Summary: The Problem Of Illegal Immigration

Immigration has been a big problem in the U.S. for a long time, illegal immigrants come to America and take advantage of its rights, laws, and freedoms. Illegals have been a problem since America first became a country. America has made laws to try and stop illegal immigration, but this statistic shows how it hasn’t worked out too well. Eleven point one million total illegals in the U.S. as of last year and of that 11.1 million 8 million are in the work/labor force. They are taking jobs from people that are actual U.S. citizens. Illegal immigration is a problem in the U.S. that needs to be stopped, by enforcing current laws and enacting new laws. Illegal immigration is a real problem in the U.S. because it can slowly change the U.S. The U.S.

Each day at hundreds of points along our southern border, thousands of people from countries all over the world are entering the U.S. illegally”(Dudley). As said earlier in this paper 11.1 million illegal immigrants were in the U.S. last year and of that only 242,255 were deported. On top of that 66% of those 11.1 million illegals have been in the U.S. for at least a decade or more. In 2016 roughly 5 million immigrants came into the U.S. with legal visas. So that shows that the U.S. isn’t against letting people in, it just wants people that do things the right way. Illegal immigrants also show that they have no respect for the U.S. and it’s laws, when they come into the country illegally. They also hurt the economy, when they come into the country illegally and take most of the low-skilled jobs that U.S.’s lower income citizens could use to better themselves and lift themselves out of poverty. When the illegal immigrants do this they are taking jobs that could better U.S. people and it’s economy. When this happens more people must live off government benefits and then the government raises taxes on higher income citizens, causing a strain on them as well. Companies that hire