Summary: The Problem Of Illegal Immigration

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Blake Illegal immigration is a growing problem in the united states. Some think this is a good thing. They believe that the immigrants are doing the jobs no one wants to do like farm work, or cooking in restaurants. Others say people have a hard enough time finding a job, and schools are already full enough the way it is. If we keep letting people sneak into the county without higher consequence this country could fall.
With the undocumented brings a lot of crime. Vivian Yee, Kenan Davis and Jugal K Patel, writers for the New York Times states, “ At the White House, they are pariahs, criminals who menace American neighborhoods, take American jobs, sap American resources and exploit American generosity: They are people who should be, and

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