Illegal Immigration
Illegal Immigration’s Economy Effects Immigration can both help and hurt the economy, but illegal immigration hurts the economy. ... This is why illegal immigration does not help the economy. Immigrants are only beneficial to the United States’ Economy if they are making contributions to the economy, but the illegal ones make no contributions back to our economy. The people that illegal immigration affects reach to almost every taxpaying citizen of the United States. It affects these taxpayers by using their tax money to help support illegal immigrants instead of using the tax money in other, more deserving places. ... Since the 1990s, illegal immigration has become a major issue in our countries politics. According to the Bureau of the Census there is approximately 4 million illegal aliens in the United States today, and approximately 300,000 more are making permanent settlements in the U. ... Although these illegal aliens only constitute for about one and a half percent of our countries population, it is still a very high number of people who are not citizens of our country and who may or may not even want to become a U. ... Even though the number of illegal aliens is not as high as some say, there is still many people invading our coastlines and other borders. According to the essay “Illegal Immigration And The Economy,” the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 allows some of these aliens the opportunity to gain legal status if they have resided in the U. ... This law also makes it illegal for any employer to hire an illegal alien. ... In California, resentment of illegal aliens has grown immensely. California is home to approximately half of the countries illegal alien population. Illegal immigration has an impact on the lives of every working American. ... According to the essay by Sam Francis entitled “The Future That Works (Despite Dubya): Illegal Immigration can be Controlled,” the illegal aliens come to the country because they think that it is the land of opportunity and that they will be able to make enough money to support their families. ... Francis fells that we should welcome the illegal immigrants, but he says that the Californians already know better.