I can tell this source is reliable because it is from NY Times, which is a news source.
Illegal Immigration is a big part of the world today. You see every day in the news, something bad happening or more people sneaking in from other countries, illegally. Illegal immigration has both positive and negative effects on the country. One of the positive effects is that illegal immigrants makes the economy have a boost. For example, “Illegal immigrants in the U.S. are said to have contributed around 300 billion to the Social Security Trust Fund” Illegal immigrants are not entitled to various benefits, some companies make this clear to save on labor costs. Also, illegal immigrants take up low end jobs that do not attract some people. It is significant though because most immigrants, immigrate to find better living and jobs. One of the negative effects of illegal immigration is that some of the immigrants take up good jobs that we can’t give to our disabled,
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I understand that they want to come over here because there is no child labor, sweatshops, wars and we are a fully developed country. We also have jobs, houses and land for them, but that doesn 't mean that they need to invade. If they have to do things illegally, just to come over here, doesn’t that seem a little shady to you? I mean, it does to me. If they wanna be here, but claim they don 't wanna cause trouble, then why not just get civilized? Many people will agree with me, but there are many people who will disagree, but, to each his own. All of this illegal immigration really bothers me because we don 't have the shelter, food or proper service for our homeless or veterans, which has fought for our country. We need to show them the respect that they deserve. In conclusion, illegal immigration will continue to happen until something serious happens, which I do not know what that will be. But in my opinion, I hope it happens