Illegal Immigration Debate

According to an independent, non-profit research organization, The Center for Immigration Studies, found in a recent study should a significant increase of 4.1million from the year 2011 to 2015. The topic of illegal immigration has been a very controversial topic among the political parties in the 2016 Presidential running. Illegal immigration refers to the migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destined country. (Procon) Although this is the general definition of an illegal immigrant, illegal immigration takes several forms, undocumented entrants, those who gain entrance into the country of destination using fraudulent documents, violators of a visa, and the violators of the terms and

As Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia has reported, in 2006 an estimated 8 million illegal immigrants pay taxes, including both income taxes and Medicare and Social Security taxes. Indeed, revenue from illegal immigrants is estimated at $11 billion a year to Social Security alone. (Reason) Another tax that immigrants also pay are the taxes we see everyday, the U.S. sales taxes, whether they buy a carton of milk or a jacket from Macy’s regardless of their immigration status they will always have to pay these taxes. The vast majority of these immigrants came to this country in order to gain employment and overall life opportunities, to earn better salaries to support their families, to put their children through schools so they can have better futures. Forbidding them from receiving permanent residency and citizenship can hinder them from doing so. Immigration is a natural right. A natural right is a right inherent to our humanity, and the freedom of movement is such a right. (Reason) The idea that immigration needs to be “authorized” by the government is a false modern idea created by the Republican and Democratic political parties. In addition to interviewing Ms. Ramirez, I also interviewed Mr. Omar Del Monico,

(Bureau of Labor Statistics) Illegal immigrants should be able to attain permanent residency and citizenship of the United States because to put it in the simplest terms, what else would we do? Illegal immigrants show to be an essential part of today’s world, they improve our nations employment, they improve our businesses, and they ultimately enhance our multicultural dynamic. These individuals should be allowed to benefit from the governmental aid due to their low wages. They should be given medical and retirement benefits from their workplace. At the end of the day, these individuals are human, and they should be treated accordingly. Being from an immigrant household myself, I know first hand the heartache and struggle of the modern immigrant person and household. They live in constant fear of the inhumane act of deportation, where they are stripped away from their families and sent back to the country they tried so hard to