Illegal Immigration Thesis

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According to the Department of Homeland Security, as of 2012, there were 11.4 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. Illegal immigrants are all those who travel to other countries from their homeland without any authorization, breaking the laws of the destination country. Within the United States, there has been an ongoing debate about what to do with these people and whether they should be granted with temporary legal status or instead denied this opportunity. A further complication is that many of these recent illegal immigrants are young children in search of their parents, escaping the dangerous conditions in their home countries. They have no money nor lawyers who can defend their condition appropriately and fairly. …show more content…

The majority of the American population believe that the government should grant illegal immigrants with temporary legal status. This is evidenced in Source E where we can see that 72% of Americans believe that illegal immigrants should have a way to stay legally, while only 27% believe that they should not be allowed to stay (Source E). This proves that the government should take into consideration the polls made and never disregard the citizen’s opinions. By doing so, the government would be granting citizens the recognition they deserve in a society. While it is true that most people in the US want this, others claim that granting illegal immigrants with legal status ignores the fact that these people broke the law (Source F). Despite this, if the government grants illegal immigrants with legal stay, they would be able to establish concrete bonds and relationships among citizens, positively contributing to the society. Most of these people have been denied the right of having healthy relationships and a stable family. Which is why, the government should make sure that these people are a part of the social aspects of society, in a positive way, rather than harming those around them. By integrating them into society it is less likely that these people would fall into the drug trading, trafficking, or any other sector that could put the lives of Americans in peril. Furthermore, illegal immigrants can be fully integrated into society as productive members by the asylums or the SIJS, which is “humanitarian form of relief available to minors who were abused, neglected, or abandoned by one or both parents” (Source D) which are already established in the US. If illegal immigrants get the help they need, they are most likely to be beneficial and contribute to the social aspects of the country, such as raising

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