Arguments Against Illegal Immigration
| Illegal ImmigrationAlbert Leos ENG/102June 23, 2013Susan Stewart | | | |
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Illegal Immigration The general public must understand the importance of illegal immigration and how it affects our country. To have an affirmative path to citizenship is in the best interest of not only the American people but also our economy and our government. Once the Democratic and Republican parties agree on a more suitable solution for legal immigration status, the outcome will draw down the U.S. debt by more taxes paid to the government. There are 11.1 million and counting of foreign born who are not U.S. citizens. (Pew Research, 2011) Their immediate citizenship would add 1.4 trillion to the country economic growth. …show more content…
economy as workers and tax payers. They account for 5 % of the total U.S. workforce in industries like construction, agriculture, ground keeping meat processing, and textile production. A study done in 2006 by the Texas State Comptroller estimated that the 1.4 million undocumented immigrants in Texas also added almost $18 billion to the state’s economic output and more than paid for the 1.2 billion in state services they used by generating $1.8 million in the new state revenues. Contrary to popular belief most undocumented immigrants pay sales and property as well as state and federal taxes. Undocumented immigrants also spend billions of dollars that supports the US economy each year. The contribution could be much higher if undocumented immigrants were able to earn legal status. That translates in to higher wages, more taxes and more money to spend. This would be all the Yes part of illegal immigration. Immigration is increasingly shaping the experience of many Americans. “Of those polled, 50 percent said they often come in contact with immigrants who spoke little or no English, while 60 percent said they had close friends who were born outside the United States.” (New York Times, Late Edition 22 Mar …show more content…
Employees could face steep fines or jail terms for not hiring legal citizens. In the year of the bubble economy it can be argued that illegal’s were doing the jobs that no Americans wanted. A case can be made that allowing a path for citizenship for most illegal immigrants in the United States would be preferable. With a mass unemployment rate for years even with the economy slowly recovering makes not sense to pay to unemployed Americans while employers hire illegal immigrants who have sneaked into the United States and are taking the unemployed jobs. The United States has not only a undocumented Illegal immigration problem it has an illegal employer problem. Any type of action not based on strong legal action is nothing but a political
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Illegal Immigration The general public must understand the importance of illegal immigration and how it affects our country. To have an affirmative path to citizenship is in the best interest of not only the American people but also our economy and our government. Once the Democratic and Republican parties agree on a more suitable solution for legal immigration status, the outcome will draw down the U.S. debt by more taxes paid to the government. There are 11.1 million and counting of foreign born who are not U.S. citizens. (Pew Research, 2011) Their immediate citizenship would add 1.4 trillion to the country economic growth. …show more content…
economy as workers and tax payers. They account for 5 % of the total U.S. workforce in industries like construction, agriculture, ground keeping meat processing, and textile production. A study done in 2006 by the Texas State Comptroller estimated that the 1.4 million undocumented immigrants in Texas also added almost $18 billion to the state’s economic output and more than paid for the 1.2 billion in state services they used by generating $1.8 million in the new state revenues. Contrary to popular belief most undocumented immigrants pay sales and property as well as state and federal taxes. Undocumented immigrants also spend billions of dollars that supports the US economy each year. The contribution could be much higher if undocumented immigrants were able to earn legal status. That translates in to higher wages, more taxes and more money to spend. This would be all the Yes part of illegal immigration. Immigration is increasingly shaping the experience of many Americans. “Of those polled, 50 percent said they often come in contact with immigrants who spoke little or no English, while 60 percent said they had close friends who were born outside the United States.” (New York Times, Late Edition 22 Mar …show more content…
Employees could face steep fines or jail terms for not hiring legal citizens. In the year of the bubble economy it can be argued that illegal’s were doing the jobs that no Americans wanted. A case can be made that allowing a path for citizenship for most illegal immigrants in the United States would be preferable. With a mass unemployment rate for years even with the economy slowly recovering makes not sense to pay to unemployed Americans while employers hire illegal immigrants who have sneaked into the United States and are taking the unemployed jobs. The United States has not only a undocumented Illegal immigration problem it has an illegal employer problem. Any type of action not based on strong legal action is nothing but a political