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Abou Berete
English 2010
Professor Gary
11/28/2015
Illegal immigration
Illegal immigration a hotly contested issue in the United States occurs when people break
immigration laws by crossing national borders illegally. Immigrants are also in the country
illegally if they stay beyond the authorized period after legal entry, enter the country without
authorization or inspection, or violate the terms of legal entry. According to the Pew Research
Center, in 2014 there were 11.3 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally, with Mexicans making
up about half of this number. However, the number of Mexican unauthorized immigrants has
been declining in recent years while the number of unauthorized immigrants from other parts of
the world, such as Asia, Central America and the Caribbean, grew slightly.
Frustration over illegal immigration has given rise to numerous legislative, administrative
and enforcement initiatives over the years and has led to anti-immigrant sentiment in some
communities. In 2010, Arizona cracked down on illegal immigration by making it a crime for
undocumented immigrants to be in the state. The Arizona law drew an outcry from Latino
advocates and was invalidated in part by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012. The deportation of
immigrants in the country illegally has garnered much debate. Proponents of deportation argue
that unauthorized immigrants should be detained and deported for flouting the law. Other reasons
given for advocating deportation are that unauthorized immigrants burden the taxpayer through
heavy use of social services, take away jobs from American workers, contribute to crime, and
threaten homeland security. Opponents contend that trying to deport unauthorized immigrants is

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not a good use of the nation's resources. They argue that the vast majority of unauthorized
immigrants are hard-working individuals in search of a better life. They also claim that many
unauthorized immigrants perform the type of menial labor that others won't do, are willing to
work for low wages and generate billions of dollars in tax revenue.
America is a nation of immigrant, thats what make this country great, and what America
has leading the world in so many way. No one is illegal, they might violate the law but they do so
in search of better live, people are whiling to take all risk to cross the border to find the promises
land. People are cruel this day their no willing to share. An immigrant who work here for $ 7.25
an hour, mostly is feeding more than 10 people back home that reduce the scale of poverty at
point, if you harm that one brave man or woman because of his/her immigration statute, youre
hurting more than 10 people at once. People who had chance to be an American citizen doesnt
know the value of American dream. I had chance to came here as a legal immigrant now Im an
American citizen but cant stop thanking the god for how happy I am today.
It is a frightening place, Donald Trump's America is a nation in decline, invaded by
foreign criminals and welfare scammers, competing in a world where the rules are stacked
against us and where our competitors in China, Mexico, India, and elsewhere are fleecing us. No
matter. Trump's message is clearly striking a chord, and the chord is growing louder and the
audience larger. The problem is that Trump is saying things that are not true, and even more
surprising, he is taking wisdom and guidance from people whose ideological goals extend far
beyond the control of our borders into areas that ought to horrify those who think he provides the
path away from Barack Obama's America. This editorial argues Donald Trump's vision for
America is a frightening one.

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Mass deportations in the United States have a painful history, one unfamiliar to most
Americans today. Raids followed by deportations removed more than a million Mexican workers
in 1954 in "Operation Wetback," a derogatory term frequently used to describe Mexicans who
crossed the Rio Grande border into the United States. But the most disturbing removals occurred
in the Great Depression. An estimated 400,000 Mexicans, including both naturalized citizens and
the American-born children of immigrants, were dispatched to Mexico during the period. Most
of the effort to encourage and even force Mexican-born residents to leave was locally driven. Los
Angeles paid transportation costs in 1930 and 1931 to repatriate Mexicans and their offspring,
resulting in an estimated one-third reduction in the city's Mexican-American population. Several
towns in Texas similarly pushed Mexican-born residents to leave, reducing the state's Mexican
population by a third.

The federal government deported some 121,000 Mexicans during the early years of the
Great Depression, using methods that the Wickersham Commission, appointed by President
Herbert Hoover, described as "unconstitutional, tyrannic, and oppressive," including "forcibly
detaining groups of people many of whom are aliens lawfully in this country, or even United
States citizens, without any warrant of arrest or any other kind of a warrant."

Now Donald Trump and his followers want to deport more than 11 million people. Nearly
two-thirds have lived here for more than 10 years, set down roots, and about half of them have
children who are American citizens by birth.
How many 'anchor babies' are born in the U.S. each year? The incendiary term referring
to the American children of illegal immigrants has gained prominence thanks to presidential

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candidates such as Donald Trump. His campaign manager puts the number at 400,000 -- but
much like the candidate, the figure is larger than life. This article details that there are actually
less babies born to undocumented immigrants in the U.S. than previously thought.
As the former bill Clinton said in the TV interview that Donald Trump is fact free, and I
believe that most of his follower.
While most economists agree that Americans benefit from the contributions of
immigrants, not all Americans appear to be affected equally. And some might be harmed.
So in heartland cities such as Fort Worth, Texas, and Kansas City, Mo., doubts linger
about President Barack Obama's plans to grant work permits to more than 4 million immigrants
living illegally in the United States. Many residents fear his plan might increase competition for
jobs that low-skilled Americans, particularly African-Americans, already struggle to cling to

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Workes Cited

Chavez, Linda. "Donald Trump's America." Commentary. Oct. 2015: 13. SIRS Issues
Researcher. Web. 04 Dec. 2015.
McGinty, Jo Craven. "The Numbers: Fact-Checking the Figures on 'Anchor Babies'." Wall Street
Journal. 12 Sep. 2015: A.2. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 04 Dec. 2015.
Ordonez, Franco. "If Immigrants Win Under Obama Order, Does Someone Have to Lose?."
McClatchy Washington DC News Bureau. 03 Feb. 2015: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher.
Web. 07 Dec. 2015.
ProQuest Staff. "At Issue: Illegal Immigration." ProQuest LLC. 2015: n.pag. SIRS Issues
Researcher. Web. 04 Dec. 2015.

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