The Negative Effects Of Illegal Immigration

There is a certain irony to debating where more immigration is good or bad for America, because unless you are a Native American, you are the product of immigrants. The majority of those who came before us came to the U.S. because of war, famine, disease, and had aspirations for a better life. We, as American born citizen, will probably never know the feeling of being completely helpless and so hopeless that our only solution is to start over in a foreign land. This requires tremendous strength and courage. America welcomes 675,000 permanent, legal immigrants every year (“How the”, 2014). Those 675,000 immigrants are budgeted for, provided Visas, and come from all over the world. They come as doctors, investors, and business owners. They come to the land of the free as refugees, asylum seekers, and those joining relatives. Immigrants are a wonderful addition to the American society; even Albert Einstein was an immigrant (Refugees, 2015). If immigration stopped with those who legally enter the United …show more content…
Currently the United States is recovering from a recession and some argue that illegal immigrants are not helping the recovery process. “The more illegal aliens we have taking advantage of welfare funding, the more strain there is on our economy” said Ron Washburn, a professor of legal studies at Bryant University (Koba, 2015). Currently there are about 11.3 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., with over half of them coming from Mexico (Krogstad 2015). There has been a suggestion to give amnesty to these undocumented immigrants, but to do so would not be fair to those who have abided by the regulations; it also might encourage others to cross the border illegally. Those who do not follow the legal system for coming into the U.S. should not be rewarded. “Why should the unauthorized find it easier to stay in the United States than those who play by the rules?” (Schmidt, 2015,