Joshua Hudson Robin Mangino‚ Ph.D. College Writing II (242) March 10‚ 2015 A Continent Divided: Illegal Immigration in America The American Dream: an opportunity to live free‚ earn living‚ buy a house‚ and to raise a family; the opportunity to leave a war torn nation‚ or a land of poverty in hopes of a better life. What is America? America is a nation of immigrants‚ on that doesn’t have limitations on the country of origin‚ ethnicity‚ or culture of the migrant. The idea of the great melting pot
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difficult and complicated issues to discuss is illegal immigration. I believe that illegal immigration is an important enough topic to warrant serious conversation and the realization that something must be done to slow it down and eventually stop it. This massive flood of illegals into the U.S. has created numerous problems and conflicts with the existing population of native born Americans already living here. It has mostly been in the last decade that illegal immigration has become the popular
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Illegal Immigration One of the most controversial political issues of today is that of illegal immigrants from Mexico. Immigration has been the source of a lot of controversial discussions in past years due in large part to the attacks on September 11th. Illegal immigration into the United States is a problem that should be stopped‚ or hardly saying reformed as it is unfair to Americans and to the people of the country from which they illegally immigrated. It is thought that the majority of illegal
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Illegal Immigration In The United States: A Controversial Debate Illegal immigration is an on-going issue‚ which is of much importance in the United States today. It has been overlooked for many years‚ however it has reached a point where it can no longer be ignored. Most of the illegal immigrants‚ 54% to be exact‚ come through the Mexican border. (Hayes 5) Since the early 1980’s‚ the number of illegal Mexican immigrants has risen at an incredible rate‚ causing the United States government to take
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Illegal immigration is one of the most commonly debated topics of 2016 because of the Presidential election. Illegal immigrants are a hindrance to America’s growth; however‚ immigration legally is valuable in expanding the countries cultures and learning opportunities. Because of the illegal immigration rates‚ the threat of terrorism and crime increases. According to Fox News‚ local‚ state and federal data has given an oddly disproportionate number of murderers‚ rapists and drug dealers that are
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writing to you concerning the recent legislation regarding allowing illegal immigrants to be given amnesty and allowed to apply for work permits and‚ after two years‚ being granted citizenship. This troubles me greatly‚ especially with our unemployment rate being as high as it currently is. This would make it much more difficult for those searching for employment as there would be much more competition. Secondly‚ if an illegal immigrant is allowed to become a U.S. citizen that easily‚ this would
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Immigration in the United States is now becoming a larger problem than it once used to be. Currently roughly 8 million people are living in the U.S. without legal papers and each year approximately 200‚000 illegal immigrants successfully cross the border. More than half of the illegal aliens are of Mexican origin. An illegal immigrant is a foreigner who has either illegally crossed an international political border‚ be it by land‚ water‚ or air‚ or a foreigner who has entered a country legally
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Illegal immigration in United States In this text I am going to write about illegal immigration in United States. First I will talk about what illegal immigration is and give you some facts about it in U.S. I will also discuss for and against illegal immigration. I will give you some of mine point of view in the end. When you go to a country without permission and stay there for a long time‚ that´s illegal immigration. Many of these people search for visa and as an answer they get no‚ but still
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Benefits of Illegal Immigration Every year thousands of people choose to leave their home country and come to the United States to start a new life. They dream of freedom and endless possibilities that they would never have in their home countries. Unfortunately‚ there are those who chose to disregard the law and come to this country illegally. It is estimated that there are 20 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. today. Illegal immigration affects our country in many ways. The cost of illegal immigration
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Illegal Immigration into the United States One of the most controversial political issues is illegal immigration from Mexico. Somewhat overlooked until September 11‚ illegal immigration became a hot button issue after these events because of the easy access for terrorists to come into the United States. Illegal immigration into the United States is a problem that needs to be stopped‚ because it is unfair to both Americans and to the people of the country that they come from. The majority of the
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