The Effects of Illegal Immigration

New reports show that tens-of-thousand illegal children will be attending public schools all over Arizona, funded by taxpayers. This will cost Arizona 1.3 billion per year, which weighs down Arizona’s already struggling education system.

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.

country. Many argue that immigration is what The United States was founded upon and it is beneficial for immigrants to enter our country with the intentions to work and achieve the American dream, but there is a difference between immigrants arriving legally and illegally. Immigration is the process of one moving from his or her current country to another country with the intentions to stay there permanently, while illegal immigration is doing it without meeting the requirements or registering as a citizen to stay inside the country legally. Over the past decade illegal immigration has grown tremendously at alarming rates. The immigrants are not just coming through our bordering countries of Canada and Mexico, but worldwide through countries such as India, China, and the Philippines. Illegal immigration is one of the causes to several harmful issues throughout our country in many ways. These issues within our society include problems economically, socially, and politically. With immigration biting at our heels, America's fate could be in jeopardy.

But amazingly, the flow of foreign-born is so large that immigrants currently account for a larger share of labor force growth than natives (“U.S. Immigration and Economic Growth: Putting Policy on Hold”, 2003) When you do the math, it makes a good deal of sense to spend the little that we do—if not more—to keep them healthy (Karvounis, 2007). Care for undocumented immigrants represents a tiny fraction of the nation’s health care burden. They receive minimal care; some pay taxes. Between one half and three quarters of undocumented immigrants pay taxes and some work “off the books” jobs as well (What Immigration Reform Could Mean To The US Economy, 2009). Illegal aliens provide as much as 7 billion dollars a year to the Social Security Fund although they cannot claim benefits for this program (Immigrants’ Economic Contribution, 2009). Further still, undocumented workers pay sales taxes where applicable and property taxes—directly if they own and indirectly if they rent (“Undocumented Immigrants as Taxpayers”, 2007).

The U.S-Mexico Border stands as divider between two nations that have different styles of govern. America has for the most part advertised that it is great to live in America and to be American. So there is no question why masses of Mexican migrants would want to build a better life in the U.S. There was a border put in place to divide two nations that are so close, yet so far. As conditions worsened in one country people were left with the only choice to migrate to the U.S. The economic opportunity that thrives in America should be present in Mexico in order to keep jobs and families at home. The people of Mexico cross over to the U.S because of the needs in improvements in Mexico’s economy, security, and poverty.

Florida has historically had one of the highest uninsured rates in the country (Born 2017). Despite the fact that Florida has not expanded its Medicaid program, Floridians have gained insurance coverage at greater rates than many other states. One estimate is that prior to the enactment of the ACA, approximately 21% of Florida residents lacked health insurance, and this has dropped to 13% after the ACA took effect. (Williams, 2016). Other estimates have suggested a smaller decrease of 20% to 15% (Born, 2017). Florida experienced the highest enrollment in ACA plans of any state with 1.5 million enrollees in 2016 (Williams, 2016). Increased health insurance coverage appears to have translated to increased access to medical care. Shortly

The second concern is undocumented immigrants and the financial burden it has placed on taxpayers. According to Elizabeth Lee Vliet, MD, “estimates are that 20-40% of uncompensated (“free”) medical services are provided to people in the US illegally” (Vliet, 2010). These figures are only an approximation with a possibility of being much greater. Dr. Vliet addresses compelling evidence that points out the massive undocumented immigrants in the state of Arizona with “more than half of Arizona’s $4 billion budget deficit was the result of paying for three areas of illegal immigrants, education, healthcare, and incarceration” (Vliet, 2010). Given these

Illegal Immigration is the migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. The correct terminology is to call them illegal aliens. This term is broader and accurate to use. Immigration has been a serious issue in the United States from 1990 to now. The rates have excelled extremely, and not in a good way. In 1990, 3.5 million immigrants migrated to the United States. Now, we are floating around 11.3 million unauthorized people (Krogstad, J., & Passel, J.). This is having huge effect on the United States. Our nations population is made us of 3.5 percent of immigrants. This is actually low compared to 2007 when the peak was 12.2 million, making up 4 percent of our nation. California,

“Illegal immigration is the entry of non-U.S. citizens into the United States without their having applied for entry at one of the many border crossings” (Illegal Immigration 9). There are numerous ways that illegal immigrants travel into the United States. The most common forms of entry are through Canada and Mexico. However, illegal immigration did not used to exist. In fact, immigration without applying to enter into the country was allowed in the United States at the beginning of 1655. Over a time period that stretched 230 years, the United States embraced immigrants to help the new country grow and thrive. Unfortunately, after the Revolutionary War the United States began to monitor all immigrations. Since then, laws have been passed

Many People can speculate if the U.S.-Mexican border is truly a significant factor for our government’s safety or just there wasting money, time and land. By allowing the government to fund the border many improvements could be made. Border Safety, can create a safer border environment by facing the multiple Issues and Challenges, like illegal Immigration, Drug Enforcement, and cross-border Transportation, and Technological improvements by Homeland security influence the agents, trying to cease these issues.

Even the illegal immigrants don’t have a big impact on U.S. wage rates, because most Americans don't directly compete with illegal immigrants for jobs. There is still one group of Americans that would benefit from a dramatic cut in illegal immigration: high-school dropouts. Economists believe that the wages of low-skill high-school dropouts are suppressed by somewhere between 3% and 8% because of competition from immigrants, both legal and illegal. Illegal workers can take the jobs of legal workers, but illegal workers create demand that leads to new jobs (Davidson, 2006). They spend with food and cars and cell phones, they get haircuts and go to restaurants. Thus, there is close to no net impact on the unemployment rate. The illegal immigrants

It’s not unknown that the United States and Mexico are trying to find a solution to deal with the illegal immigration crisis not just in the borders they share but beyond that and the communities that these illegals go to. Illegal immigrants have been using social services and have been creating tensions with U.S. citizens and even Mexicans who have gone through the legal process of gaining legal resident status. But it is fact that illegal immigrants have positively impacted American business, cheap labor and cultural diversity to communities (Branton & Dunway, 2009) Alternatives have been thought of, from deporting all illegal immigrants, create an open border policy between Mexico and the U.S. or even providing assistance to the Mexican

“An immigrant is a person who legally comes to a country to take up permanent residence. An “illegal” immigrant is a person who does so without following the established legal procedures of the destination country and who resides in that country without proper visas or other documents.” (source 1)Illegal immigration is changing the lives of many Americans today, and although all illegal immigrants are not bad and are not here by choice, or to hurt anyone, it still affects us each and every day. Illegal immigration has been a problem for many years, and it seems as if it is impossible to control, but according to former mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York it can be controlled. Giuliani stated

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)

Immigrants have been coming to America since the start of this country. However, there is a fine line between an illegal and legal immigrant. Although most immigrants come here in search of a better life for themselves, they do not think about the consequences the rest of the country must fac. Since they are not citizens, they do not receive some of the benefits that an American citizen has, including health care and public schooling. Although they do not have these benefits, they continue receive treatments at hospitals and attend schools, which Americans cannot afford. Illegal immigrants affect the United States’ economy, health care system, and education system in a negative way.