Legal status should be passed to almost 12 million foreign national living in the U.S illegally (Orchowski). Illegal immigrants come to the U.S looking for opportunities. Opportunities that in their native country is difficult to obtain. Some believed that when illegals arrive in the U.S they take advantage of jobs opportunities meant for Americans, leaving them without jobs. Many have passed many dangerous obstacles like, crossing the desert, paying off “coyotes”, work on underpaid jobs for years, and they do all this because they have families that depend from them. Many may believe that illegals take their jobs, but the truth is that Americans have become more educated which leads them to look for a better paying jobs (Jacoby, Tamar, and
Illegal Immigrants are people from other countries such as Mexico, Latin Countries, and some countries in Asia (India, China, Philippines, Vietnam, and Korea) (Gibson) that migrate to another country for a better life. Immigrants come to the U.S to be someone, so that they can give their families a good life, and in general they believe that
Illegal immigration is the migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. Some countries have millions of illegal immigrants. Immigration, including illegal immigration, is overwhelmingly upward, from a poorer to a richer country. The easy definition of an undocumented immigrant is someone who was not born in the United States and therefore has no legal right to be or remain in the United States. Not all undocumented immigrants snuck across the border illegally. Although it is hard to get an accurate number on the amount that did, some undocumented immigrants originally came here legally as tourists or some came on a temporary visa and just did not leave. The reasons on why they decided to stay and not go back to their countries are numerous. Some immigrants come to the United States to work and escape the poor economy in their country, while others come to be with their family. Whatever the reason may be, at the end of the day they all come here to achieve the american dream.
Many of the undocumented immigrants have both successfully and unsuccessfully tried to find different ways to migrate into the United States. They have traveled by swimming across borders, driving, trafficking, from many underdeveloped countries around the world like Mexico, Cuba, Africa, and many others. Many have become part of such a vulnerable population because they have come to the United States to seek a better life for their families, the healthcare, job opportunities, as well as having been in the united states and staying past the time allowed on their visa.
Undocumented immigrants are foreign nationals who entered the United States without authorization or entered legally but remained in the United States without authorization. However, undocumented youth and students usually have no role in the decision to come to this country. They are usually brought to this country by their parents or relatives, generally due to economic hardship and they have spent more years in the United States than in their country of birth. (Baum, Flores, 2011) Over the years, undocumented immigration has grown tremendously in the United States. “Among the nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants, a
In the United States illegal immigration benefits the economy and growth, but also creates more problems such as inviting more immigrants. According to the article Undocumented Immigrants Should Receive Social Services by Melissa Marietta confirms “Immigrants to this country are not fighting for a student loan or access to a free clinic; they are fighting for the opportunities that they are denied in their native country” (Marietta). Most people look for a better future and head towards the opportunities illegal immigrants recognize United States as a land of opportunities. There are many working opportunities such as mining, railroad, lumbering, and construction in the United States. For example, a common job for illegal immigrants is the construction field. The
Every human being living should have access to the American dream. It should matter if you are from Mexico, China, or Japan we are all created equal and I strongly do not agree with the illegal immigration rules why stop a person trying to travel across the world trying to better their lives. Why are we here if they
Illegal immigration has been a huge problem of United States for a long period of time. There are two common ways of how people come to US illegally; first is to cross the border between Mexico and US; second is to overstay when they come to US as a visitor. Why do people want to come to the United States if they are going to be here illegally? Simply, because those illegal immigrants want to have a better life than what they have back in their homeland; but the question here is why then did people come to the United States illegally if they are not getting any benefits? As I asked myself this question, my mind begun to think about the
Just as we look at the concerns of our citizens, it is equally important that we look at the concerns and issues faced by the illegal immigrants. We need to understand why they are risking illegal entry, and what they face once they arrive. It is easy to answer the question of why they are coming into our country. The illegal aliens are looking for a better life, one with economic stability. They are living in third-world countries where wages are low and jobs scarce. In order to feed their families, they look toward the north. They weigh their
While some might say that undocumented immigrants should have known nothing is free in this world and it can’t be handed to them, they don’t quite understand that it is hard to get a job when you have no legal documents to work in the country. People migrate over to the United States in hopes to have a better
Most of these Immigrants come to the United States to have a better life for their family, these
Immigrants come to America chasing hopes and dreams of someday having a life of wealth. The United States has this imagine that everything will be better and all your problems will be solved. However, in the last century we’ve had a raise of Illegal Immigrants in the country.
When arriving as an illegal immigrant your lifeline is your economic income, whether it be from under the table or by finding and selling the scraps they could salvage from dumpster diving to better your life or your kids.A unknown workforce are illegals they go unnoticed in documented that means to tax dollars to the government these people want to work so they can make a living creating better lives for them and generations
Immigrants coming to America are looking for a new life a way to support their family or are just looking for work. For immigrants it is sometimes a dangerous journey to get to America. They pay smugglers to take them to America which sometimes is not what it turns out to be. When these women children and men come to America they owe a debt to the smugglers. Women and children are forced into the sex trade and become slaves men become drug smugglers. You may wonder why not these people ask for help if they do the person who brought them here will turn them in to the US Government to be deported back home and everything they worked for would be lost in the blink of an eye. So these people endure they suffer and most people do not try to help them. The average person will say go back to your country but they will face the same exact thing but earn less.
There are many that disagree with undocumented immigrants being in the United States because they think that most immigrants are either drug dealers, or gang members, but most of these immigrants are just here to live the “American Dream.” They are here to be able to be more than they could be in their own country. They want to be something and be able to accomplish what many of their family members could not.
According to Anderson in “Illegal Immigration: Causes, Methods, and Effects”, immigrants come to America from neighboring countries especially Mexico to benefit from economic, educational and other opportunities that being a resident of America provides. When compared to Mexico, a typical worker earns $118 per week as compared to America where same Latino worker earns $537 per week. These numbers are significant push for people to cross borders from Mexico to America. (46)