Relaxing Immigration Laws

For some odd reason, my opponent forfeited this round so I will go in with my case."In August, 2006, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) placed the “unauthorized” immigrant population at 10.5 million as of January 2005 and indicates that if recent trends continued, the figure for January 2006 would be 11 million." (1)In 2005 there were a whopping 288.4 million residing in the United States (2). According to numbers, 4% of the people living in the United States were illegal aliens. 22 % were from Latin America and 13% were from Asia (1).Without further due, I will begin my case.Freedoms of Illegal Aliens "In Yick Wo v. Hopkins, a case involving the rights of Chinese immigrants, the Court ruled that the 14th Amendment's statement, "Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws," applied to all persons "without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality," and to "an alien, who has entered the country, and has become subject in all respects to its jurisdiction, and a part of its population, although alleged to be illegally here." (Kaoru Yamataya v. Fisher, 189 U.S. 86 (1903) )"(3)In this case, it stated that illegal aliens will be given the same rights as the hard-working American people. The illegal aliens who smuggled themselves into the country, will be treated the same as the American who had to work for the citizenship. I ask if this is right. People who smuggled themselves into the country should not be given the same freedoms as those who had to earn it. In fact, they should be treated as the "aliens" they are. Border control should be tightened. New technologies should be implemented in order to reduce the amount of illegal aliens entering the United States. Illegal aliens that are found in the United States should be:a) Prosecuted to fullest extent and thrown in jailb) Deported back to their home countryI understand that authorities are trying to do that now, but it should be done with an iron first. Mercy and rights should not be shown to those who don't deserve them.In no way should an illegal alien have the same rights as those hard-working citizens around him. They mooch off the economy and take the jobs of American citizens which leads me to my next point.Economical Impacts of Illegal AliensIn 2010, the Pew Hispanic center estimated that 5% or 7.2 million workers are illegal aliens in the United States.(4) Even though the majority of the jobs illegal aliens perform are under-paid, they are still taking up American jobs. The total US labor force as of 2010 is approximately 160 million (4). The unemployment rate is about 9.2%.160x.092= 14.72Therefore 14.72 million people are unemployed.However, if we removed the illegal aliens:14.72-7.2= 7.52Only 7.52 million American citizens would be unemployed. Dropping the unemployment rate by approximately half.ConclusionIllegal aliens are harmful to the general population of the United States. Not only do they get the same rights as the hard working people, but they also greatly impact the economy in a harmful way. I propose that the immigration laws be greatly tightened and those captured in the United States be deported. Thank you for reading my argument.VOTE CONSOURCES: (1)http://en.wikipedia.org... (2)http://wiki.answers.com... (3)http://usgovinfo.about.com... (4)http://en.wikipedia.org... (5)http://www.google.ca...