There are in average of 11 million illegal immigrants that try and come to the United States hoping for a better life. Six point two million of them come from mexico. Why do people try and come to America illegally? There are multiple reasons people come here illegally. One they might be trying to escape poverty in their country. They might not be able to get a job in their country so they try and escape and find. Two they might be trying to leave because of war. They might also be coming to America to reunite with their families living here. These are some reasons people try and immigrate to America. In my opinion illegal immigration isn't as bad as people think. Ya there might be people trying to bring drugs in. Just because there are a …show more content…
But I don't think it's fair that people are getting ripped away from their family, because they are living in America and not doing anything wrong. Coming to America illegally is wrong but it's a bit harsh to rip a family apart even if they have been living in the United States for all their lives. If you thought that illegal immigrants commit more crimes that an average American citizen then you are wrong. That's crazy because people think that the films only show the good immigrants but there aren't as many bad immigrants than you think. There are always bad people but that doesn't mean they are all bad. “Undocumented immigrants paid $424.7 million more to the state in taxes and fees than the state spent on them in education, health care, and incarceration.” That's a crazy because I used to think that the government is spending more money on them and that we should be spending it on other stuff. But in reality that's not true because the government is actually making more money than they are spending on them. But the only downside is that hospitals don't think the same way because the illegal immigrants don't have health insurance so that means they can't pay all those bills that they