Immigration Should Be Illegal in the United States

To start, we must define immigration. It can be defined as: - To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native. So far my opponent has only addressed immigration at an international level. He has not addressed local immigration. Local immigration would involve someone moving from one state to another. In the circumstance my opponent gives, moving from state to state would be illegal. In bigger states, such as Texas, you would not be allowed move from West to East, as it is a new region. Also, the clarification of a new region at a local level would be hard when it comes to bigger states (such as the aforementioned Texas). ==Rebuttal== "Immigration can cause international problems. In this process, countries get upset with the decreasing of their population. " Immigration is admittedly an international problem. However, with all problems, the answer isn't to outright ban it. You mention the country can become upset with a lower population, but the countries people emigrate from usually have no jobs, and it means there is one less person in the country they are obliged to look after, as well as the fact most immigrants send money back, and some even go back to their homes when times get better. "Also, the United States can not support the people, especially with the economy so bad they just can not seem to get a job. " The U. S. is unable to support the immigrants at the time being. Yes, this is very true. However, in a circumstance that a company wanted to get a world class accountant, or wanted to bring in an expert to help there business, they would be unable to do so. Even in this, they would not be able to move from state to state. This would actually further cripple the economy, as each state is left to it's own resources. "Then, they are homeless and starve. They cause more robberies and people to get mugged for survival. " Although some do become homeless and starve, they have a better chance in America than they do in their old country. America has homeless shelters and charities dedicated to helping them. The part of them becoming criminals is somewhat ignorance and to a degree racism. The truth about crime rates among immigrants is: - In 2000, 3 percent of the 45.2 million males age 18 to 39 in the United States were in federal or state prisons or local jails at the time of the census. The incarceration rate of native-born men in this age group was 5 times higher than the incarceration rate of foreign-born men. - Among the U. S. -born, 9.8 percent of all male high-school drop-outs were in jail or prison in 2000. Only 1.3 percent of immigrant men who were high-school drop-outs were incarcerated. Source: . http://www.truthinimmigration.org... "which can lead to terrorists attacks, such as September 9, 2001. " 9/11 was caused by Muslim extremists. The earliest one to arrive came in January 2000, less than 2 years before the attacks. Just because a few immigrants were extremists, does not mean all immigrants set out plans to destroy the U. S. The majority want to find jobs, make money and have a better life. Not to mention the fact many terrorists are national born Americans. "This is a problem leading to the economy" This is not explained in any way, but let's look at the effects of immigration on the U. S. economy. To start, the States would not have started well if immigrants didn't arrive to bolster the colonies. As we move closer to our time, it is apparent slaves are needed for labour and farm work. This slaves are brought to America through forced immigration. As time progresses, the American economy makes use of European immigrants, particularly the Irish and the Germans, to build rail roads and buildings. Without their help, America would be nowhere as good as it is today. Recent immigration features many nationalities, but in particular, Mexicans. They take up menial, un-skilled jobs most Americans do not want to do, and are happy to pay for. "This is not the "greatest" time to be attacked. With troops in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan the U. S. just can not afford to much off an attack back. If we leave Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan they will just say," Oh, it looks as if we won the war over America. Let's take over America! " Before we now it, we are being attacked very often. " You're first inaccuracy is that America has not stationed troops in Iran. Secondly, the countries that America will leave will have governments set up. America are fighting extremist rebels, who do not possess a full fledged military like the U. S. They have no modes of air or sea transport on a large scale. This proposed scenario is very un-plausible as America has one of the biggest armies in the world, and would fend off armies from Iraq, Afghanistan and (under your proposed scenario) Iran. Not to mention America would have allies such as the U. K. The situation is un-plausible at best. ==Quick Summary== To sum up my argument: - Outlawing immigration would prevent people moving from state to state. - Immigration's effect on the economy is often good. - Crimes committed by Immigrants are outweighed by those committed by U. S. citizens. - Immigrants have a better chance surviving in America, and deserve the opportunity.