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    Open Border Policy and Illegal Immigration Introduction Immigration is one of the contentious issues that continue to elicit mixed reactions from different parties. In most western economies, debates on immigration policies have been on the rise in the recent decades. Whereas the international human rights have confirmed that freedom of movement is one of the basic human rights and hence no one can be deprived, most governments have put restrictions on immigration. Furthermore, the enactment of

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    There is a massive amount of illegals living in the United States today. More than 11 million undocumented aliens currently reside in the United States. This number is continuously increasing because the illegal immigration rate is growing by 700,000 per year (Kane). Large masses of immigrants who continuously enter the US illegally, in desire for a better lifestyle, cause major damage and destruction to America. The effects and threats that these illegals impose to the well being of America and

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    Why is illegal immigration often viewed as a threat to the United States rather than being unscrupulous? With over 11.5 million illegal immigrants in the Unites States, opponents of illegal immigration dispute that concept of granting amnesty to these immigrants. These arguments include that certain jobs will be stolen, and an increase in crime rate would develop. Despite the fact that illegal immigration is controversial, recent studies and social trends have shown that granting amnesty to illegal

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    What is Illegal Immigration Doing to Our Country? Illegal immigration is a controversial topic discussed in our country everyday. An illegal immigrant is anyone who has illegally crossed some kind of border whether it is by land, water, or air. These people are undocumented, unauthorized and unnaturalized people. In America’s case, these immigrants usually come from the south where the neighboring countries such as Cuba and Mexico reside. Some also come from Canada, but it is not too common. Should

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    and Illegal Immigration The Hospitality Industry and Illegal Immigration Alex Andrea Hurt Kendall College Abstract Working in the Hospitality Industry currently, this topic is well known to me. I see it every day in the various restaurants we own and also within our headquarters where we organize, plan, create and cook the food we are delivering at events. Although, my company does not hire any persons without a Green Card or who is an illegal immigrant, there are definitely illegal immigrants

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    leave their nation and move somewhere new. Either to build onto what they already have or start over completely, moving to another country provides a very appealing alternative to the state of their current lifestyle. Often times this ends up in illegal immigration, which has more positive effects than people are led to believe. At one point in time America relied on outsiders so much that they were willing to enslave them in order to. Like many other settler societies, the United States, before

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    is illegal immigration, the two sources I used in this report are Daily Mail and CNN. Daily Mail states that illegal immigration is hurting the economy and costing the United States $135 million annually. In our country the illegal immigrant population is 12.5 million. In this article it is stated that the taxes received from illegal immigrants is only $19 billion annually. This is nowhere near what would be needed to compensate for the amount the government is spending on illegal immigrants yearly

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    About 400,000 illegal immigrants come to the United States each year, each one with their own story and reasons. These illegal immigrants often have sorrowful stories that make you want to sympathize with them, but these immigrants never think about how their presence affects the United States. On September 5th, “President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of the DACA program; they contended that undocumented immigrants took economic opportunities away from citizens and lawful

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    The Pros and Cons of Illegal Immigration into the United States Illegal immigration has been an important and serious issue for decades; which affects everyone, both Americans and immigrants themselves. Illegal Immigration has three main purposes: first to find a better life in the ?promise land?, second: free healthcare, and third: for criminal activity. Most illegal immigrants come to America with the best intentions for themselves and/or their families, but many others have alternative

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    misconceptions about illegal immigrants being in the United States, many of them being negative. An instance of one of these misconceptions is that illegal immigrants influence the U.S. economy in a negative way, also that illegal immigrants just keep bringing in bad actions, such as overpopulation and bad behavior. However, that is not entirely true, illegal immigrants in the United States actually bring benefits, many individuals do not know the genuine truth that immigrants help keep our economy

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