Close The Border To Immigration

In order to ensure our country 's safety, I believe that the borders of America should be closed and secured. If America 's leaders vote to keep our borders open and free to all, the Immigration Crisis will evolve into an even bigger problem. It is my understanding that America is already trillions of dollars in debt, not including all the funds it would take to care for thousands of immigrants. While the numbers are clearly not as bad as most other countries, we too have our own citizens living in poverty everyday. I firmly believe that until we are capable of providing restoration and a better quality of life to our own people, we have no business or resources to do so for other countries.

There is a major heroin epidemic in the United States, and most of it is imported from Mexico. We need to keep the drugs out of our county and away from our youth. Police and detectives are working hard to stop drug use, but what good is it if the drugs are coming from a different country, where we have no control over? Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants are involved in some sort of crime in the United States, and 25 percent of the jailed population are illegal in the United States. That means that taxpayers are paying for illegal immigrants to live in a jail cell.

Many might argue that immigrants do not pay enough in taxes to cover the public services they receive from the government at the present time. According to Maria Santana on CNN MONEY, illegal immigrant “Collectively, they paid an estimated $10.6 billion to state and local taxes in 2010, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). Illegal immigrant in most states does not qualify for welfare, food stamps and Medicaid. What most people seem to forget is that illegal immigrants do not even get any benefit from their daily job, some have no name or record if anything was to happen in their line of work. Some employers see them as dispensable with no question. Yet, these same employers take out taxes, Medicare and other

are the effects of globalization and immigration on the nation’s economy. Globalization is speeding up and the discussion on whether movements like outsourcing will wear down U.S. competitiveness or provide long-term improvement continues to carry on. Many are misconstruing the positive impact immigrants are having on this country because there is this looming misunderstanding that immigrants are stealing American jobs. But there are countless numbers of skilled immigrants who are in our country legally and are actually creating jobs rather than stealing them. The goal of the data provided in this document is to prove the economic and intellectual contributions of skilled immigrants at a nationwide level. Saxenian provides numerous evidence of the economic impact skilled immigrants are having through data provided by a sample of all engineering and technology companies founded in the last ten

“Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than 26.3 billion dollars in costs on the federal government…and paid only 16 billion dollars in taxes, creating a net fiscal deficit of almost 10.4 billion dollars, or two thousand seven hundred dollars per illegal household” (Miller 1). Some people would argue that immigrants come to America to take jobs that no one else will do, but the illegal immigrants are in fact draining social services and stealing free health care benefits. In addition, immigrants pay little or no taxes to benefit the social services and health care providers that they drain. By doing so, the American tax payers must take on the high price of the American

Many illegal immigrants in the U.S pay taxes annually, but there still not granted to become citizen or given a chance to become one. Many start working low skill jobs primary in picking fruits and vegetables or in construction staring anywhere from one dollar to three dollars a day many immigrants earn well under the poverty line. Illegal immigrants work countless hours a week struggling to make ends meet and to provide a better future for them self’s and their family. Many immigrants 87% out of the 11.5 million pay taxes the U.S. The taxes are deducted in their paycheck like a U.S citizen does but the U.S government does not grant their hard work. The illegal immigrants pay Medicare and social security and are estimated 11 billion dollars annual, where there not granted citizenship nor benefits but there still contribute in the country like if they were citizens.

Crossing the border of Mexico and the United States comes with a price for both the person crossing the border and the United States. The person trying to illegally cross risks be sent back to Mexico and risk getting in trouble with the law. If the person makes it to America that person risks being deported back to Mexico. America has previously been for the deportation of illegal immigrants. Deportation is not a stranger in the United States.“In 1984 illegal aliens were deported with the official term of ‘Operation Wetback’ (McGrath).” If an illegal immigrant stays in the United States they could harm the American way of life.It is crucial that all illegal immigrants are deported from the United States because they are taking jobs from Americans and they are causing Americans to lose money.

In this matter Adams Nager, a policy analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, state that “In reality, America’s innovators are far more likely to be immigrants with advanced degrees who have paid their dues through years of work in large companies.” (Chew,2016).

The federal government should not take steps to tighten border security because immigration benefits the United States economy and promotes the success of businesses.With about one million immigrants entering the US each year, immigration helps the US achieve many goals, creating a healthy, advanced nation. Immigrants are held accountable for trillions of America’s GDP, which is how the United States measures the success of the economy. Immigration is essential to the success of the United States since diversity in society, wealth in the economy, and businesses revolve around immigrants.

The greatest contribution immigrants have made to the United States is boosting innovation. By exploring the share of patent that immigrants are involved in, it is able to state that immigrants are important for high-tech innovation in America. Nowrasteh , who is a immigration policy analyst, in his article Boost Highly Skilled Immigration states that 76 percent of all patents issued to the top ten patent producing universities had at least one foreign-born inventor in 2011. Comparing to the foreign-born population percentage of American population in 2011 which is 13 percent(“Number of Immigrants”), it easy to get that the percentage of patent is almost six times the percentage of population. The percentage of patents that involved foreign-born

Because of this, the United States government has refused to secure ports of entry and the border with Mexico for decades. This turning a blind eye mentality has allowed millions of illegal immigrants to freely entry the United States each and every year. And the compounded effect of these actions, or lack of action, does nothing but hurts the American lower and middle class and severely damages the economy. These are facts, but the moment someone mentions them or proposes solutions to the the problem of illegal immigration they are branded a hypocrite, a racist, or a many of other shameful labels. And therefore, the numbers of illegal immigrants continue to

According to a study tested in 2016, the United States illegal immigration population had decreased, falling below 11 million since 2008. Imagine walking through the mall on a day off and you casually walk past all different people of race, gender, or age. You think all the people that walked by are living regular lives just like any American is on a daily basis. More than likely, one or more of those people that have walked by are living in the US illegally, which means they do not have their verification of citizenship to live in America legally. Illegal immigration is a case America is commonly dealing with and as the upcoming presidential election is slowly approaching, each candidate will have a plan on how they want to deal with this

The U.S. is a nation built on the foundational principle of relatively-open immigration. The immigrants come from all over the world and contribute positively to the American economy as well as enriching America culture. The United States of America experienced the largest waves of immigration during the 19th century. Many immigrants came to this country seeking religious freedom and/or looking for economic opportunities. Immigration has always been controversial in the United States and, for this reason, played an important role in many governmental policies. Nevertheless, there has been confusion about President Trump’s Executive Orders relating to immigration.

The crime of improper entry by a migrant is currently a misdemeanor. Under the new policy, it will be prosecuted as a felony for migrants who already have two such misdemeanor convictions or for those with one conviction if there are aggravating circumstances, such as gang affiliation.

Research from the Wharton School of Business, Pennsylvania, shows that the foreign-born population has grown rapidly in recent decades, rising from less than 5 percent of the U.S. population in 1970 to 13 percent in 2013. Although immigrants comprise a larger share of population today since World War II, the foreign born share is roughly the same as in 19th century and early 20th century, where 15 percent of U.S residents were immigrants. The evidence increasingly suggests that when supply of labor is boosted by immigration, investments by firms increase to offset any reduction in capital per worker,