Illegal Immigrants Should be Granted Citizenship

The American Dream, which is sought by many people around the world, is not an easy task and it can be very hard to achieve for the unfortunate. Many see the United States as a land of possibilities and a better life and that could explain why the number of unauthorized immigrants has increased from 3.5 millions in 1990 to 12.2 millions in 2007. (Preston 1)

The number on immigrants in the US only decreased between the 2007 and 2009 due to the economical crisis, when more immigrants left the US than entered it. (Preston 2)

However, The United States has one of the safest security systems in the world and that leads to a very good protection of its borders. ‘’In 2006, Congress passed The Secure Fence Act authorizing 700 miles of fencing along the US-Mexico border’’ (Border enforcement 1) creating one of the biggest barriers in the world and disappointing the people that look for a better quality of life. Patrol’s budget in the border with South America, was increased by a 500 percent and its employees by more than 200 percent (Border 1) , which makes difficult the situation for the dreamers who risk their lives to come to America.

There are 11.7 million illegal immigrants living in the US nowadays (Preston 1) who support economically the country as they raised legal workers’ wage a 10 percent between 1990 and 2007 and make an earning of fifteen billions per year to the Social Security trough payroll taxes and a ten percent of its Trust Fund (Davidson 2). On the other hand, Illegal immigrants’ deportation has a very elevated cost and thus, it is not easy to send them home. Although there are 400,000 deportations each year in the US (Preston 1) ‘’In …2007, ICE Director… estimated that to detain and remove 12 million people would co...

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