states Trump. According to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, he reveals “No way we pay for Trump’s wall”. Hispanic Immigrants fear to get deported and more are running away from immigration police (I.C.E). More and more immigrants are getting deported every day and are saying goodbye to their dream. According to Viviana Andazola Marquez, her dad wanted to do the correct thing, waiting for his residency, paying his taxes and working was arrested by I.C.E. Until this day she is waiting for I.C.E to release her dad. Trump’s plan to deport all illegal immigrants out of the United States “the Department of Homeland Security issued a sweeping set of orders Tuesday that implement President Trump’s plan to increase immigration enforcement, placing most of the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation” (Gomez 2017).

I believe that immigrants should be let into the USA and there should be no restriction on allowing who comes in and out. However, I do believe in the safety of any citizen or person living in the United States. Because of this, I think that each immigrant should be scanned. Previously said during the discussion, immigrants really boost our economy and keep our culture young and new. “Successive waves of immigrants have kept our country demographically young, enriched our culture and added to our productive capacity as a nation, enhancing our influence in the world.” (Griswold, CATO institute) Immigrants bring new ideas and fresh minds to a hard topic. A current misconception is that immigrants take away jobs from Americans. However, the CATO

The United States of America is known as a nation of immigrants and was built upon people of a variety of nationalities. For centuries, we have welcomed generations of immigrants into America such as British-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Mexican-Americans, etc. Currently, in our modern times, immigration has been a very divisive issue. In 2012, the Obama Administration created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, to give young undocumented immigrants, or Dreamers, a temporary endowment of protection from deportation and a permit to work legally in the US. This has given over 800,000 people relief and has provided hope. While some might argue that the implementation of DACA went against the constitutional principles of separation of powers and the president's duty to execute the laws faithfully, Trump’s decision to repeal DACA violates the 14th amendment of the Constitution as well as the concepts of citizenship where the Constitution defines that everyone is protected whoever lives in the United States.

Trumps main reasons for wanting to deport these illegal immigrants is because they are bringing drugs, crime, and they are rapist(2016, January 26). These reasons are very unreal and discriminating. In fact, immigrants, illegal and unauthorized are less likely to commit serious crimes than native-born Americans(Immigration Policy Center). As we can see, the things Trump says are not actually true. No matter where we go there is always going to be crime, drugs, and rapist. There is no way kicking a certain race out of our country is going to demolish these altercations we have in the United

The Article Immigration Policy: Should the U.S. government take stricter measures to limit illegal immigration (February 9, 2017), focuses on whether the U.S. should adopt stricter measures for illegal immigration. Supporters believe that illegal immigrants pose a threat to national security. Undocumented immigrants are not in the system, so their criminal records are inaccessible. Additionally, supporters believe that immigrants take the jobs of Americans. Companies tend to give immigrants jobs because they will work for cheap wages. However, the opponents of the law believe stricter measures for illegal immigrants shouldn’t be done because most of the country's technological breakthroughs are due to immigrants. Opponents believe that immigrants help the economy because they take the jobs that not many workers take, such as farming or physical work. Immigration policy argument will continue until there is common ground established between everyone whether to there should be stricter measures or another way for them to become documented.

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According to UNHCR a refugee agency, 65.3 million people are living in war zones. Another 5.5 billion people of all faiths face some form of religion persecution, including physical violence. People are unsafe in their own countries and homes, so they escape to other countries in search of a better chance at life. However, some of them break the rules to gain access to other countries. This results in illegal immigration. Illegal immigration is a major issue for countries around the world. According to Pew Resource, 11 million unauthorized immigrants are living in the United States. An illegal immigrant can be defined as a person who crosses the border by avoiding inspection or without a visa. This phenomenon is making countries blame