Argumentative Essay On Illegal Immigration

Immigration has been a burning issue lately, particularly after Donald Trump’s immigration ban in the United States of America. It has been a topic that families discuss every morning with breakfast. Despite many concerns related to immigration, it has several positive benefits that mostly outweighs the negativity. People bizarrely argue when it comes to immigration, but these arguments are primarily based on facts and ideas that are outdated or inconsistent and blindfold the positive aspect related to immigration. Many immigrants in the United States are good workers who don't depend upon any public welfare and mostly help in the overall development of the economy. As a country made by immigrants, we must not forget the fact that immigrants have helped to build cities and create a path of development form Google to iPhones (Gray & Furman, 2012). These facts are secluded, and some related arguments with different content have been repeated for years and continue. Immigrants have a lot to give the United States rather than to take, especially when it comes to economic terms.

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.

In today’s society, many undocumented people from down South cross to America in order to find a new life and to chase a dream like any immigrant would, but it’s hurting the American society in every way. All the immigrants who cross the border to the US illegally meaning without permission by the US government are considered lawbreakers for crossing the border without any approval whatsoever. Many of these illegal immigrants are affecting the American economy and society. Undocumented immigrants are hurting the American economy.

Matt Mendoza believes in immigration reform, but we must put into place a firm foundation to build upon, a foundation that is rock solid in protecting America’s borders and its citizens by forcing Washington to fulfill its Constitutional duty of enforcing the laws we already have in place.

According to West, in the last fall would be hard to think Republicans and Democrats working together to fix the immigration system. However, now Democrats and Republicans announced their support of a bipartisan reform solution. Since the Senate is going towards action, House Republicans think the country should be open to immigrants, and the President Barack Obama is giving priority to the immigration reform. Thus, the country seems to be close to solving this important issue. Even there are still many steps to overcome; there were some changes in the politics of immigration reform in the past few months for instance in 2004, Romney got only 27 % of Hispanic Vote, down from Bush's 44 %. The poor performance of Republican Mitt Romney in the

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.

Even though the reform should be passed there are also some things that immigrants should do to show that they are willing to do whatever it takes to be accepted in this country. The main thing they should work on is to learn the primary language of the U.S, which is English. Immigrants need to prove once again of what they are capable of. Even if immigrants are in a really good percentage of speaking English they still have to work harder. According to Julia Beckhusen one of the journalists in charge to collect information for the U.S Census Bureau,“The majority of the Mexican immigrants (close to two-thirds) do not speak English well.” This seems to be a big problem among the immigrants. Why is it good to learn the language? “English-speaking

However, they might not have noticed how important illegal immigrants are in the American economy. Despite the fact illegal immigrants have no documents; they contribute billions of dollars to the Social Security Administration yearly and get nothing back when they retire (Porter 10). There is not an exact amount how much they contribute, however, researchers indicate that illegal immigrant contribute roughly around $ 7 billion to Social Security Administration (Porter 10). Illegal immigrants are classified as undocumented people in the United States, but that does not mean they do not help fund state and local taxes. They must file their taxes yearly. IRS enacted a system called, Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) to track illegal immigrants who are employed. There is not an exact number that measures how many illegal immigrants pay taxes yearly, but many of them definitely pay their taxes for the IRS yearly which benefits the U.S. economy. (Lipman

On December 11nth 2017, New York’s Time Square had a would-be terrorist attack when 27 year old Akayed Ullah didn’t properly detonate the homemade pipe bomb. The attempted bombing happened during the town most dreaded time, the rush hour in Times Square. The bomb did not kill anyone but he had injured himself and thankfully no other person was injured, just a few people had headaches and ringing ears. The attack was a retaliation act for the US Military aggressiveness to the Islamic state. He said it was inspired by ISIS, but he had no actual contact with anyone from the group. He made the pipe bomb by a metal pipe and explosive powder; he ignited the bomb with a Christmas light, matches, and a nine-volt battery. Thankfully the bomb didn’t do what he had wanted it to but it’s still an attempted act of terrorism.

Immigrants come to this great country to have a better life in the United States not to take away other people’s jobs. They come because they want to achieve things that they are not able to in their land because they do not have the resources to do so. Sometimes they come because in their home land the government does not help them instead they take away from them what little they have.

Immigration in America has been a controversial topic for over a hundred years. Even though the United States was founded by immigrants; problems regarding immigration and the treatment of those who decide to come to America have increased. In modern politics, immigration is one of the many topics that people and politicians argue about. Question about allowing immigrants into the U.S and what to do if given permission are questions that aren’t being answered and keep the arguments fueled. One things that immigration has provided for the United States is diversity. Immigration is a large factor in our population growth and the cultural changes that the United States has felt. While our population has grown and diversified; the economic, social,

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