Mohamed Ali
KCC Composition II
7 Dec, 2013 Do we need illegal migrants?

There are many heard misconceptions about illegal immigration. Immigration levels have increased by a significant extent. People migrate for a variety of reasons and purposes, some are economic and others are non-economic. Any average people know the economic reasons, such as pursuing economic advantages, and educational opportunities. One of non-economic purposes is seeking friends or family members who have tried to cross into the US illegally. People make influence decisions to migrate illegally. The debate on illegal immigration has been a controversial and significant issue that needs addressed.
It is a public flurry issue in the United State of America in the recent times. Others say illegal migrants caused a sharp increase in crime rates in the U.S. whatever people argument about; it’s easy to overlook the fact that illegal immigrants are real and they entered the country with their own issues. They affected the economy and the lives of citizens in different ways, such as structural and psychological factors There are many whys and wherefores explaining the psychological factors for migration? Some of the most important structural reasons are better opportunities for work, to escape from the tyrant rulers, join their families, and find the best opportunities for their lives. The suffering migrants endure as the endeavor to enter the country, such as difficult geographical hurdles getting to and crossing the border. In spite of illegal residence and prosecuting authorities these people work and are part of the economy, which help the interest of the country. They pay taxes through the payment of sales tax, property tax, and other taxes, depending on the individual situations. U.S. native citizens blamed illegal immigrants for being in the country. Yet, the U.S. government has knowledge of entry of those illegal immigrants. Basically, employers make higher business profits through illegal immigration, so it benefits US government also. Many migrants are encouraged to enter the country illegally, by a large number of groups. Large and small companies are remaining in the market because of illegal workers, who entered the country illegally at the request of those companies. The companies pay low wages for labor while wanting competent and reliable workers. Most people say that undocumented workers significantly depress the wages of native born workers. Thus deprived of illegal workers, many companies might have rough sledding to productize. Brendan Flanagan, director of legislative affairs for the National Restaurant Association, insists “Restaurants, hotels, nursing homes, agriculture — a very broad group of industries — are looking for a supply of workers to remain productive.” We should accept Obama's immigration policy as it provides an opportunity for illegal immigrants to work legally, with temporary work permits. The report illustrates the desire of U.S government to deport illegal immigrants and separate them from their children- who are born in the U.S. Thus, causing families suffering, and to feel a substantial sense of unfairness. Immigration law needs immediate legislative consideration American citizens argue that the U.S borders aren’t secure enough to stop illegal immigrants. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., a leading immigration-control advocate in Congress said “The reason we do not have secure borders is because of an insatiable demand for cheap labor.” Furthermore, the Democratic Party and Republican Party see illegal immigrants as source of voters and profitable cheap labor coming through unsecure borders.
Some of the public claim that illegal migrants are criminal minded, since they entered the country illegally. Rep. Steve King, (R-Iowa), said to his opposition to immigration "Some of them are valedictorians, and their parents brought them in," King said. "For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert." And he said "doesn't mean that there aren't groups of people in this country that I have sympathy for." He called them, those how are "undermining our culture and civilization." However, many studies showed illegal immigrants have a lower crime rate than native- born. The fiscal impact of all migrants, including illegal migrants is ongoing argument for long time. Illegal immigration has been created fiscal deficit for the federal government, which is not put a massive strain on the economy. The debate on welfare costs of illegal migrants in terms of government expenditures for education, criminal justice, and emergency medical care. The benefit costs in general are significant. On the other hand, illegal workers pay tax to the federal government, and they don’t get anything back. In fact, government barring them from welfare programs to minimize fiscal costs. Thus, illegal immigration is critically important to determining the actual fiscal impact. Many illegals acts are impose some costs on government, like enroll their kids in public school, using the roads. However, they pay excise and other types of taxes to the government, like buying books for their children. In addition, illegal immigration and its effects has been an ongoing debate. I argue that illegal migrants should be legalized, since they are not undermining U.S security. Some people argue that illegal immigrants are good for this country because they work for lower wages, which has been led some businesses to profit from those illegal workers, and those are the more plausible. Opponents argue that illegal immigrants took many jobs from American citizens and the country overwhelmed by them, which has put national security and the culture at risk. It is better for this country to allow illegal immigrants to be legalized; they would use services and pay taxes like most U.S citizens, moreover, they are willing to work at the most dangerous and hard jobs in the country, which American citizens are not willing to do it. For that reason, both business owners and the U.S. government are inevitably profit from them. The proposal of US government is somehow to make sure those undocumented workers have followed the American law.

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