Illegal Immigration Issues

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There are a total of about 11.2 million illegal immigrants currently in the United States. Compared to 360 million people in United States, that doesn’t seem to be much, but that is because a lot of them become citizens. The United States allows the illegal immigrants to be granted full citizenship. These illegal immigrants don’t pay as much taxes which is completely not right and arbitrary. The United States government needs to address the problems with illegal immigration and create laws to reduce it, and or hopefully put it to an end. Illegal Immigrants are taking jobs everyday from American citizens. About 71.4 percent (8 million) of 11.2 million illegal immigrants have jobs (Pew Hispanic Center).These statistics only bolster the fact

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