There is a controversial issue in the United States regarding illegal immigrants and whether or not they should be granted citizenship. Arguments have been made that illegal immigrants hinder the progression of our country's government, social structure, and economy. However, the majority of undocumented immigrants residing in the US have been living in the United States for decades and have proven to be beneficial in all these aspects. These immigrants have already established their homes and families making it hard for deportation to be an effective solution. A way to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants could be an immigration reform that would give immigrants the opportunity to acquire a legal status in the US instead of being deported.
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Most legal immigration comes from immigrants who have family members currently residing in the place that the immigrant plans on moving to. This interaction between an immigrant and a sponsor in the United States was brought by the Immigration Act of 1965. The emigration of skilled workers with no connections in the U.S. was allowed in The Immigration Act of 1990 (Alden 109). Even with these two immigration acts there are still circumstances for someone choosing to migrate into the U.S. illegally. Most of the illegal immigrants are “unskilled workers” with no “family ties” in the country they want to work in, so they cannot benefit from the immigration laws. Therefore, they see illegal immigration as the only alternative (Kudrle 64). Also, to some immigrants, the benefits that come with legal immigration are not as enticing as it may seem. For example, legal immigrants face poor health care which is not much of a trade off to the absence of health care aid that comes with illegal immigration (Topics). Immigrants, in general, do not receive many health care benefits compared to natives of the United States because of the amount of time they have lived in the country. The rise of migration into America accounts for the 24 percent of children in the current generation born from immigrants, which is shocking considering the over five million illegal immigrants that are unaccounted for …show more content…
The lack of opportunities to become an American citizen have caused hardships that are faced by immigrants attempting to work in the US. In 2012, the United States estimated 6,720,000 illegal immigrants born in México (Bakerr 5). Thus their situations are most prevalent in the minds of those who pose the question of American citizenship to immigrants. Most people's schemas of how illegal immigrants from México travel are not far off to how their treks really are to cross the border into the United States. Illegal immigrants deal with human smugglers who have little to no care of their well-being and only care for a business opportunity (Tunali 243). Some potential immigrants choose the alternate route to the United States, swimming across the Rio Grande River. However, these migrants are the same ones who had little opportunities in México, and, for some, those opportunities did not include learning how to swim. According to Tunali, who has a PhD in art history from the University of New Mexico, and his research in Mexican paintings,“two thirds of deaths [from illegal crossing] occur while passing the Rio Grande River” (Tunali 248). There have been more recorded deaths along the Mexican border despite the fewer amount of people attempting to cross it (Duara). Nigel Duara, a publisher of the Los Angeles
Most legal immigration comes from immigrants who have family members currently residing in the place that the immigrant plans on moving to. This interaction between an immigrant and a sponsor in the United States was brought by the Immigration Act of 1965. The emigration of skilled workers with no connections in the U.S. was allowed in The Immigration Act of 1990 (Alden 109). Even with these two immigration acts there are still circumstances for someone choosing to migrate into the U.S. illegally. Most of the illegal immigrants are “unskilled workers” with no “family ties” in the country they want to work in, so they cannot benefit from the immigration laws. Therefore, they see illegal immigration as the only alternative (Kudrle 64). Also, to some immigrants, the benefits that come with legal immigration are not as enticing as it may seem. For example, legal immigrants face poor health care which is not much of a trade off to the absence of health care aid that comes with illegal immigration (Topics). Immigrants, in general, do not receive many health care benefits compared to natives of the United States because of the amount of time they have lived in the country. The rise of migration into America accounts for the 24 percent of children in the current generation born from immigrants, which is shocking considering the over five million illegal immigrants that are unaccounted for …show more content…
The lack of opportunities to become an American citizen have caused hardships that are faced by immigrants attempting to work in the US. In 2012, the United States estimated 6,720,000 illegal immigrants born in México (Bakerr 5). Thus their situations are most prevalent in the minds of those who pose the question of American citizenship to immigrants. Most people's schemas of how illegal immigrants from México travel are not far off to how their treks really are to cross the border into the United States. Illegal immigrants deal with human smugglers who have little to no care of their well-being and only care for a business opportunity (Tunali 243). Some potential immigrants choose the alternate route to the United States, swimming across the Rio Grande River. However, these migrants are the same ones who had little opportunities in México, and, for some, those opportunities did not include learning how to swim. According to Tunali, who has a PhD in art history from the University of New Mexico, and his research in Mexican paintings,“two thirds of deaths [from illegal crossing] occur while passing the Rio Grande River” (Tunali 248). There have been more recorded deaths along the Mexican border despite the fewer amount of people attempting to cross it (Duara). Nigel Duara, a publisher of the Los Angeles