Illegal Immigration and Its Effects on the United States

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Many presidents have promised to increase government regulation on the ongoing cycle of illegal immigration. However, none of them have succeeded in doing so. It does seem to be an impossible task with thousands crossing every day and many of them fooling the U.S. by getting a working visa then never returning back home. Although this task of illegal immigration seems overwhelming the government needs to be more involved by continuing to build border walls, allowing the states to pass laws to check for citizenship if prompted to, and, if all these actions are carried out lawfully, the U.S. will become a safer place to live.

The reason that thousands of illegal immigrants cross the border each day is to make a better life for themselves and their family. That is the American dream. What they don’t realize is that by being undocumented this costs the U.S. citizens money. Also, when they come over here illegally they are “paying little or no taxes and draining our social welfare” and receiving all of the benefits that U.S. citizens are entitled to when they get taxes deducted from their pay checks (“Undocumented Latino Immigrants Increase…”). Furthermore, they increase crime rates across the U.S. It is documented that “nearly 60 percent of Latino gangs are illegal aliens, and the number of Latino gangs is increasing nationally” (“Undocumented Latino Immigrants Increase…”). They have spread out to affect the entire U.S., not just bordering states. It could be argued that they do not increase crime rates because they have about the same crime rates as whites and are just being exploited more due to the fact that they are illegal. Also, the media likes to blow up the statistics to scare the people who watch (“Undocumented Latino Immig...

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