Immigration Debate For years the United States has gone back and forth on the topic of illegal immigrants. With the Mexican border at the top of their list‚ with a the border’s total length at 1‚951 miles (3‚141 km)‚ according to figures given by the International Boundary and Water Commission. It is the most frequently crossed international border in the world‚ with some 350 million people crossing legally every year. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.-Mexico_border). With the growing number
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past years but eventually made her way in. Maythe got a minimum wage job at a Burger King‚ ended up falling in love with a U.S. citizen and thought that once they married she would be granted legal citizenship. Her husband fully aware of her illegal immigration status‚ decided to go underground with his new family‚ so they would not be separated for years if caught. After years of hiding from the law‚ Maythe was caught in 2010 for driving her vehicle too slowly and was handed directly over to Customs
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Illegal Immigration: Mexico/America Border Fence Illegal immigration between the U.S. and Mexico border has been an ongoing problem‚ long over due for a resolution. Many ideas and possible attempts to prevent illegal crossing of the border have failed. California‚ Texas‚ Arizona‚ and New Mexico are a few states that are heavily impacted by the large mass of illegal aliens crossing over into America. Some Americans argue that illegal’s are taking advantage of government aide‚ are criminals‚ and take
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| Illegal ImmigrationAlbert Leos ENG/102June 23‚ 2013Susan Stewart | | | | | 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
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and more Americans head to college and aspire to get high paying white collar jobs we are experiencing a massive scarcity of blue collar workers. Everyone is chasing a college education; hence we have no one to the low paying‚ back breaking jobs. Illegal immigrants provide the backbone for the American labor force. If we are to deport them‚ it would create a huge shortage of laborers causing the economy to come to a standstill. America has been a nation that has been built by immigrants and we need
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Immigration is a topic being talked about everywhere you look. It’s one of the biggest problems being talked about in the election right now. People have many different opinions on. There are many theories on how to solve it. They range from‚ deporting all illegal immigrants‚ to providing illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. There are many pros and cons to immigration‚ but I believe it should be fixed a fair and certain way. There are a few ways that immigration can benefit us. One way is that
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A Threat To Security - Illegal Immigration While the argument of open borders is highly debated‚ I believe that the best way to solve the problem of illegal immigration is to highly enforce the laws that were set to defend the United States against illegal immigration‚ and try our very best to keep out all immigrants that attempt to cross our borders without permission. Crossing our borders illegally causes many problems with the populations of both the United States and Mexico. Along with that
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Illegal immigration is a growing problem today in America. Immigrants are coming into our country undocumented and doing as they please. This is not acceptable. The United States government should not allow people to immigrate from other countries because they are taking jobs from teenagers and less skilled workers‚ they are costing American taxpayers billions of dollars‚ and they refuse to learn the most common language spoken in America. American teenagers and unskilled workers are losing the
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“The U.S. spent nearly $18 billion dollars on immigration enforcement agencies last fiscal year‚ more than all other law enforcement agencies combined” (Thomas). The biggest problem we have with immigration are illegal immigrants. We are spending billions for security at the borders‚ but we are still having trouble to keep illegal immigrants out. Illegal immigrants increasing the crime rate‚ bringing over unwanted goods‚ and are costing our economy billions. With all the money the United States spend
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Immigration Reform is a change in law that allows immigrants to come to America and stay as illegal or legal residents. Illegal immigration has been a widely discussed topic in politics in the US. Some might argue‚ immigrants are essential as they take on the jobs some Americans do not wish to take‚ and have a right to stay in the country. However‚ others say immigrants should be punished because the illegal immigrants are taking away jobs from Americans and not paying their taxes. Moreover‚ the
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