The Negative Effects of Illegal Immigration

According to an article in USA today, “Illegal Immigration population declines” Thomas Frank writes, “The number of illegal immigrants in the USA fell for the first time in at least four years, as the nations tough economy discourages people from sneaking into the USA”. Illegal immigration has been on an all time rise for the last 4 to five years, as the nations economy struggles to stay out of a depression. I believe illegal immigration has a great effect on how the economy is doing. It cost the nation millions and billions of dollars to pay for the problems that also come with illegal immigration. One large problem is the smuggling of drugs and other illegal things that come over are borders, with an already rising problem with gangs and

In America illegal Immigration is a major concern that haunts many of the citizens in our

Since the start of our country, America has been known as a land of immigrants, a melting pot of different cultures and ethnicities working towards the American motto of the land of the free, home of the brave. Since colonial times, immigrants have been an integral part of society, majorly contributing to U.S culture and economy, yet many Americans have always had very conflicting ideas on immigration. Many people look past the benefits immigrants bring to our economy and society and instead scapegoat them for many of the United States’ problems surrounding unemployment and budget. The positive effects of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, in our country far outweighs the negative effects because of their important impact on society and the economic help that American relies on.

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 U.S economy is constantly changing due to many factors, and immigration happens to be one of them. For so long, many people have had opposing viewpoints of how immigrants that are coming into the United States are affecting the economy. Some people believe that immigrants make up a big percentage of the United States’ economy meanwhile, others believe that they just take space away from public services such as schools, hospitals, and jails. Art Thompson and Arian Campo-Flores are both publishers who wrote about the controversy of immigration changing the economy. Publisher Arian Campo-Flores, in his article “Why Americans Think (Wrongly) That Illegal Immigrants Hurt the Economy” published in 2010 by The Daily Beast argues that illegal immigrants are not hurting the economy instead, they are helping it by providing cheap labor, replenishing the lost funds that retiring Americans will create and are contributing to properties and to taxes. In an opposing viewpoint, Art Thompson in his article, “Real Solutions for the Economy: Stop

According to Pewresearch, there were about 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the United State in 2014, and half of them were Mexicans (Krogstad). The push factors that led to such high illegal immigration include gang violence and political unrest while pull factors such as more opportunities for a good education and increased job opportunities also played a role. There has been a long debate of the impact of the undocumented immigration within the United States. The main opponents said that the undocumented immigrants' drive down wages for low-skill jobs and create a unsafe environment to live (Wallace). In order to keep out the large amount of immigrants, the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump has vowed to build thick

There are millions of illegal immigrants in the United States, as Markon (2016) argues that the majority are from South and Central America, Europe, and Mexico. They form a population of between 10 million to 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. One of these illegal is my father, who came to the U.S.A in 1996 to work and tried to pay the numerous debts that he got in my country; in addition, my country had a large concern where there weren’t jobs and several banks had gone broke because of the change from Sucre to the dollar. At that time, my father thought the only solution was to come to get that money. My father, there are other undocumented immigrants that came from the same situation or for other reasons to this

Thesis: Learning as much as possible about Illegal Immigration so that we may understand and try and find a reasonable solution.

More pragmatically, illegal immigration causes economic uncertainty for Americans. Employers do not know what their payroll is going to look like and how the hiring of undocumented immigrants will affect their business. Moreover, the current illegal immigration problem promotes the exploitation of illegal immigrants for labor. Illegal immigrants, because of their precarious legal position, are often employed at sub-standard wages, without the employee benefits or job security enjoyed by U.S. residents.

“America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts”-James Madison

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,

The first reaction when citizens read the word illegal is to automatically believe that there are no advantages to the situation. Although, there are many different approaches in viewing the immigration reform in the United States. Immigration can be seen as a much more complex issue than just what meets the human eye. Most immigrants do not cross the border solely because they are looking to break the law, they do so because they are attempting to seek better opportunities and lifestyle for themselves and their families. There is a strong concern in the United States that immigrants will replace American workers and reduce our standards of living. On the contrary, evidence suggests that immigrants typically boost American workers’ overall standard of living by increasing American wages and lowering prices for consumers. The United States’ immigration system is clearly broken, employers are gaming the system by hiring undocumented workers for lower wages, tax free. This is alone is leaving 11 million immigrants living in the dark. It is clear that fixing the broken system would in turn boost the U.S. economy and help all workers by increasing the productivity of American works, creating more jobs, increasing wages of many workers, and lastly reducing the current deficit the U.S is currently in.

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 flees his country to a different country and stabilizes there. Because of the destitution and the oppression, the immigrants leave their countries. They couldn’t bear the harsh of life in their home countries, so they leave for a new start and a new chance of life. the immigrants and the economy of the host country both have beneficial effects from the immigration which is appropriate for the two populations. Unfortunately, the ban can affect the economy of the country whom issued the ban and for the immigrants. The ban that placed from the President Donald Trump has a lot of negative effects to the United States and the banned countries.

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.