We Must Deport Illegal Immigrants From The U.S.A. For 10 Major Reasons

I think beginning the debate with a burden of proof is necessary. If the pro does not prove any of their points or provide any evidence, then you defer con. Now, I stand as con, meaning that I argue that illegal immigrants not be deported. I have three main points: 1) The American Dream 2) Economic gains from illegal immigration 3) Personal advocacy My first point is the American dream. The famous poem, The Colossus, on our Statue of Liberty says: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." https://www.poetryfoundation.org... Those that come from places like Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, etc., yearn to breathe free on our soils, as much of Cuban Americans came during the embargo, and were trying to escape the Castro regime. Some illegal immigrants were sent through traveling with their parents to gain education, except their parents were sent away after I-9 audits, leaving them parent-less into child-care systems or left homeless. The pro also says that immigrants should have to "assimilate", but that premise is unconstitutional by nature. The First Amendment says: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, " within the first two clauses. An interpretation means that the United States should not infringe on the civil liberty of speaking whichever language they please. Since when has assimilation ever been peaceful, especially for Native tribes, when put into boarding schools? Read this article from 2008: npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16516865 ... "'It wasn't really about education,' says Lucy Toledo, a Navajo who went to Sherman Institute in the 1950s." Now, I would love for the Pro to renounce themselves of criminality when European settlers made illegal arrival onto the continent, and hold them to a higher threshold of "muh ancestors", because Natives have yet to get our rent for you "squatting" on our land. Now, to my second point, immigrants have a higher impact on the economy than the pro spouts. A major part of this is that illegal immigrants pay $12 billion in taxes, and that's just to Social Security on its own: (https://www.ssa.gov...) But other than social security, a research study conducted was immigrants in 2013 paid up to $11 billion in state and local taxes, as it goes following below: Sales and excise taxes on goods and services ($6.9 billion), property taxes ($3.6 billion) and personal income taxes ($1.1 billion). (http://www.itep.org...) Now, assuming the number of illegal immigrants is at 11 million, that's a huge portion of the economy going down the drain. Not only this, but the businesses "illegally utilizing" work pay them much less than legal citizens, even though LEGAL immigrants get paid 200% less than the minimum wage: (urban.org/sites/default/files/alfresco/publication-pdfs/310880-A-Profile-of-the-Low-Wage-Immigrant-Workforce.PDF) Interestingly enough, immigrants help provide for food security and agriculture economy, and are the reason there aren't any shortages: (immigrationimpact.com/2015/04/01/how-inaction-on-immigration-impacts-the-agricultural-economy/) Not only that, but this piece of evidence is damning on how illegal immigrants resuscitated the housing market: (immigrationimpact.com/2013/07/01/immigrants-boost-economic-vitality-through-the-housing-market/) And the fiscal conservative's favorite, small businesses: (bread.org/institute/papers/briefing-paper-27.pdf) Now, for my personal advocacy. Now, the pro preempts my argument for the Hillary Clinton universal amnesty, but that isn't the case. My plan is to expand the immigrant visa program, deport the violent crime-bosses, or as I'm sure the pro would say "bad hombres", ease up testing programs (as I'll explain why), and make the border stronger, and reform the corrupt Border Patrol. Now, why ease up testing restrictions? The reason why immigrants come here ILLEGALLY in the first place, is because the system is too rigorous, that they can't come in. Several studies conducted on American citizens even prove so. (usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/04/30/study-one-in-three-americans-fails-naturalization-civics-test) (usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-26/imiigrant-civics-test-americans-fail/54563612/1) This next one can be considered a gag, since it's Alex Jones, but still: (youtube.com/watch?v=3mOQFfceUwQ) Now, the pro has conceded that open borders are bad, thus this isn't a contest of whether or not a better border should be put into place, it's a question on whether or not mass deportation is good versus expanding visas and deporting the violent criminals. Blanket statements by the pro are not enough. Here's proof that BP is corrupt & needs reform, so even if immigrants come in illegally and are thus deported, this proves the pro leads to zero-sum action: http://bordercorruption.apps.cironline.org... http://www.washingtontimes.com... http://www.insightcrime.org... https://www.revealnews.org... http://www.prwatch.org... http://immigrationimpact.com... http://www.usatoday.com...