Illegal immigration to the United States

Immigration has always been a debated subject in U.S history. When we think of immigration, many thoughts come to our minds, thoughts such as certain ethnic groups, border control, or better opportunity. The United States has been a nation of immigration since the early 80’s. Today, immigration is brought up more and more as it continues to be a controversial subject in the political world. When the public speaks on immigration, they tend to talk about what they are being told or what is seen on…

2016 presidential election has derived with several policy issues. One in particular stood out to me, immigration. Immigration was not always a necessarily big issue until this years campaign. Immigrants who make their way to America have to go through a drawn-out process and can take years on a waiting list to immigrate legally. There are also illegal immigrants who cross borders illegally to find a job and a better life. Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hilary Clinton…

necessity for people in the United States and not being able to find one can be detrimental to that person and their family if they’re married. Every job that is out there is important to society in some way. This is CEO’s, sewer workers, garbage workers, teachers etc. Companies have taken to hiring illegal workers to be able to pay them less under the table, which takes away jobs from hardworking Americans and is detrimental to them. The problem of illegal immigration needs to be fixed, but…

struggles about being an undocumented immigrant in the United States. Mr. Vargas also wrote a New York Times article called “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” elaborating how he feels like an outsider in his own country, the United States of America. To what extent does defying the law make someone “illegal?” Aquinas states that a law may be broken if it is not rational. With over 11 million undocumented Americans in the country today, our immigration system is clearly broken, and the law…

Trumps Immigration Policy With the recent election of Donald Trump, and a republican congress many changes to our government 's policies can be expected. Some of these changes will include a repeal of Obamacare, an increase in cyber security, and an immigration reform. Although, Trump plans on making a great deal of changes the most controversial plan he has is his policy on immigration. His plan includes building a wall on the mexican border, and deporting all illegal immigrants in the United…

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…

English Period 5 23 December 2015 Immigration Laws The government has been making immigration laws throughout the years, but they have failed to fully enforce the laws that they have made. Immigrants have had a bad reputation of violence and terrorism, but these have occurred on very few occasions. The immigrant community has been frightened from the laws being put in place, though the government should not be making the life of immigrants harder. Illegal immigration laws have been becoming more…

Immigration is a burning topic in America right now. It is a major topic in the presidential debates on how to deal with the estimated 11 million illegal aliens here in the U.S. and what should be done with the boarder. Many people and politicians think the solution is in deporting and building a wall. The deporting has been on going under the Obama administration, the highest of any president, but the issue still grows. The issue with having an estimated 11 million illegal aliens on the United…

700,000 illegal immigrants come to the US each year? Immigration is the act of coming to a foreign country to permanently live. This is not a new practice and has been going on for many years and will continue to occur in the future. The history of America is in the immigration, this caused great amounts of diversity in population and brought many new cultures and skills to our country. Immigration can be a good thing, the way it is being handled now doesn’t benefit anyone. Illegal immigration…

In the United States (U.S.) an estimate of 150,000 American citizen children had a parent deported in the year 2012. The United States today is made up of over 11 million illegal/undocumented immigrants; many of this undocumented immigrants have American citizen children who are often left behind when one or both of the parents are deported to the parent’s country of origin. American Immigration laws should be reformed to help American citizen children, born to illegal parents, live without fear…