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Introduction To Immigration In The US Today By Noel Merino

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In the article Introduction To Immigration In The U.S. Today by Noel Merino, the author suggests that “The United States has the largest population of undocumented immigrants in any country” (Merino 1). The problem with immigration is that it takes an extremely long time, which causes the immigrants to run out of patience and just try to illegally immigrate to the United States, mostly by crossing the border. This is a huge problem and if the United States don’t try to fix the issue now, it will turn into a bigger problem and it could be impossible or really difficult to solve it later. The solution that we must first implement is to provide a pathway to citizenship to the people that are inside our borders, the solution we should implement …show more content…

The problem is it takes too long for immigrants to migrate into the United States legally, Noel Merino suggests that illegal immigration is not a cause but an effect because “[Immigrants have to] wait many years or even decades before receiving a legal visa” (Merino 2) the process of obtaining a legal visa is extremely lengthy and difficult . This problem affects both the American economy and the immigrants that are willing to migrate to the US illegally, Walker and Zuckerman inform us that the immigrants that are willing to migrate illegally tend to face “tremendous risks, including kidnapping, extortion, injury, and death” (Walker and Zuckerman 2) . Furthermore, this affects the American economy by having these immigrants take jobs of hardworking citizens and not paying taxes. This problem exists in the United States and Canada, the lasting effects that this problem brings is first, since the process of legally migrating to the US is too long and lengthy, immigrants are driven to migrate illegally. Another lasting effect, is that the US can be facing so much threats both criminal and terrorism threats, and the amount of undocumented immigrants will make it hard for US to identify the threat or who is behind the threat. These are the lasting effects of this …show more content…

In the article, How to Fix Illegal Immigration? Earned Citizenship by D. Griswald, D Griswald suggests that the first steps to solve the immigration problem in the United States “is to provide a pathway to citizenship” (Griswald 1). In order to solve the immigration problem we need to first address the issue that's within our borders before we can address the immigrants outside our borders. To solve the issue of the undocumented immigrants in our borders, the United States can't just deport them all because that would be cruel and nearly impossible and the only solution that is left is earned citizenship. The author says the United States would have to provide a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who have been living in the United States “for a significant amount of time-say four years” (Griswald 1). Earned citizenship allows undocumented immigrants a chance to be a citizen of the United States by two factors, the first one is that they must have no criminal records or any connection to any terrorism and the second factor is that the undocumented immigrants “could be required to pay fines and taxes they did not pay when they were undocumented” (Griswald 1). The problem that this solution doesn't solve are the undocumented immigrants that are trying to illegally cross the border. This solution solves the immigration problem that's in

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