Immigration
Immigration is one of the controversial topics in the United States. Many citizens have debated and fought within the years whether or not undocumented people, aliens, foreigners, illegal immigrants, or whatever you wish to call should given amnesty for illegal immigrants. Americans believe we can’t afford any amnesty for illegal immigrants, while other citizens who do believe illegal immigrants should be given amnesty believe they are many benefits to having illegal aliens here and they can be used as assets. There are roughly eleven to twelve million undocumented individuals living illegally in The United States. Many protesters are trying to stop these immigrants from continuing to live illegally here. While others citizens, disagree in deporting these foreigners from our home. Yet, these citizens fail to realize that we currently have a national debt of 18 trillion dollars The citizens who do believe immigrants should be given amnesty need to realize we don’t have the time or money to let these aliens live here freely. Americans need to worry about our own citizens first before dealing with others.
Aliens are defined as trespassing our country without legal permission and disobeying the law and requirements to enter the country legally.These citizens who oppose deporting undocumented people back to their homeland would agree that allowing aliens to live here freely would create more opportunities, (job opportunities). “ In the last 12 months of our wonderful economic recovery, we have created 2.6 million new jobs” Even though our economy is progressively recovering, almost half of those 2.6 million new jobs are not full time (Butowsky 1).
It’s not just the economy’s financial problems our citizens have to worry. These “aliens” could be bringing unknown diseases to our country. These immigrants are over-populating our country. These foreigners can’t even financially invest into our country. Immigrants aren’t useful or beneficial as many would think they are. Yet, many will disagree. “If these migrants are given a work permit and brought into the system, they will contribute $45 billion over five years in payroll taxes to the United States economy” These immigrants can be assets if wanted to (Kristoff 2). These migrants can be beneficial if given work permits. Yet, immigrants can put a burden on the U.S financially. Our nation has too many needs and wants, that giving amnesty to over 5 million illegal immigrants can increase our financial burden. We can’t afford giving amnesty to 5 million illegal aliens. We can’t afford it. It will cost us American taxpayers a fortune. American taxpayers have spent a fortune breaking up families and deporting the men and women who obviously just want to work and live freely with their families.
Our government shouldn’t give amnesty to illegal aliens. We shouldn’t give amnesty to those who are unlawfully present without legal permission. Americans shouldn’t reward them with amnesty for living here without legal permission. It’s not fair for those who actually obey the law and meet the requirements to enter the country legally. Not to mention the cultural differences we have. Not that it’s a bad thing but having immigrants divides up the country. The language barriers we have. It can sometimes lead to hostile situations.
Most believe that American should close the immigration gates because immigrants don’t have the skills or requirements to find a job here. That’s why most of them rely on welfare or any type of government aid at the expense of American taxpayers. They are also not enough jobs here for Americans, let alone immigrants. This will just cause more competition to find what jobs are available.
Crime can also increase. If any crime is committed by an undocumented person, they can simply flee back to their homeland.
