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Donald Trump's Immigration Debate

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Donald Trump, a current US presidential candidate, is proposing an immigration plan that is highly controversial and I personally do not agree with his plan. Although he has many good ideas the way he plans to execute them are extremely unlawful and will be protested by many Americans.
Trump has proposed that if he were elected he would build a wall on the border of Mexico and the United States. In his opinion this is a good plan because it insures to lessen the number of illegal immigrants per year dramatically, but it would also create more jobs the US. But in reality there are much simpler and cheaper options for this issue, such as create a simpler way to gain citizenship, this way people would not feel like there only option is to do …show more content…

I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words” Trump believes that Mexico should be paying for this wall, and until they pay he threatens to increase the fee for temporary visas for Mexican workers or even cancel them. Doing this would restrain business deals going on between the two countries. Trump says “Mexico has taken advantage of us in another way as well: gangs, drug traffickers and cartels have freely exploited our open borders and committed vast numbers of crimes inside the United States”. This quote may has some truth to it but only 2.3% to 5.9% of hispanics are incarcerated compared to 3.5% US born.
A third of the border between the US and Mexico is already walled/fenced off and is one of the most patrolled border for two countries at peace. Building this wall is just a waste of money and resources, because no matter what there will still be people entering the country illegally. “The DREAM Act is a bill to legalize immigrant high school graduates of good moral character who were brought to the United States at a young age without legal status. The terms are simple: those who complete two years of college education or military service will be eligible for their green card (legal permanent resident …show more content…

These two gals did not have legal status unlike their two other BFFs. Both these girls were brought into the states illegally by their parents in order to give them a ‘better life’. But not having legal status presented them with many obstacles, yet they still managed to graduate from college, but could not have any of the jobs offered to people who have the same level of education, since they were not US citizens. If Trump were to oppose this act it would enable those like Marisela and Yadira to have real jobs and use their college education.No matter what is done there will always be people coming the the US illegally but if they work hard enough to make it through 2 years of college then that should be proof that they are deserving of citizenschip, and if they are denyed to join the work force we are missing out on an oppourtunity that we should take advantage

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