How To Prevent Illegal Immigration In The United States

According to the Department of Homeland Security, there are approximately 11,400,00 illegal immigrants, existing in the United States in 2012. It represents that 3.7% of the total population of U.S illegally live in the United States. Most illegal immigrants, roughly 60 percent of them, come from Mexico, and the number of them is 6,720,000 illicit immigrants in 2012. 24 percent of them are other Latin Americans, and about 16 percent of them are Asian, European, and African. Illegal immigration has been one the serious political issues in the United States. The Administration and Congress should have a responsibility to solve the issue through understanding the methods of illicit immigration, biggest problems of illegal immigrants, problems of amnesty, and some suggestions to prevent illegal immigration.
There are some typical ways for illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The first way that people illegally come to the U.S. is a border crossing. People, who do not have …show more content…
The problem of amnesty legislation is serious. According to the OxfordDictionaries.com, amnesty means "An undertaking by the authorities to take no action against specified offenses or offenders during a fixed period." The amnesty law showed millions of people, who illegally enter and stay in the United States, do not get the act of preventing to permanent residence and citizenship if they are not detected until the next amnesty. The decision and message toward immigrants never stop illegal immigration, and it is just going to encourage to make illegal immigrants enter the country and cross the border. This Administration 's correspondence with Congress has debated amnesty an increase of economic growth. The Administration and Congress must stop a vicious circle of the amnesty law and harmful and broken immigration systems and must start considering specific solutions for the political