Essay On Illegal Immigration

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Contrary to popular opinion, illegal immigrants do not contribute to the U.S. economy. Instead they cost more by using government provided services, taking jobs from native workers, and reducing wages by competition with native workers. Proudly a nation of immigrants the United States attracts people from all over the world because we are a nation of laws. (Demint) For centuries immigration has been indispensable to the health of our nation, as it will be for our nation’s future success. (Demint) Although this is true, immigrants should still come to our nation lawfully and not burden our nations loyal and already overburdened taxpayers more with fiscal costs. (Demint) Foreign born people residing in the United States at the time of a population survey who were not U.S. citizens at birth in 2012 were reported to be 4.2% born in Africa, 29.2% born in Asia, 11.8% born in Europe, 52.2% born in Latin America including South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, 2.0% born in Northern America including Canada, Bermuda, Greenland, St. Pierre, and Miquelon. (Migration) The top three countries from which illegal immigrants were reported to have been originally born in are Mexico, India, and China. (Migration) With illegal immigration becoming more common by the years you can only imagine how much those numbers have increased. Having illegal immigrants in the U.S. and how to deal with the productive and government fee-conflicting immigrants can cause much controversy on whether they hurt or help our economy. Pardoning the offense against our government to those who break the law and putting them on a path to become citizens of our law-based nation would be unfair; also it would just impose more unacceptable behavior and major...

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...e there are a great amount of Americans willing to do the jobs. (Ambrosek) The biggest problem about this situation is that not only are illegal immigrants taking these jobs but they are allowing the employers to keep the minimum wage low. If no one would allow the pay to be low, employers would be forced to raise the minimum wage to acquire workers thus benefiting those who would willingly take the jobs. (Ambrosek) As long as immigrants keep working high labor jobs and not complaining or taking a stand on the low pay it will remain the same. Considering the amount of unlawful immigrants that come into our country you can infer that there are not enough jobs for everyone. (Ambrosek) As long as immigrants keep coming to America and acquiring low paying jobs they will be allowing payments to stay low while taking away jobs from willing, needy, and lawful Americans.

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