Illegal Immigration

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Illegal immigration causes various economic and political issues and has turned out to be a basis of major debate in countries around the world. However, immigrants may also bring a positive impact to the country. For instance, the USA as a country was entirely built on immigration. Therefore, there is nothing incorrect with the idea of immigration. The issue sets in when immigrants enter a certain country unlawfully. Illegal immigration is a basis of rising alarm for politicians in the United States. For the past Few years, the population in the U.S. of illegal immigrants has increased from five million to almost twelve million people, almost 2.5 million in Texas, triggering intense arguments that the nation has lost control over …show more content…

Government Problems and Solutions There are various problems that illegal immigration poses on the budgets of a state and local government of Texas. State and local governments incur expenses for offering services to illegal immigrants and have few options for evading or reducing those expenses. The sum that the state and local governments use on services for illegal immigrants represent a small percentage of the entire sum spent by those governments to offer such services to locals in their jurisdiction. …show more content…

On the other hand, illegal migrants are more likely to experience discrimination, mistreatment, exclusion, and abuse during the process of migration. They frequently face extended confinement or ill-treatment, and in some situations rape, enslavement or even murder. Illegal
Xenophobe and racists target immigrants more often. They are victimized by corrupt bosses and sexual predators and can simply fall victims to illegal traffickers and smugglers.
The Institute on Race and Justice at Northeastern University says modern day human trafficking takes many forms. Individuals may be held against their will as domestic workers, working for little or no pay, and with no way to find other employment. Others may be forced into prostitution and isolated from people who could provide a means of escape. Victims of human trafficking has few resources and most often go unrecognized by law enforcement, social services representatives, and other service providers. The state of Texas has passed many laws to combat the human trafficking epidemic including training of law enforcement, establishing a human trafficking prevention task force and create a trafficking victim data base, and creating civil liability for victims of