The Pros And Cons Of Legalizing Illegal Immigrants

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All over the world there is discrimination, but in this time in age, it’s at an all time high. The biggest issue in the United States right now is immigration and what to do with the millions of people that have come into the country and build a life here illegally. Not only is deportation an issue but also the hate crime against immigrants and some of them don’t even report the crime from fear of being deported and sent back to their home land. These innocent people are being emotionally and physically tortured because they fear to be a victim of a crime and not be able to do anything about it. In recent events presidential candidate, Donald Trump has sparked up arguments about illegal immigrants because
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Most of the jobs that are being taken by illegal immigrants are low wage paying. There were approximately 11.9 million illegal immigrants in the country in 2010. Of those 11.9 million, 1,296,670 million have jobs in just the state of Texas (since Texas is so close to the border to Mexico). So many illegal immigrants employed makes it less attractive to U.S. workers who have other options of work. But are illegal immigrants that take American jobs really causing a problem? Illegal immigrants take jobs that don’t require much use of English which leaves American citizens with the better jobs that do require English. Agriculture and construction are the two job fields in which many immigrants are hired, due to the high non-tolerable temperatures. Most people curve these jobs because they believe it is far too hard and fear getting a heat stroke in the summer months, and also feel the pay isn’t enough to put their lives in danger. Contrary to these people, illegal immigrants take the job because they have to. They need the money to pay debt created when they had to hire a “coyote” to bring them here and have to establish a home here so they can’t be “picky” with

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