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Economic, Health, And Economic Issues In The United States

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In looking at issues facing the United States, hurricanes, illegal immigration, and obesity seem to be the three that stand out the most. These issues present some terrible problems and concerns for the United States which can cause significanificant environmental, economical, health, and more importantly, negative impact on the lives of Americans. These issues have created significant controversy as to how each of these issues are to be dealt with in their current state. There are many different thoughts in how each should be handled. The following information addresses some reasons why these three particular issues have negatively impact the United States, solutions to each issue, and a counteragrument expressing another insight into …show more content…

While Hurricains have been a significnt problem this year, illegal immigration continues to be yet another major issue of concerns for the United States.
Another issue causing major concern for the United States is illegal immigration. This issue not only poses riks for the United States, but casue much controversary on how it is to be handled. According to Pew Research Center, the 2014 unauthorized immigrants population was 11.1 million, and even though the number from Mexico has declined since the Great Recession, other regions of the world’s illegal immigrants have increased (Passel & Cohn). This topic has presented much discussion and concern around stricter policies on overstaying visas, unqulaified immigrants not being able to get government benefits, and taking jobs away from Americans to name a few (Suls). Not to mention the obvious security risks. President Trump believes that building a wall to keep illegal immigrants out of the country is the answer, but eight of ten Americans surved by Pew Research Center beleive the enforcemnt of stricter immigration policies is the best solution (Suls). As immigrants are needed in farming and many of the service jobs, it would be better to attract higher skilled immigrants and bring them into the county legally while finding a way to keep those who have entered illegally a path to legal

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