Effects of Illegal Immigrants from Mexico on America

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Today, there are about 11.7 million immigrants living in the US illegally, and that number has been at a steady incline over the years. As a desperate escape from their harsh realities at home, many go the illegal route due to our lengthy and expensive citizenship process. Illegal immigrants come to America for numerous reasons, and impact Americans in many ways; it is time that a solution is made to resolve this issue.

Immigrants come from all around the world to escape problems in their home countries and to take advantage of the many opportunities America has to offer them. Right now, there are a lot of people traveling illegally across the border to get away from the violent drug wars in Mexico. Mexicans also come to take the many farming job opportunities available in the southern states. “Many in agriculture favor a guest worker program that allows farmers to hire migrant workers with minimal red tape.” (Semuels) They are known as migration workers and work the hard, strenuous jobs that American citizens aren’t interested in doing. This is a positive impact of the migrators. They help the Economy by working the farms and help us get food. “The fact is our immigration policy as a whole is undermining our economy.” Right now, the immigration process takes a very long time and a lot of work. Farmers think that if they made a residency policy for migrating workers, it would help out tremendously. “Labor wants both undocumented immigrants and legal guest workers to eventually have a path to citizenship” but not immediately, “if migrant worker become US citizens right away, they’ll leave the low-paying grueling jobs at farms and restaurants.” Under some circumstances, a drawn out policy would be fine, but these people are tryi...

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.... Immigrants come to the US for the opportunities and safety it has to offer and benefit in negative and positive ways, it’s time to come to a solution to this age-old problem.

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Jonsson, Patrik. "Solution to Arizona Immigration Law Troubles: 'Safe Passage' Home?" The Christian Science Monitor. N.p., 28 July 2010. Web. 5 Feb. 2014.

Kanstroom, Daniel. "Deportation Nation." New York Times. 31 Aug. 2012: A.27. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 06 Feb. 2014

Martin, Michel. "Is Immigration Reform Really Going Anywhere?." Tell Me More (NPR) (2013): Newspaper Source. Web. 6 Feb. 2014.

Semuels, Alana. "Business Owners Getting Vocal on Immigration." Los Angeles Times. 23 Feb. 2013: A.1. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 06 Feb. 2014.

Walterm. "A Proposal for Resolving Illegal Immigration." Web log post. Scientiamedia.com. N.p., 7 Aug. 2010. Web. 5 Feb. 2014.

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