Border Defence

I would like to start by posting this definition: Illegal Alien- Also known as an "Undocumented Alien," is an alien who has entered the United States illegally and is deportable if apprehended, or an alien who entered the United States legally but who has fallen "out of status" and is deportable. This website is good for anyone wanting background information on the rules and laws regarding immigration into the U. S. (. http://www.irs.gov...) < > Peopole outside the U. S. do have the ability to find and maintain an occupation inside the borders of the U. S. LEGALLY. It is possible for a foreign person or family to immigrate to the U. S. legally. < > Everyone should have equal chances. I believe in that. Why should I have to prove that everyone is equal? This is a matter of fairness and the governments responsibility to its citizens. I will go into more points over this later. <<1. Immigrants and citizens of the US are all people 2. No people deserve more rights than other people Due to this logic there is no reason that the immigrant community is worth any less than the American community. >> You are correct in saying no people deserve to have more rights than others. However by letting people into the U. S. illegally they do gain more rights than others. They don't have to pay income taxes and all public services like garbage collection and education are paid for them with legal U. S. citizen tax dollars. I consider not paying taxes a privelege. So I ask my opponent why it's fair for someone to come here illegally and pay no taxes, while being supported by the taxes of legal citizens. They're not worth any less than the american community, but they are also not worth anymore. < > Everything you said is true. However you neglect the fact that jobs don't just pop out of thin air. A survey from 2004 says there is an unemployment rate of about 9.7% in the U. S. This is over 16 million people (. http://www.thinkandask.com...). Now in 2004 it was also believed that around 20 million illegal aliens were living in the U. S. at the time. Now about 174,000 illegal immigrants were sent home a year in 2004. In 2008 that number has risen to 350,000 people (. http://www.foxnews.com...). So in 2004 we had 16 million unemployed people and 20 million illegal aliens. By some basic math we can deduce that without illegal immigration we would have 4 million extra jobs. This also illustrates my next point which answers the question "Why don't we just let everyone into the country who wants too? " Well quite simply that would mean that people who have lived here all there life would lose their jobs to immigrants. This would increase the amount of employment nationally and cause many illegal immigrants to have nowhere to live. Where do you live if there is nowhere for you to go? That's how slums are created. These slums are just as bad as where the illegal immigrants came from but now it will also include legal U. S. citizens. < . http://www.statemaster.com.........). These numbers were as of the 2,000 census and are greater at the present. If these millions of immigrants in the work forces of these states were not in the US then the economy of these states would be devastated. >> The economies of these states would not be devastated. This website has a few good pointers (. http://www.progressiveu.org...). That website also says a quote that sums up my view on the economy thing quite clearly "Now, as for ruining the economy. This is because most immigrants take our jobs and send all their income back to their home country. This causes our country to lose a significant amount of money, so making it less valuable. " It also goes on to state that the reason this happens is because most of the time these illegal aliens send this money back home to their families which "steals" money from the U. S. economy. Summing up my points here are the downfalls of over immigration 1) Higher unemployment 2) Economy weakens (which causes more losses of jobs) 3) A government has a right to protect it's people before it helps others. I'm all for helping others but you have to put your own people at the top of that list. I'm pretty sure I covered all my opponents points and look forward to his future rebuttals.