Should Immigrants Be Allowed In America

United States the land of the free, that is until illegal immigrants come to the United States

Since the 1700’s the U.S. has been working on and has implemented policies try to restrict and govern the immigrants entering this country. Many immigrants come to America looking for a better way of life than what was destined for them in their native lands.

“A nation penetrated every year by some 300,000 illegal aliens…is not a nation experiencing ‘immigration.’ It is a nation experiencing invasion.” (Haerens 109). For centuries, our nation has been a safe haven for people of different cultures and nationalities to inhabit. Since the beginning of America as we know it, our society has been considered a “melting pot” for all ethical backgrounds. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Europeans flocked to the “New World” in hopes of a more prosperous life. Since then, immigration to the United States has exponentially increased.

Immigration is both a domestic issue and global concern. It involves economics, politics, and culture. Unlike other current issues, it has been at the center of the American experience for hundreds of years (Tirman, John). Every year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants from around the world, come to the United States. These immigrants have many different motivations as to why they leave their home country; but as currents events indicate, it is injustice, poverty, and violence in their own country that generally make people move to save themselves and to ensure a better future for their families. Many of these people believe the United States is the best place to go, because there is more freedom, protection, and benefits,

Illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in America. According to the dictionary definition, an illegal immigrant also known as an illegal alien is “a foreigner who enters a country without an entry or immigrant visa, especially a person who crosses the border by avoiding inspection or who overstays the period of time allowed as a visitor, tourist, or businessperson”. From Renewing America, the U.S. immigration debate “Immigration has been a touchstone of the U.S. political debate for decades, as policymakers must weigh competing for economic, security, and humanitarian concerns. Congress has been unable to reach an agreement on comprehensive immigration reform for years, effectively moving some major policy decisions into the executive and judicial branches of government, and fueling debate in the halls of state and municipal governments. Meanwhile, the fates of an estimated eleven million undocumented immigrants in the country, as well as rules for legal immigration, lie in the balance”(Felter and Renwick). There are many arguments that support allowing illegal immigrants into America, because of this immigration has been a controversial issue for over so many years. According to SIRS knowledge source, some would argue that “unauthorized immigrants should be detained and deported for flouting the law”, but on the other side, people would disagree with these accusations because, but “the vast majority of unauthorized immigrants are hard-working individuals in search

People who are illegal immigrants, travel distances and cross borders to seek a better life while they are desperately looking for a better opportunities, they are also running away from famine, wars or violence from their homeland. For example, Mexico and most central and South America countries unfortunately have a poor economic, environmental and life is not easy to live there. These countries also still engaged in a war with various reasons. Especially; Mexican drug cartels which kills more than 80,000 people in every year. Therefore, United States being the main country that so many immigrants attract as they try to cross the border illegally. As they looking a place that provides freedom of speech and religion, steady jobs, a safe environment, and benefits for the poor and unemployed. It has become a home for many of them. “In 2012, the population of immigrants in the United States illegally is estimated to 11.43 million, rough 3.7% of the entire US population. 59% of the immigrants in the country illegally are from Mexico”. 25% of all the immigrants in the country are illegally reside in California State. As the crossing the border and the journey is hard, in 2008, 53% out of all the immigrants are males which are younger than 40 years old. Some people believes that this people deserve a chance because most of them come with a good intentions. Specifically, they just want jobs where they can get decently paid so they can support them self and their family back home.

In this article, McRobbie explains how the raids on the Peninsula by federal immigration officials affected the local immigrant population (McRobbie, 2007). These raids led to the development of an organization called, Redwood City Immigrant Rights Coalition, which coordinates community outreach, facilitates services for families affected by such raids, and prompts officials to oppose the raids by immigration agencies (McRobbie, 2007). This supports the statement that immigration raids and deportations greatly affect families. The fear created by immigration raids has led to organizations such which oppose these actions.

Today there seems to be constant talk of immigration, negative outbursts and countless supportive protests. Why are we denying the right to have a better tomorrow? Immigrants are not a burden on our country, it does not feel plausible to claim that they are ruining America. On the contrary abusive racist ideas are the ones ruining the nation of the free, what makes us any different anyway? Immigrants of all worldwide nations offer productivity; new ideas not considered before and talents we may not have. Furthermore, with the influx of new ideas all the time we have been able to build up our economy, immigrants have started businesses and throughout history have helped us shape the nation. There are claims that immigrants only come to take

Illegal immigrants should be allowed in the United States because it would stop the separation of illegal families. According to the Applied Research Center report “there are at least 5,100 children in foster care due to a parent being deported or detained. It estimates that another 15,000 children will enter the foster care system within the next five years. The likelihood of these children being reunified with family is slim” (Immigration, Deportation, and Family Separation ). Kids are being left behind or left in foster homes just because their parents got deported. The separation of families has to stop to keep the families together so the kids won't be staying in the U.S alone with no one to take care of them except for total strangers

Although some Americans argue immigrants should not be allowed in the United States I disagree. Immigrants should be permitted in the United States and deserve equality. Reforms of immigration provide immigrants security and job opportunities. For example, the agricultural job opportunity, benefits and security act are intended to provide a process for certain illegal workers to obtain permanent status.

In the Declaration of Independence, it states “ We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” It was advocated for the naturalization and the future movement of foreigners to the great nation. Immigration has been a major issue of the U.S. political debate for decades, as policymakers must weigh competing economic, security, and humanitarian concerns. It has both it`s ups and downs, but immigration does play a positive role in the country. Immigrants benefit to the country by reinforcing the economy, creating jobs, and allowing the country to open up to different cultures and ideas.

Immigrants should risk their lives to come to the United States. Our country has jobs so they can provide for their family, and they can have religious freedom. To add on if they have a family member like a blood relative living in America they should try to cross the border like Josseline.

Even through wars, and hostility with other countries, the United States is mostly peaceful, and a safe country to live in. We aren’t fighting constantly with other countries, and we don’t usually wake up with fear of whether or not we’re going to survive through battles, and fighting that day. Many immigrants do have these things to worry about, so they come to the United States in search of a safe place to raise a family. Even though searching for a better life is the main goal of people trying to reach the American Dream, there’s a certain sense of respect and pride that comes with being an American. In the past decades since the United States was originally formed, there have been many lives lost in order to make the United States the powerful country that it is.

The United States of America has always been a refuge where poor and oppressed people from the far corners of the world can come to begin a new life. Much of the nation’s allure to prospective immigrants is in its promise of equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, or color. But the pressures of rising unemployment rates, congested cities, a crippled healthcare system, and national debt skyrocketing out of control have caused America to defend her borders against the influx of immigrants that threaten her already ailing economy. Still, despite all the heightened security measures incorporated in recent decades, a steady stream of immigrants continue to enter the country illegally. The Washington Times reports that there are

The world was created with the intent that every person might inhabit it and live freely and for the most part most of the people do just that; live freely with little to no restrictions. Yet, there is a small percentage that is oppressed, not openly, not publicly but in the shadows. In this country everyone comes from a line of immigrants. Every settler, every missionary, every pilgrim came to the New World as an immigrant, one who comes to live permanently in a foreign country due to oppression, religious freedom, or to pursue a better life. Yet a pressing issue that has taken a high level of importance in the political and social spectrums is the issue of immigration, how to prevent future immigrants from entering America