The Immigration and Control Act was passed in 1986. The main goal of the Immigration and Control Act was to oust illegal aliens from the U.S. It has two primary contrivances. The first permits legal status or amnesty for some illegal aliens. The second imposes penalties, known as employer sanctions, against businesses who knowingly hire illegal aliens. Illegal immigration can be a threat if not controlled properly. One way to remedy this controversial problem is to impose a law stating only a certain amount of illegal aliens may cross the U.S border legally per year. Another action that would support the first solution is to increase border control, along with working in company with the governments that these Illegal aliens come from to create
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This in turn, creates tension between Native Americans and Illegal immigrants. The Illegal immigrants look at what they are coming over here to accomplish from one perspective, while the native American who just lost a job opportunity due to an Illegal immigrant accepting less pay looks at it another way.
“Opponents of illegal immigration say that people who break the law by crossing the US border without proper documentation or by overstaying their visas should be deported and not rewarded with a path to citizenship and access to social services. They argue that people in the country illegally are criminals and social and economic burdens to law-abiding, tax-paying Americans.”2
One can look at Illegal immigration from both ends of the spectrum. It contains pros and cons, after a more in depth view of the situation; it seems to be more cons. Does it hurt the U.S? Overall in the big picture yes, it does because it is not controlled properly. To effectively control the problem, the government has no choice but to put a cap back on the amount of immigrants allowed into the U.S and work with the immigrants government on making its nation better. This is the most feasible way to solve the illegal immigration
This in turn, creates tension between Native Americans and Illegal immigrants. The Illegal immigrants look at what they are coming over here to accomplish from one perspective, while the native American who just lost a job opportunity due to an Illegal immigrant accepting less pay looks at it another way.
“Opponents of illegal immigration say that people who break the law by crossing the US border without proper documentation or by overstaying their visas should be deported and not rewarded with a path to citizenship and access to social services. They argue that people in the country illegally are criminals and social and economic burdens to law-abiding, tax-paying Americans.”2
One can look at Illegal immigration from both ends of the spectrum. It contains pros and cons, after a more in depth view of the situation; it seems to be more cons. Does it hurt the U.S? Overall in the big picture yes, it does because it is not controlled properly. To effectively control the problem, the government has no choice but to put a cap back on the amount of immigrants allowed into the U.S and work with the immigrants government on making its nation better. This is the most feasible way to solve the illegal immigration