Persuasive Essay About Undocumented Immigrants

Illegal immigration has become more of an important issue in the United States since Donald Trump’s campaign for president in 2016. Immigration can be known as the act of people crossing national borders to live permanently in other countries. It becomes illegal when they cross those borders without the legal right to be in those countries. The U.S. has been an immigrant country since the pilgrims in the 1600s and has ever since, been diverse. Most of the immigrants are Latinos that come from Central America, but they also come from all over the world. The current path to legal citizenship is flawed and needs to be reformed to allow rights to be upheld, equal and fair treatment of all applicants, and to facilitate the process altogether.

Mexicans that immigrate to the United States bring with them cultural diversity and unique skills that are beneficial to both the immigrants and Americans from an employment, education and cultural standpoint. Helping All is a program that requires Mexican immigrants under the age of 18 go to school and offers the opportunity for them to tutor Americans in Spanish. Mexicans over the age 18 have to get a job that will help pay for citizenship and receive less support from the government, therefore saving the American people money. The United States will allow 100 Mexicans to immigrate each year and live in subsidized housing paid by the federal government.

84.3 illegal immigrants or 27 percent of the overall  population are here illegally and are trying to find jobs. One of the biggest problems in the United States is immigration as the American citizens in order for us to help those who come over here for a better life. A great way would be that Congress should pass a law for illegal immigrants to be grandfathered in to citizenship if they have been productive citizens for at least 10 years. Granting citizenship to undocumented immigrants would create jobs and increase tax revenues. Immigrants are taxpayers, entrepreneurs, jobs creators, and consumers, but the immigration system are broken and in need of an overhaul.

Although giving illegal immigrants amnesty might assist us in some ways, it would also create a monstrous situation that the United States would have to handle. These foreigners have committed a crime by crossing the border of our cherished country and by being granted legal status we are rewarding them for doing this unlawful act. If we administer these people a free citizenship into the United States we are conveying that it is an adequate response for us to give these illegal newcomers a place to live, financial security, and everything else that goes along with being a citizen of this phenomenal country. If you see an immigrant walking along the street, it doesn't necessarily mean they are a criminal. Just because they are in the U.S.

It was July 1, 2015 when Kate Steinle was shot. She was walking on a busy pier with her father when the shooting happened. The man accused of shooting her was a 45 year old man: Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. He is an undocumented immigrant that had been deported 5 times already and had seven felony convictions. Kate Steinle died that day during surgery.

Immigration has been a constant challenge and has increasingly been a major issue in the United States. America is known as the melting pot of the world where everyone has equal rights and where different people from all over the world consider this country the “American Dream.” Innumerable of policies have been introduced to the young undocumented that come to this country illegal to keep their status here in the United States legal.

Illegal immigrants go through many hardships to get to have the lives they want. Many come to our country for the “American Dream,” in spite when they arrive, they see it is not as easy as they thought. Immigrants have come into our country since before we can remember, for some, it is impossible to get legal status, or they face deportation and border patrol, in the end, it was all worth it due to the Dream Act. Many come here as refugees and flee from the trouble such as mafias, and give their families the lives they deserve.

Since as early as the 17th century, immigrants from foreign countries came to America to start a new chapter in their lives; and in turn found success in a wholesome way with foreign. Flash forward in time a century or two, and find that the U.S. has gone a little too far to allow so many immigrants to arrive to the point where we let our guard down and allow certain catastrophic historical events to occur (Boston Marathon bombing, 9/11, San Bernardino shooting, etc.). I for one am against immigration due to the fact that if we are willing to go this far to let terrorists be invited into our home land only to tear it apart, then we might as well just limit immigration to a minimum.

One morning there is a knock at your front door. When you open the door, you notice it is a family that is in need of your help. They are looking for a place to stay, so you invite them in for the night, a night turns into a week and then months and now years. During this time, this family needs food, money and shelter. You end up having to pay for their medical bills, for their children’s education and their food. You think to yourself, “I really wouldn’t mind helping this family out, if only they would work to become a part of our family”.

How can people make the sacrifice to cross the border, risking everything they must have a better life style and try to make something of themselves? Then it is all ripped away from their families including, belongings, careers, everything. All this takes place because of the debate about the illegal immigrants being deported back for not having permission to be in the United States legally. There are many of illegal immigrants who have made a living here, not committing crimes, but paying taxes just like everybody else. Some people think all immigrants even though they have done no crimes, should immediately be deported. But what good would that do the people who have not done any crimes or have been supporting our economy by getting jobs and paying taxes? Those people who have done no harm should be given the opportunity to stay in the United States.

The deportation of people from our country into other countries would cause our country great turmoil. In order to keep the U.S. illegal immigrants free, we’d have to deport over 12 million people form this country and many of those people are children that were born here. The thing is that even if you are in the United States without legal documents or papers, some of our laws still apply to you. You have the rights as a regular American would have. The 14th amendment states that “no state shall... deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny any person within its jurisdiction of the equal protection of the laws.” People that are being deported completely have the right to defend themselves when someone comes knocking at their door and telling them they have to get out of this country. Another law that an illegal immigrant has in the U.S. is the right to drive a car in some states. The states that would allow you to get a driver’s license would be California, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Vermont, and Washington. Immigrants do NOT have the right to work unless the employer asks if they have a green card. So pretty much if they are illegal, they cannot work legally. The only way the immigrants could possibly work is If the employer does not follow the law and does not ask for a green card or if they actually have a green card. Like any other employee though, you get the rights to a good and safe working environment, to be paid, and free from abuse. Unfortunately, employers do not want to tell on their employees, so these laws are often abused.

13% of the United States populations is made up by immigrants. About 11 million are undocumented out of the 40 million foreign-born in the United States. For years, the inherent dignity of undocumented immigrants has been under attack. These attacks are supported by incorrect, misleading statements aiming to dehumanize and belittle an entire group of people ("JUST THE FACTS”). I tremendously believe many of the undocumented teenagers and future generation of children will have a positive impact on our society. They will serve as powerful role models due to their hard work and determination to become successful. Our future depends on future college graduates, and they are well prepared and determined to attend and make great contributions

There are few topics that evoke such emotion as that of immigration. One can go up to almost any person and receive a heavy one sided feeling about the dilemma. Illegal immigration has done much more good to our nation’s economy than it has done to hurt it. People immigrate to this country for many reasons. To find freedom, to escape or to make money. Each of these things being opportunities that just do not exist in their own country.

As time has passed, millions of immigrants have flocked to this country searching for these unalienable rights: “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” With immigrants of the past and present the United States of America became and has remained the ultimate melting pot of the world: races of every color, varieties of languages, different cultures you name it, America has it, and that’s what make our country so special. However, today the immigration system is much more complex than the days of Ellis Island, making it more difficult to get into this country legally. This has given way to a new kind of immigrant: the illegal immigrant. Desperate to become part of this democracy and booming economy, these immigrants ignore laws set forth by the national government and flood this country. The United States is the third largest country in the world, giving it large borders that we are unable to fully police and enforce these immigrations laws. Instead of making a good impact on the country like the immigrants of the past, these

Illegal Immigration has been a topic of debate for many centuries and seems as though it will continue to be the subject of debate for many centuries to come. But why is immigration such a heated topic? Aren’t all Americans, excluding Native Americans, immigrants in some form another? What is it about these people that make some Americans want to do everything they can to stop them from crossing the border? Illegal immigrants have long been the scapegoat for crime and loss of jobs, but there is much more to these undocumented people.