Argument To Be Made About Immigrant Babies And Citizenship '
Robert Tumasian
Mrs. Loheide
ENG 101
1/23/14
Illegal Immigration (Revision #2) According to George Will, author of “An Argument to Be Made about Immigrant Babies and Citizenship,” “almost 10 percent of recent U.S. births have been to mothers who are in the United States illegally” (600). This surprising statistic symbolizes America’s major, unlawful immigration problems. George Will also state that “before 1868, there were and never had been any illegal immigrants because no law had ever restricted immigration” (601). People could travel and live anywhere they chose. Many economic burdens and numerous cultural disputes have been created by the residing of illegal aliens in the United States. Illegal immigration creates many economic problems within the United States. Individuals should have the right to live wherever they will thrive most, but some Americans believe that unlawful aliens do not pay taxes, other than sales tax; …show more content…
A major argument in this area is that all of us are immigrants. Excepting the full-blood Native American descendants, most American citizens are descended from immigrants who moved to America without paying or completing a lot of paperwork. Times are very different, though, and while that worked then because there was plenty of land, most people were self-employed and there was no law prohibiting it. Today, that is not the case. There are many outside influences on American culture from immigrants, such as food and other products that we enjoy, religions that are important to some people, and holidays that many people celebrate. Even the American English language has many words that are either taken or adapted from other languages, mainly because of immigration. Immigrants are important to the United States, and contribute to society in many ways. Illegal immigrants are the
Mrs. Loheide
ENG 101
1/23/14
Illegal Immigration (Revision #2) According to George Will, author of “An Argument to Be Made about Immigrant Babies and Citizenship,” “almost 10 percent of recent U.S. births have been to mothers who are in the United States illegally” (600). This surprising statistic symbolizes America’s major, unlawful immigration problems. George Will also state that “before 1868, there were and never had been any illegal immigrants because no law had ever restricted immigration” (601). People could travel and live anywhere they chose. Many economic burdens and numerous cultural disputes have been created by the residing of illegal aliens in the United States. Illegal immigration creates many economic problems within the United States. Individuals should have the right to live wherever they will thrive most, but some Americans believe that unlawful aliens do not pay taxes, other than sales tax; …show more content…
A major argument in this area is that all of us are immigrants. Excepting the full-blood Native American descendants, most American citizens are descended from immigrants who moved to America without paying or completing a lot of paperwork. Times are very different, though, and while that worked then because there was plenty of land, most people were self-employed and there was no law prohibiting it. Today, that is not the case. There are many outside influences on American culture from immigrants, such as food and other products that we enjoy, religions that are important to some people, and holidays that many people celebrate. Even the American English language has many words that are either taken or adapted from other languages, mainly because of immigration. Immigrants are important to the United States, and contribute to society in many ways. Illegal immigrants are the