Illegal Immigration Problems

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There are so many actions and occurrences in the world that happen every day it can be hard to keep track of them, among these ‘things” are problems or issues. Most people know in their head what they consider a “problem” or “issue” but many of the personal definitions are at least a little bit different in some way. There are some characteristics that help to categorize any problem, it can be a large problem or a small one, it can involve one person or many, it can be long lasting or short lived, there can be multiple problems all linked together or one problem all by itself and probably characteristics. One group of issues that affects more than one person at once is social problems; these problems affect a whole society or community. …show more content…
The 2008 article “What About the Illegals?” from The Washington Times talks about the fact the number of illegal immigrants was going down very slowly, but also says “Still, border enforcement, workplace crackdowns, the threat of deportation and greater social awareness have not worked alone to push down illegal alien numbers” (What About. . ., 2008, A22). This article helps to show that there have been attempts to stop illegal immigration, but I think that I have a few possible ideas that could at least be …show more content…
The problem is one that cannot be solved overnight, it is one that takes effort and most likely some money to help eradicate. This is just one social issue or any type of problem that the United States deals with but it is an important one that needs to have some sort of final ruling and decision, are we going to crack down and stop the illegal immigrants or are we going to have open borders and let anyone in, the choice needs to be made so that citizens can know what do. The illegal immigration issue is a social problem that affects many people, but in the world today there are so many different types of problems it would be difficult to think of an example of them

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