Legalization Of Illegal Immigrants In The United States

Illegal immigration to the U.S. is out of control. Almost 20% of the world’s international migrants flock to a nation that consists of less than 5% of the world’s population. This is a huge threat to our security. Some people believe the threat is miniscule, because illegal immigrants commit crime at the same or a lower rate than native-born Americans, and it is unfair to deny a large group of people citizenship because of the crimes of a few. Law

The number of illegal immigrants who come into the United States each year is staggering, and the numbers just keep on increasing. Three million illegal immigrants come into the United States every year. (Bush 2009) This has been an increasing problem, and one that greatly affects the United States and its citizens. More and more immigrants are coming in to the United States each year, and we as a nation should truly reevaluate our immigration

​Immigration is defined as the act of leaving your country of origin and going to another different one to stay there permanently (Dictionary.com). Reasons, why people escape or leave their original countries, are varied; ranging from war, poverty, natural occurrences such as earthquakes while others just take the step for fun purposes. A reform is a change from the way things were done originally and make them better. Therefore, immigration reform is a term that is frequently used in political talks that refer to the alteration of the immigration policy of the nation. The debate is currently prevalent in the United States of America. It is a topic that has been discussed and reforms put across since around 1986 but it’s never addressed fully due to the conflicting stands taken by the leaders, the democrats, and the Republicans always have different views. Recently, the President Obama tenure has reawakened the issue. Some people support the reforms while others do not. It is a time the United States of America undertook immigration reforms as a solution to its porous borders.

Post the Civil Rights movements in the United States it is visible the upswing in wars; it went form war to poverty, to war to drug, to war to terrorist. Immigration law is very complex, and as result there is much confusion as to how immigration law works in reality. Most people get confused thinking that because United States is a country built of Immigrants however immigrants have experienced discriminatory process, for example: the Chinese exclusion Act. In which at certain point America wanted immigrants in the country and then suddenly the government does not what them anymore and expulse them of their soil.

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

his executive power to push for changes to our immigration policy. The United States Senate

People all over the world come to the United States of America for better opportunities, such as employment and reuniting with family. These people are immigrants. However, many people immigrate illegally, meaning they do not comply with proper protocol for becoming a U.S. citizen. Throughout the history of America, reformation of immigration policy has already been implicated in federal law. Presently, immigration reforms are being considered to make it easier for foreigners to start a new life in the United States of America.

Historically, immigration as a percentage of the United States population has been far higher in previous years compared to where it is now. Even as far back as 1870, the foreign-born population of the US was 5,567,229 while the US population was 38,558,371, meaning that immigrants were making up approximately 14.4% of the US population. Calculating the immigration percentage in the same way, it was 13.3% in 1880, 14.7% in 1890, 13.6% in 1900, 14.6% in 1910, and 13.1% in 1920, the last year before the first immigration quota acts were passed (US Census Bureau). During those years in which foreign-born population was steadily 13-15% of the US population, the US saw some of its largest economic and industrial growth ever in a period known as the Gilded Age (Jones). Proponents of comprehensive immigration reform would then say that if we want to see economic growth similar to that time period, we should then allow immigration at a similar rate, which would have a huge benefit on American society.

“Pelosi said, "It is more important to pass comprehensive immigration reform, to me and to my caucus, than to win the election in November” (Foley, 2014). That was what Joe Garcia was trying to accomplish with his policy H.R. 15.

Immigration Reform Has Been a hot topic lately, President Barack Obama has recently used his power of executive order to give protection to some 5 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. The program protects about 5 million immigrants from deportation, and allows them to stay and work here legally. There has been a lot of opposition; republicans believe that the president’s action is unconstitutional, and that the president is usurping power from Congress. What the President is trying to do is push congress into taking action, to pass a bill on immigration reform. In whitehouse.gov, they have a section that outlines the president’s plan for immigration reform. They have for points that they want to attain. Immigration reform usually accomplishes most or some of these objectives. One is to reinforce and strengthen border security. Second is to provide a legal way for undocumented immigrants to earn citizenship. Another objective is to crack down on the hiring of undocumented immigrants. Last objective is to make legal immigration simple and efficient. Within these objectives is amnesty. Amnesty is a hotly debated topic in immigration reform. Those who oppose amnesty argue that amnesty rewards lawbreakers, encourages more illegal immigration, and doesn’t help the economy; they think that it does the opposite of that. Those who argue for amnesty argue that it would be beneficial to the economy because of the increase tax revenues they will receive from the

In 2011, it was calculated that over 40 million immigrants lived within the United States (figure 1-1). Among those forty million individuals, a reported 11.1 million are illegal (figure 1-2)1. It is clear that we need to create a plan of attack to address this large number of people living in this country illegally. There are essentially three avenues that we could travel down in order to complete this task. Either the United States could provide an easier path for citizenship for these people, or we could allow them to stay in the country without becoming citizens through work visas or permits. The third option is to increase the level of enforcement and implement laws that would assist in the deportation of these

Many immigrants working without permits, and again, getting payed under the table. This is illegal on the part of the employer and only makes the problem worse because of the amount of people that do this, and allow more illegals to work in the country undocumented.

Immigration has been a major issue in the United States, especially after the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 was passed. Once the act became a law, the immigration flow increased. Most of the immigration was from people crossing the border that splits Mexico and the United States. The Democrats and Republicans have fairly different views on this issue. The Republican Party believes that a system should be put in place to ensure that illegal immigrants do not receive the same benefits as people who have always been in the United States legally. Although, the party does not completely agree on how extreme the system should be. One thing most Republicans do agree on is that giving illegal immigrants amnesty only encourages immigration and puts the safety of American citizens at risk.

In “Illegal Immigration Creates Large Fiscal Costs for US Taxpayers” by Robert Rector he analyzes this point. One of his points being that “In 2010, the average unlawful immigrant household received around $24,721 in government benefits and services while paying some $10,334 in taxes” This data is accurate but where are the government benefits going if legally non-citizens can’t receive government funds. Most likely the majority benefits are given to the American children of this illegal immigrants in the form of Medicaid and food stamps, and therefore benefit Americans. In Lynch’s argument he cancels this argument, “Over the 10-year period they would earn $392 billion more and pay an additional $109 billion in taxes,” now it’s billion they would contribute to the economy instead of taking money. Another argument is that with better jobs and a legal status immigrants would actually pay more taxes to the government. Many of them don’t currently do so because they have no social security card, hints why they only pay “$10,334” in taxes. On the other hand many do pay a lot on taxes and since they cant receive any benefits in reality they pay for many benefits they do not qualify for. If people oppose legalization because it would mean tax cost and instead support deportation one of the statements in Ann Garcia’s “The Facts Support Immigration Reform with a Path to Citizenship” could change their

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.