Arguments Against Illegal Immigration

Illegal Immigration

The number of undocumented immigrants has occupied about thirteen percent of the total population in America. When individuals migrate to the United States, their presence leads to both positive and negative results. Although the number of documented migrants has significantly increased, the amount of illegal immigrants in America is leading to horrific crimes. The number of impending crimes in the country is expected to increase as the number of undocumented immigrants increase. The loss of employment, increased amount of terrorism, stolen taxpayer money, and limited natural resources in the country are all current and possible effects that illegal immigrants possess.

Many individuals are attracted to the large

economic opportunity here in the United States. A large amount of foreigners are being pushed out of their country of birth because of political, economic, or even social push factors.

The migration of these immigrants are causing a variety of issues in America. When the United States does not have legal documentation of certain individuals, problems arise. If the existence of someone is unknown, that allows easier access to terrorism in our country. When terrorism strikes in America, citizens begin to fear for their safety and lives. This ongoing issue is drawing Americans away from living in the United States. Since Americans are fearing for their safety, they are moving away due to a political push factor. ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration PAC) stated, “. . .illegal immigrants are stealing over 125 Billion dollars worth of American taxpayer resources each year.” On average, residents in the U.S. are paying about $14,000 per year through their taxes. About twenty seven percent of their total income is given back to the government through taxing. The major problem arising from this is that undocumented immigrants are not paying taxes. Therefore, illegal immigrants are stealing the income of the citizens of America. The United

States is often seen as an area of large economic opportunity. With the hundreds of billions of dollars being stolen each year, many people are not enticed to live here. Americans are viewing this problem as unsolvable and are being pushed out of the country due to economic push factors. Each year the total population in the United States is increasing about 700,000 people including immigrants. The population is mainly focused on the following cities, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia etc. Immigrants are being pulled into these large cities for employment and opportunities. Although they are searching for jobs, many undocumented immigrants are causing the amount of natural resources to decline.
In order to reduce the amount of illegal immigrants in the United States, we should build a wall surrounding our borders.

The majority of immigrants coming into America are from Mexico. Although most of these individuals are receiving proper documentation and are legal citizens, about sixty percent of them are unauthorized coming from Mexico. There is currently a wall on the border of America and Mexico but the wall only covers roughly thirty percent of the border. The remaining two thirds of the border is watched over by hundreds of border patrol police. The police are mainly centered around major cities near the border such as Tucson and San Diego. Often times police men and women are not enough to restrain unauthorized immigrants from entering the country. Building a wall will decrease the chance of an individual attempting to sneak into the United States. The wall will decrease the risk of an officer getting injured while on the job and creates and intervening

obstacle.
Building a wall will decrease the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States, possibly even banish the individuals. Having an obstacle to tackle like that will either keep the people out or it will slow them down in the process, making it easier to find and arrest the individuals. Potential political obstacles of building the wall is that not every citizen will agree with this idea. The idea of building a wall might increase the amount of taxes Americans will pay because it is estimated to cost 22.4 billion dollars. Since Americans will have to pay a larger amount of money than they normally do, that is a potential political and economic obstacle that would have to be faced. The idea could potentially cause protests and arguments
throughout America.
In conclusion, having unauthorized immigrants in the United States is causing a variety of problems and is expected to cause a lot more as the number of undocumented individuals increases. As the people find their way into America, they can increase the risk of a
terrorist attack, unemploy Americans and steal billions of dollars from taxpayers. Terrorist attacks and the stolen money of taxpayers are causing both economic and political push factors of the citizens of America. With the proposal of building a wall to fully cover the border between America and Mexico, the number of unauthorized immigrants will greatly reduce. A positive effect of building the wall would be that police men and women would work in a safer environment, and the wall would slow down the certain individuals making it easier for border patrol to catch them. In the end, even though tax payment might increase, building a wall
will allow Americans to feel safer and will not drain the country from its natural resources.