Illegal Immigration Problem

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Illegal immigration is starting to be a serious problem for our economy. In my opinion I think that we need to do whatever it takes to stop this illegal immigration. There are a lot of problems that illegal immigration cause but the main problems are lost jobs, depreciated wages, stolen taxpayer resources, and increased number of crimes due to terrorism. The most common problem is the loss of jobs. A historic number of Americans have lost their jobs due to illegal immigration. Right now we are overpopulated and have few jobs because so many people are in need of a job and when illegal immigrants are coming into our country illegally and getting a job it is causing us to lose our jobs and make it harder to find a job that you actually need

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