The issues with undocumented immigrants, excluding the burden on public health, are both politically and socially enthused. While politics played a significant role in deciding how undocumented immigrants are managed once they enter the United States, some individuals in society have become judgmental and developed behaviors that are detrimental to the progress of undocumented immigrants being granted opportunities to advance or seek medical care. For instance, the U.S. has policies about governmental health program such as Medicaid, Food Stamp, Section 8 and Child Health Plus; these programs follow federal guidelines on how one qualifies for benefits. While undocumented immigrants may not be able to take advantage of these programs, lack of…
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Crime is also a very present and threatening problem that relates to illegal immigrants. It is partially-proven and very highly believed by many that if we were to open the United States' borders to immigration, crime rates will increase by a…
The Democratic Party has fiercely advocated for the enactment of the DREAM Act. Republicans however have strongly opposed it and have left little hope for any reform for illegal immigrants. However not passing the DREAM Act and stalling on reform for illegal immigrants is doing an injustice to these immigrants and most importantly to American citizens. Today many US citizens suffer from a depleting economy and anything that can help revive it should and must be done. I see the DREAM Act as a great opportunity to aid and provide relief to the economy.…
According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 11.3 million undocumented immigrants currently reside in the United States. Of this total, the top 3 countries the unauthorized immigrants derived from are El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. The nation is divided due to the variances in perspective of illegal immigration; whether you are for it or against it. Subsequently, the propaganda concerning immigration reform continues to play a prevailing role in U.S. legislations as well. Former President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 in effort to end illegal immigration, however, the contrary happened. In other words, fraudulent settlers are inevitably going to find a way to reside in the U.S. despite the tighter border control. Which will beg the question of by what means does illegal immigration damage or benefit the U.S. economy?…
One of the most controversial topics in recent years in America is the issue of immigration. This issue has raised issues regarding illegal immigrants and their rights in the context of economics, legislation, and education. One of the more problematic parts of the issue concerns the children of illegal immigrants and how they should be handled. Many illegal immigrants come to the United States in order to find better opportunities for both themselves and their children. Often these illegal individuals are identified and deported, but it puts their children in difficult situations, especially when the children have spent most, if not all, of their lives in the United States. If the children are allowed to stay, who is responsible for them?…
In the article, “Latino Immigrant Acculturation and Crime,” written by Lorna L. Alvarez-Rivera, Matt R. Nobles, and Kim N. Lersch, the authors exposed that the rapid increase in the Hispanic population established the Latino immigrant acculturation in the American lifestyle, generating a more crime-related problem rather than less. Today, the Hispanic people represent for over 14% of the United States population, becoming the “fast growing minority group” in our country (Alvarez-Rivera, Nobles, and Lersch, 2013). As a result of the increasing population, it’s inevitable that the United States government create new policy challenges to comprised the new diversified community. The Latino immigrants have been classified as outsiders in popular media, assumed as crime-related risk. Recently, Presidential candidate, Donald Trump was under attack for labelling the Hispanic people as criminals, drug users and rapists. However, there’s little research on Latinos portraying and engaging in “patterns of criminality” since…
A very important issue pressing our nation today is a topic that is very controversial and the center of many heated debates and this topic is immigration.To be more specific it is illegal immigration that is the main issue and there are two very different standpoints on how to deal with it.…
Immigrants move to the United States, looking for a better opportunity to improve on their lives. The words The American Dream, resounds in every country around the world. People understand that the United States is known for obtaining the impossible. The way of life in the U.S. is far way better than any other country because people move to the United States with very few resources and with perseverance and determination, those individuals can achieve the American Dream. The problem is when Immigrants enter the United States Illegally the American Dream becomes impossible to obtain. Illegal immigrants are an individual who crosses the border with out any form of approved documentation from the U.S. Mostly the largest of Illegal Immigrants…
As time has progressed, Mexicans have continued to migrate into America, even after the gold frenzy. However, great deals of them never obtained their citizenship before stepping foot onto our land. More than half of the illegal immigrants entering and already here are natives of Mexico (Haerens 12). Innumerable masses of immigrants have illegally ventured into our lives, and camouflaged into communities. This trend is continuing today, but on an exceedingly immense scale. In order to thoroughly understand the illegal immigration disaster that is occurring, we must examine why and how it is happening, what problems it is causing, and what actions are being taken to prevent it.…
The controversy over immigration policy has become one of the most pressing issues in the United States. There are many misconceptions when it comes to immigration but the United States actually benefits from immigration by allowing foreigners to live study and work here. There are immigrants who have earned their citizenship in this in this country and are making the best of it and then there are those who come to this country just to cause harm. We as a people need to understand the difference between the two and to realize that there are some benefits to immigration.…
Illegal Immigration is becoming a serious problem in the U.S. for example,/ the writer states “There are estimated about 11.5 million-12.0 million undocumented illegal aliens without a green card in this country”(1). United States should not allow illegal immigration because some illegal immigrants are criminals, it pulls welfare from u.s citizens and ,causes increased drug smuggling.…
The number of illegal immigrant crimes in America has escalated drastically since border control has loosened. Advocates for an open border argue that immigrants coming to the United United States illegally are all good people who do not commit crime. However the true facts are best summed up by Breit Bart’s website, “Criminal aliens accounted for 38% of all murder convictions in the five states of California,…
As a result of these immigrants entering America illegally, there is no documentation on them; therefore, those who wish to move about America freely committing crimes as they please can do so because the government has no record of them ever being here. In the article, “Bleeding Arizona: The State’s Crackdown on Illegals is as Much About Drugs as Immigration”, author Ed Warner, former editor-reporter for the Voice of America, explains a situation where illegal immigration became an issue because of crime. In his article, Warner explains an event where a man and his dog were killed on their ranch, which is close to the border, by an unknown criminal. It is assumed that the murderer was an illegal immigrant who had crossed into America near the man’s farm. According to Warner, the murderer remains a mystery. Another reason for why undocumented illegal immigrants are a negative thing for America is because they put the country at risk for terrorism. In the article, “Immigration: A National Security Threat?”, author and member of the Committee of U.S. Latin American Relations, Albaro Tutasig, explains that after 9/11/2001, “the George W. Bush administration redefined the role of immigration agencies... The newly created Department of Homeland Security took over jurisdiction of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), thus establishing immigrants as threats to internal security” (Tutasig). Clearly, Americans felt so threatened by the idea of illegal immigration allowing terrorists into their country that they took immigration laws and made them more extreme. To recap, illegal immigration can be a negative thing for America because it creates a larger possibility of criminals and terrorists entering…
The most important political issue facing the US today is immigration. Immigration is a problem because of terrorists, we can’t ignore the fact that om September 11 we were attacked. Most suspected terrorists arrest are made by local police authorities, not border guards. With the presidential election coming up, Donald Trump wants to build a wall to keep people from coming in to the U.S. and he wants Mexico to pay for the wall. Donald Trump opposes the DREAM Act, which grants residency to undocumented immigrants upon meeting certain qualifications, he wants to stop lower in-state tuition for immigrants. Hillary in the other hand wants to create immigration reforms that can lead them to full and equal citizenship. I believe this is important…