The United States has been an easy destination for illegal aliens. According to Matt Pearce, “ between 9 and 13 million illegal immigrants reside in the United States. Illegal immigration must be stopped to protect the nation.
Illegal immigration affects all, including legal immigrants and the minority. Many people often state that illegal immigrants are good because they do jobs that other legal citizens will not do, when in reality, many citizens on welfare would take any job in order to feed their family. Illegal immigration is not fair to the immigrants who came to the U.S legally. Pearce states “Some have been waiting to enter the country for seventeen years.” these immigrants that try to enter legally are …show more content…
Many illegal immigrates come to the United States and pursuit illegal activities such as drugs, gangs/cartels, and even terrorism Jack Martin states, “In our population study of 55,322 illegal aliens, we found that they were arrested at least a total of 459,614 times.” This statement shows that of the people in the study, each averaged 8 arrest. These illegal convict are not a benefit to the economy.Many illegal immigrants steal social security numbers to appear legal (Martin). These so called innocent people will harm one in anyway necessary to save himself. Approximately 60 percent of Phoenix’s murders are connected to the immigrant smuggling industry (Pearce). This statement is mind blowing. These lives are being taken away, could be stopped by enforcing immigration laws. Many terrorist also come to the U.S trying to hurt and kill citizens. This is unacceptable, and needs to be changed. How many murders have to occur before ones seeks change?
Illegal immigration must be stopped to protect the nation. If an one wants to reside in the United States, he should come legally. Many of the violent crimes would be stopped, and lives would be saved, and money would be retained if each went through the required background checks to become legal. Diversity is a good thing, but illegal immigration is