Illegal Immigration Problems

Globally, the United States has been known as "a nation of immigrants" almost from its inception. Beginning in the 1600s with English Puritans and continuing today, America is a melting pot of culture and ethnicity. In fact, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, immigration was the major source of U.S. population growth. Looking over our 200+ years we find that to clearly be true, with approximately 1 million immigrants coming to America during the 17th and 18th century. Almost 3 million arrived during the 1860s, and another 3 million in the 1870s. In the next four decades, the number of immigrants rose to over 25 million people, most from various European nations, most arriving in New York or one of the Eastern seaports (Damon, 1981). Despite the politicization, as of 2006, the United States actually was the number one country globally to accept legal immigrants into the country, with a current immigrant population of almost 40 million (Terrazas and Batalova, 2009). In fact, the peak of immigration was 1907, when over 1.2 million Europeans entered the country beginning a push towards legislation limiting immigration in the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1924 and the 1921 Congressional Quota Act. These immigrants came for two sociological reasons: the push factor (wars, famine, persecution and overpopulation) and the pull factors (jobs and the promise of freedom). Most came by ship, and a passage often cost the equivalent of an entire life's savings causing many

According to an article in USA today, “Illegal Immigration population declines” Thomas Frank writes, “The number of illegal immigrants in the USA fell for the first time in at least four years, as the nations tough economy discourages people from sneaking into the USA”. Illegal immigration has been on an all time rise for the last 4 to five years, as the nations economy struggles to stay out of a depression. I believe illegal immigration has a great effect on how the economy is doing. It cost the nation millions and billions of dollars to pay for the problems that also come with illegal immigration. One large problem is the smuggling of drugs and other illegal things that come over are borders, with an already rising problem with gangs and

The debate of who should be allowed to enter the United States has been an issue for many years, with the large number of people entering and living here illegally this has become a significant talking point amongst the candidates in this presidential election. But are their views something that should be shared and supported by Christians today? There are definitely two opposing views from Christians on this topic. I will present both views regarding illegal immigrants in the United States and then I will present my own opinion on this topic.

“More than any other nation on Earth, America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants. In each generation, they have proved to be the most restless, the most adventurous, the most innovative, the most industrious of people. Bearing different memories honoring different heritages, they have strengthened our economy, enriched our culture, renewed our promise of freedom and opportunity for all” (Clinton 146). Those are some wise words from a former president who explains the importance of immigrants and has the mentality of a person who has reason. For many, or everybody, walking through a hot, dry desert with no water or even through a cold, windy and rainy desert would not be an activity that they would like to engage. Even though this dangerous and severe weather goes on, several people still immigrate illegally because they want what is going to be best for them. Some make it all the way and unfortunately some we do not hear about ever again.

Mitt Romney in his speech to the RNC just four years ago would be considered near traitorous to the republican party in the divisive politics of the present. In this presidential campaign season, as in many previous ones, one of the largest issues continues to be that of immigration. The fundamental disagreement is not whether an issue exists, but as to how the United States should react to the ones waking up at night hearing that voice telling them to come to America. This paper will examine the roles of federal, state, and local governments have regarding the question: should state and local governments have the authority to draft and execute immigration policies? First, it will delve deeper into this topic by studying the history of immigration

Charles B.Rangel once state a quote about immigrants settling in America. "America was born as a nation of immigrants who have always contributed to its greatness". This country is based on freedom, not having amnesty for immigrants has a positive and negative outcome. Statistically, it is about 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants residing in America, with that being said, without the statics Americans wouldn't even notice because there are so many people in this country with different faces seen daily.

The United States is a country that has always drawn much of its strength from having people come here and add to the energy and prosperity of the country. Immigrants who have chosen to make the difficult and challenging choice to move to America have often been some of the most productive citizens of the countries they left behind. They are, by nature, driven people who were willing to take the risk of pulling up roots and moving. As a result, the United States has, for the most part, gotten the benefit of talented and committed citizens who have raised our culture and our standard of living. Right now our country is facing the problem with undocumented immigrants and has to decide what to do about the eleven million people living here illegally.

Deportation and illegal immigration can be touchy subjects for some people, but they are important and need to be talked about. The article says that in the first half of 2014 alone, “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 22,088 unauthorized immigrants who claimed to have at least one U.S.-born child.” This shows that it is an actual problem, and we need to make a decision.

In the last 10 years the American people have had a growing concern with the number of illegal immigrants that are entering the county. The estimate of illegal immigrants living in the US around 11.4 million which live near the southern border of the United States. The main reason the Mexicans are coming to America include getting a better job that pays more money and find more work. Many of the families that are coming over to the states do not meet the requirements that it takes to get into the United States. This may include owning a home, having a job, or having money in the bank. Another thing that we often see are illegal aliens coming over and getting jobs which they then send money back to their families that are still living in Mexico. This means that the money is going back into Mexico’s economy. High labor jobs that are located in the United States pay more than similar jobs that are located in Mexico. The big question is, “Are illegal immigrants good for the American economy”? The borders need to be controlled because of job security, crime rates, public education, and paying taxes.

Immigration first began in the late fifteen hundred when Sir walter came to America leading an expedition for gold. However, it wasn’t until the sixteen hundred when the “Great

Recently the United States has experienced a large number of immigrants coming over to the country within the 2000s. In recent studies, there are about 11.5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. The undocumented immigrant population has grown 27% between 2000 to 2009. Immigrants from Mexico make up 59% of the undocumented immigrants in the United States. These undocumented immigrants can help the economy and country grow. These undocumented immigrants do have some downside to them, which makes people question do they really help this country. Many people question if this is a good or bad thing for the U.S. economy or the country. Immigrants have helped the U.S. economy out a lot and propose more positives then negatives on

According to USA.gov, “it costs an estimated $113 billion for 13 million illegal aliens and their U.S. born children in federal, state and local governments.”(www.USA.gov). Finding ways to reduce the increasing amount of costs per year, an idea that was placed into action that that would create and implement a law, which would restrict these programs only to the person whom has the legal status within the country and excluding the rule to those who remain illegal, this included illegal step-parents and parents of their U.S. citizen child. Another important way in which the rise of more illegal immigrants adds another burden to the economy is through the judicial system. Which goes over resolution of disagreements both civilly regarding lawsuits

The U.S Customs and Border Security needs to secure the borders and deport Illegals because when they are here illegally, things change because they are not planned for and they increase crime rate. With illegal immigrants here, there will be a misallocation of funds because immigrants will keep getting services not planned for them for example in a California Hospital where healthcare for illegal immigrants’ costs state taxpayers over $1 billion a year and this has caused 84 hospitals around California to close. If illegals have a baby in the US that baby is a US citizen and that can lead to a high birth rate and overpopulation. When the parents come to the US and have their kids brought to the US by coyotes (a person who smuggles Latin Americans across the United States border most times for a very high fee) that endangers the kids because the coyotes often abuse the kids. There is also a problem with high/increased population rate especially in schools and universities and in the long run, this ends up being costly on the Government since some illegals that don't speak English in schools get translators for the students that the Government pays for. Illegal immigration also hurts the U.S. economy because the taxpayers have to pay for the benefits that the illegals get and yet when the illegals get jobs, some of them are taking jobs that could be for American citizens. In an article written by Jon Greenberg, he

My first case was the Mexican Government Advises Migrants in a pamphlet in which it advises those who want to try to cross the border illegally, some safeguards to keep in mind while attempting to cross the border. The pamphlet was released in 2005 with the intentions of the Mexican government to reduce the number of deaths that were occurring during the attempted crossings. Globalization in these cases are able to change someone’s life by them coming to U. S. and finding employment in various types of work which allows them to have a better quality of life. “The United States, and Texas in particular, has beefed up border security in recent years to keep immigrants out while paying less attention to one of the main factors drawing them here:

Secondly, the non-taxpayers immigrants are usually illegal immigrants who place a financial strain on the economic system. Thirdly, the language barrier, the de facto language in the US is English. This represents a significant barrier for the new immigrants who hold little familiarity with English. Last but not the least, the social security problems caused due to it. Typically, illegal immigrants come to the US primarily for better job opportunities, this together is said to reduce the job pool for legal immigrants and the natives, while weakening legal and national security. Even though, they do not directly threat the security (Kane & Johnson, March 1, 2006), but the presence of millions of undocumented migrants affect the law, distract resources, and creates a cover for terrorists and criminals.