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    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

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    Susan Puffer HGPS December 6, 2015 Immigration. Immigration! Immigration? There is no way to accurately estimate the number of illegal residents in the United States. In the national Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) there were ap-proximately 3.4 million self-reported households of illegal immigrants, of which fifty-one percent claimed to be on one or more forms of welfare (Camarota). Using this we can obvi-ously assume that not every illegal immigrant will respond to the SIPP

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    Guarintino was a Spanish immigrant who moved here into the United States. Juan worked for General Faucets and Plumbing and loved every minute of his job. There was only one problem that Juan was struggling with in America. Juan Guarintino was an illegal immigrant who had paid someone to smuggle him into the United States and make him a fake visa card. Now, a few days ago, he shot a man for the twenty dollars in his pocket that way he could manage his chronic cocaine problem, but the police have caught

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    Deportation and illegal immigration can be touchy subjects for some people, but they are important and need to be talked about. The article says that in the first half of 2014 alone, “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 22,088 unauthorized immigrants who claimed to have at least one U.S.-born child.” This shows that it is an actual problem, and we need to make a decision. First of all, throughout my annotations I made it very clear that it is hard to choose one side, because each

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    First question: 100% of respondents believe that illegal immigration decreases the available local jobs. Illegal aliens come to the United States to take jobs that offer them greater opportunity, and they are often welcomed by US employers who are able to hire them for wages much lower than they would have to pay to hire U.S. workers. This employment is illegal under a law enacted in 1986, but some employers ignore the law and hire illegal workers in the underground economy. Others simply accept

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    increase of illegal immigrants coming to the United States, this affects the U.S in many ways. The problem is that it takes to long to get the visa because there are a lot of illegal immigrants. This affects the illegal immigrants that are coming to the U.S because it takes to long and this also affects the people in the U.S that are a citizen because the illegal immigration get the working visa so they can live in the U.S. This makes it harder for the people to get a job because of the illegal immigrants

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    unfortunately some we do not hear about ever again. Illegal immigration occurs around the whole world. People come from China, Japan, Ireland, Cuba, El Salvador, but where we hear where they come from the most is from Mexico. Many of them mainly come to have a better life or achieve the “American Dream” and if not for them, then they send their children so they can have a decent education and then they can help their family out. Now, illegal immigration is a serious issue that has been trying to be dealt

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    The best solution for the problem of illegal immigration into the U.S. may be increase the number of work permit the U.S. is now offering and improve the immigration controls, such as tracking of the permits. This option will allow the U.S. the possibility of regulating the number of foreigner that enter the country looking for opportunities that they may not have in their countries; nevertheless, the U.S. government needs to have the resources to monitor the legal situation of these workers once

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    Foreigners that go across international borders, breaking immigration laws are illegal immigrants. America is known as “the land of opportunity”, resulting in this influx of people arriving illegally, many of the times undetected. This law is designed to better the economy, education, and welfare of most individuals. The discord between multiple opposing groups is constant because of the issue. Although some argue that illegal immigration can aid the economy, contribute to biodiversity, and the steps

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    Immigration has played an important role throughout American history. What fundamentally sets America apart from other nations is the foundation that it was created by immigrants seeking a better life for themselves and their children (Camarota & Zeigler, 2016). During times of economic growth, laborers have been imported, and deported during recessions (Flores, 2016). An average of 1.1 million immigrants relocate to the United States annually (Storesletten, 2000). US Customs and Border Control officials

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