Illegal Immigration Report

In 2014, approximately 11.4 million people were estimated to be living here in the United States illegally (Krogstad). This overwhelming amount of unauthorized residents affects every American in a substantial way. Most people can agree that social programs like food stamps, medicaid, and other charitable services are great, necessary, or helpful. However, they are only developed for the purpose of getting back on your feet after a setback in life. The programs were not developed for people to live off of and only help themselves. The United States’ social system can only work efficiently when everyone participates, contributes when they can, and most of all, obeys the law. The problem is when illegals get to the U.S., they are allowed to use …show more content…
Illegal immigrants who do not participate in the economic systems, do not have to work as hard for luxuries as a legal citizen does. In this world, if a person wants something, they should go out and work for it, so they can pay for it. It is the individual’s responsibility to make themselves …show more content…
It is the first thing they do when crossing the border. It is not a stereotype or generalization to say that every unauthorized person that crosses the border is a criminal; it is fact by definition. Some policies currently in effect for local jurisdictions are like a magnet for illegal immigration. These policies are referred to as “sanctuary policies,” and they prohibit authorities from inquiring about, acting on, or reporting an individual’s immigration status (“Immigration Issues”). Some even restrict state and local police from working with federal officials. The cities with such policies are an extreme expense to the United States and all its legal citizens. The estimated cost for providing these illegal aliens with education, healthcare, criminal justice, and other general services costs taxpayers around $113 billion per year (“Immigration Issues”). This is quite a significant cost compared to other major costs to the United States. For example, the United States only spends a mere $95.3 billion on its veterans (“Fast Facts”). Aside from that, sanctuary cities provide a place for illegal immigrants or even terrorists to reside unnoticed, unquestioned, and uninterrupted. Also, if an illegal alien is willing to break the law once to come into the U.S., they are more than likely willing to break the law again after they are here. This costs the justice system money because they are arrested, prosecuted, possibly