The United States Should Expand Immigration

[1] I'm·-mi·-gra·-tion 1 the act of immigrating. 2. A group or number of immigrants. Rebuttal 1 Immigrant's don't save us or make us more money. We loose money. I have one of 2 reasons. [2] Illegal immigrants generally don’t pay taxes. The vast majority of illegal aliens would never even dream of paying income taxes, but Mexicans living in America send billions upon billions of dollars out of the United States and back to Mexico every single year. [3]Although illegal aliens pay next to nothing in taxes, they have no problem receiving tens of billions of dollars worth of free education benefits, free health care benefits, free housing assistance and free food stamp benefits. Many communities in the United States now openly advertise that they will help illegal aliens with these things. All of the illegal immigrant's don't have to pay for schooling or any type of insurance, including medical insurance. So who pays for this stuff? The state right? How is this any far to people whom were born in the U. S and work very hard and yet still have to pay for all of these basic necessities? Rebuttal 2 It has been proven on many multiple occasions that immigrants steal jobs from hard working U. S citizens. U. S citizens work and train very hard for their jobs, and then they get let go because immigrants are cheaper to pay. [4] Illegal immigrants take jobs away from American citizens. According to a review of U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau data, legal and illegal immigrants gained over a million additional jobs between 2008 and 2010 even as millions of American citizens were losing their jobs during that same time period. As you can see, its not just a fib but it's been proven. How is this fair to American families who have been working their butts off their whole entire life and then to get fired over some else because they are cheaper labor? Why Illegal Immigration is bad Impact on the Economy [5] "If a wealthy person is to hire unskilled laborers, he is more likely to go for illegal immigrants as he can pay them less as compared to what he will have to pay a legal immigrant or a local unskilled laborer. (The latter has to be paid in accordance to the stipulated pay scale. ) This, in turn, will not just affect migrants who have entered the nation legally, but also those poor Americans for whom such labor work is the only means of livelihood - and further widen the rich-poor divide. Similarly, skilled professionals also form a significant portion of illegal immigrant population - most of who enter the country legally, but eventually violate visa terms by overstaying and continuing to work here. While many people suggest that even the illegal immigrants pay taxes, they fail to understand that the taxes these aliens pay are not sufficient to offset the cost of services that they avail while staying here illegally. Unabated influx of illegal immigrants also put tremendous pressure of public sector services, such as health care, education, etc. " This is just like what I have stated in my rebuttal, many Americans loose their job because they get replaced by immigrant's who aren't trained and aren't knowledgble in the field. They are cheap laborer's to the employers. Not only dose illegal immigration cause economic problems, but it also causes danger and harm. [6] The relationship between illegal immigration and crime rate has been making a lot of noise in the United States, with those against the practice often citing that illegal immigrants are responsible for the rising number of crimes in the society. The Secure Communities project initiated by the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency identified 240,000 illegal immigrants who were convicted for criminal activities. The trend is most obvious in border states of the country, especially the US-Mexico border, wherein smuggling and related violent crimes are rampant. Other crimes which are often associated with illegal immigration include gang wars, identity thefts, rape, financial frauds, etc. Some sources also argue that this practice also gives rise to illegal activities such as prostitution and exploitation of workers as there is no monitoring authority to keep a check on what these illegal immigrants do. Read more at Buzzle: . http://www.buzzle.com...; Much violence takes place by borders due to drug smuggling and human trafficking and many more crimes. By allowing more immigration its like we are making it okay for these crimes to be committed, its okay for drug smuggling to take place. Then when there is stuff taking place at the borders, many officers get harmed and hurt trying to protect the border. Then just letting them in makes it all ok? No. Conclusion So not is illegal immigration bad for just the economy by loosing and wasting money , but for the safety of our states and the people. Sources [1] . http://dictionary.reference.com... [2,3,4] . http://www.wvwnews.net... [5] . http://www.buzzle.com...