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Rights Of Immigrants

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Imagine being an immigrant and having your husband/wife and child dropping you off at work. When you get there, two big ICE officers(The U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement) are in the entrance of your work, your husband and child are fearing that they might take you away. Having to make your husband/ wife and child wait in the car to make sure you get inside safely, you then get stopped by the ICE officers and you get handcuffed without any explanation. You start feeling tears coming out of the thought of getting separated from your family and not be able to do anything. The U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE officers) are an agency who are in charge to get immigrants and transport them back where they came from. The big problem …show more content…

This demonstrates that Immigrants get less paid than an actual citizen, citizens gets paid more than ten dollars an hour. Immigrants are expected to work in different locations since its a seasonal work, they are expected to move to other places even though they don’t do a raise. Farming is not an easy job to do because they have to support the temperature there is in that location, so they could collect the fruits and vegetables, for more than five hours, since they don’t have any legal documents or a U.S work permit. They have to support this, just so they could have enough money to support their families and make sure they have everything they need.
Secondly, immigrants don’t have enough protection.“The program [ Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals](DACA) lets some immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally by their parents before the age of 16 stays [in the United States]. Some DACA participants still are not in the country legally and cannot begin the process of gaining citizenship. But they can't be sent back to their country of birth [but it’s]only a temporary program”(Laws help undocumented families feel

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One of the reasons there is so much immigrant population in this country is because of the economy. In the past, immigration was helpful to the economy when people encouraged it so that the it could become prosperous and bring in diversity and help needed. Today, many people are afraid of losing their jobs. Immigration is currently flooding the labor market, primarily in the low-skill, low-wage sectors, and driving down wages and working conditions for many Americans because our immigration policies do not take economic conditions into account. Illegal immigration probably has its greatest impact on the United States’

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Some believe that illegal immigrants are the source of protecting and occupying our macro and micro economies today, Illegal immigration is taking a greater and greater toll on the American community while federal and state enforcement allows the problem to develop, local government is also at fault when it rewards law-breakers with access to free taxpayer-funded services. There are certain people who may believe that the U.S should provide illegal immigrants with access to some public services such as health care and education, however, it costs more to sustain the amount of people coming in and also leads to more negative situations versus

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Another reason is Immigrants is no different than americans. What makes you think that immigrants need to be treated poorly. It is very harsh having to go through people talking about immigrants saying they need to go back where they came from. Imagine americans struggling like immigrants do. People wouldn’t like it.

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Legalizing “Illegal Immigrants” in America There is a controversial debate and emotionally driven argument about “illegal immigrants” being legalized in America. There is a common misconception of what an illegal or legal immigrant is, many people believe that it’s an easy process and that the government grants a visa at no cost and that the immigrant is able to potentially work their way to becoming a resident or a citizen. The alarming truth is that the process is much more difficult than many Americans can understand and with the laws and regulations that are being enforced by the government gives some immigrants no other choice but to enter the United States illegally.

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