The Pros And Cons Of Illegal Immigration

No one wants to leave their country, but war, famine, and employment can cause people to migrate to find a peaceful place to stay. More than a million undocumented immigrants migrate to America every year searching for jobs and safe places for their families to stay, Because of this, every undocumented immigrant in America should be granted citizenship. The U.S government should allow the immigrants who are here illegally to become U.S citizens. Many of the undocumented immigrants do their best to assimilate, pay their taxes, and contribute to American traditions and culture. Their contributions to our country have done so much for the people, we should be honored to have them.

Illegal immigrants should be given the right to benefits in the U.S. Illegal immigrants are willing to take all kinds of jobs that Americans don't want. According to Green Garage Blog “When it comes to doing household chores, cleaning, feeding the pets and taking care of an adult in need of care and attention, an illegal immigrant can take on these types of jobs. And knowing how busy working Americans are, it helps to get support from someone”(10 Critical Pros and Cons of Illegal immigration). Illegal immigrants can start working in the U.S doing jobs that Americans don’t want like the ones stated above. This could be the gateway to helping them get a pension, retirement plan, and a 401k. Most illegal immigrants have been in the U.S for a while

“When you cross [the border illegally] with the expectation that you’ll be released, there’s no need to hide, there’s no need to run. You just look for a uniformed agent and turn yourself in.”

Immigration is a very debated topic in the United States right now. Conservative citizens believe that people who enter the country illegally, or without proper documentation, have no right to stay. The federal government has laws set in place to prevent illegal immigrants from staying in their borders for too long such as taking away their right to work and ensuring that businesses do not hire these people. The government wants to have accountability of its visitors so that it can keep their citizens safe. Texas borders Mexico for approximately 2000 miles and many of the illegal immigrants come through there to work in Texas. Many Texans will eagerly jump on the bandwagon and declare that illegals must be deported and the border should be

The number of legal immigrants in the United States grows each year. Migrationpolicy.org says, “in 2000, 31.1 million immigrants lived in the united states. 42.4 million immigrants lived in the United States in 2014.” The Immigration Act of 1952 ensured that America has procedures in place to apply for legal residency or even naturalization. However, the act has been amended so many times that legal immigration has become more complicated. Some argue that the number of undocumented immigrants entering America is directly related to the complexities associated with our immigration laws; but if you needed to get away from a gang, dictator, bad economic issues, or your family was in danger wouldn’t you just come into a country even if you were breaking laws? In the 2016, presidential election major party nominees took radically different stands. Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, offered an immigration reform plan that included pathways for full and equal citizenship, extension of the affordable health act and the promotion of naturalization by waiving the associated fees. Says www.hillaryclinton.com. While the Republican nominee, Donald Trump’s plan would allow for construction of a border wall. www.donaldjtrump.com says; detain and deportation of undocumented immigrants and create an biometric entry-exit visa tracking system.

Our country is known as a country of immigrants. Doors are open all the time for those who are willing to come legally to add an extra values to our nation. Our country needs immigrants who have ideas, skills, and knowledge to allow us leading the world. We do not need immigrants who are willing to enter to our soil illegally and become dependent on our government help. Our country needs people who are proud to be independent, supporting their families, and paying their income taxes. Those taxes help the government improve and build our road, schools, hospitals, and more. If our officials become more tolerant with illegal immigrants, they are automatically facing our country and economy to jeopardy. Our officials should learn from what happen

There are a lot of arguments whether or not illegal aliens should or should not be allowed into another country. People have to realize that the main reason for illegal immigration are for their freedom and/or more job opportunities to allow people to have the ability of supporting their families or even just their self. However, not all illegal immigrants want to come just for jobs but to break the law and sell or take things to earn money. (icof.infobaselearning.com/articles/global-issues-and-world-politics/state-immigration-laws.aspx?sr=1&tab=1&hd=2199)

If America is a supposed “melting pot” and “land of opportunity”, why does immigration happen to be one of the biggest issues circulating the news as well as the White House? According to the Migration Policy Institute there are approximately 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. These men, women and children enter the country illegally, with the purpose of living a better life. These people are willing to enter America in ghastly fashions, a perfect example are the undocumented immigrants that recently fled from Mexico. The migrants took off on rafts through Rio Grande and eventually made it into the back of a sweltering hot trailer, in which, 10 of them died due to the deplorable conditions. They may not be citizens

In 1825, the cheapest passage from Europe to the United States cost about one hundred dollars. With the growth of steam navigation and competition, the rates have declined to twenty dollars from London to New York; twenty-one dollars from Queenstown; and from ports in France, Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark to twenty-five to thirty dollars. While these low rates are an advantage to the industrious poor, they equally favor the migration of the thriftless and good-for-nothing. Hence, it may be expected that successive emigrations from the same country will show lower averages of pecuniary means and character, and thus the evils of crime and pauperism, which come to us from abroad, will become more and more potent with the deterioration

Illegal immigration is a major problem which most of the developed countries face in the current economy, and it has been major political problem for the political parties in America (republicans and democrats) and over years each party has a different agenda to discuss the problem. Illegal immigration can be defined as a movement of people from a source country to the destination country without any legal documents and violates destination countries immigration laws. People have moved across lands over years to escape a war situation or to get better facilities in a different country. Countries have defined immigration laws to restrict people to enter their land without proper documentation as illegal immigration social and time

Illegal immigration is a problem that has occurred for many years and it has left many people clueless as how to solve it. Immigration is not a new concept but it has yet to find its solutuion. One particular state has taken matters into its own hands and has set up its own rules and regulations over illegal immigration. That particular state is Arizona and it passed the Senate Bill 1070. Senate Bill 1070 allows “state law enforcement officers to run checks on the immigration status of individuals whenever ‘reasonable suspicion exists’ that the person is unlawfully in the country” (“Arizona State Immigration Laws”). While this is a step towards ending illegal immigration, in my opinion, this is not the way it should be handled. There are better options to solving this problem and this method is not the suggested one.

Immigration is the process in which people immigrate across national borders and enter countries. Illegal immigration is common for people to travel with visa and eventually to let it expire, yet staying in that specific country.The most prominent reason in which people might migrate as illegal immigrants is because of poverty which is the state of being extremely poor. Having a sufficient amount of money can lead to many benefits, one being the opportunity to live the life they couldn't live back in their country. It has both a positive and negative effect on an immigrant and in the country. There are many arguments between people who think illegal immigration is good for the economy and others who think otherwise. Being that they do not live here, they are not qualified for many jobs. Taking the low-end jobs that do not attract citizens. Viewing the situation with an open mind, we can start thinking on a more personal level in how most of the illegal immigrants immigrate in search of a better life. Immigration has been seen for many years in America and has always been a problem for the society especially with illegal immigration, but data and research has proven that many illegal immigrants are an immense help on our economy.

Even though illegal immigration is linked to dangerous criminal activity such drug trafficking, terrorism and the sex trade. The repatriation of all illegal immigrants is impossible to realize and this large scale project would cost large sums of money.

I propose that the state of Oklahoma pass structural regulations toward illegal immigration. From doing research on an article from ProCon.org, it summarizes that immigration has dated back since 1607 - 1799 when the English settled on the James River but did not become a national issue until 1882 (“Historical”). During the time of 1882, “Congress passed an act prohibiting the immigration of paupers and convicts, and rigorous literacy tests for voters were instituted to prevent foreigners from entering" (Wepman xviii), leading to obscure beliefs during the 1920s that, “alien ideas would destroy American institutions" (xviii). From personal experience, immigration grew to be a compelling topic to discuss due to the variety of opinions and perspectives directed toward it. For the success of American citizens, the Federal government should allow illegal immigration to eliminate further conflict between races/ethnicities and benefit society economically.

In America, there is a saying of “you scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours.” However, what about other countries? Specifically, those who seek sanctuary and asylum from the terrors of their own country? Who will scratch their back? Will we? Most Americans have a rational fear of outsiders who enter the country; particularly those who enter the country illegally. A shortage of jobs, scarcity of housing, and rises in crime are a few of the many fears that Americans have concerning illegal immigrants; however, with the help of the Mutual Friends Program (MFP), those fears can soon be a thing of the past. Immigrants can have a place to stay, work, and gain citizenship all at the same time at any MFP center. This program is sure to help immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.