Final- Topic- illegal immigration
Should we be allowing more immigrants into the U.S., but promote stronger, more intense background checks? More and more people are coming to the USA whether it’s to escape war, violence and drugs, or they are in search of fresh start on life? According to migrationpolicy.org the amount of immigrants that came into the U.S. has more than tripled since 1970, with over 315 million people living in the United States as of 2014. 42 million of them are immigrants. More than half of these immigrants get a job, as seen on a map on blogs.voanews.com by Dora Mekour, immigrants in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and California becuase agrucautal workers such as farmers and land scapers.
Illegal immigrants, also known as aliens, do infact, have some rights from the constitution as stated by Lyle Denniston on ConstitutionCenter.org. Foreign nationals who enter the U.S. illegally and then remain do not have fully protected rights under the Constitution, “They cannot vote, for example. But it has been true since at least 1886 that the Fourteenth Amendment has been interpreted as assuring them at least a significant measure of constitutional equality and fair treatment. The government simply does not have the constitutional power to do whatever it wishes with
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According to a video posted by Fox News on youtube, over 55,000 children tried to come into America, without an adult. And that’s children alone. Most are probably in search of a better school environment or trying escape drug abuse in their home towns. While on the topic of escaping drug abuse, according to Jeremy Bender on businessinsider.com at least 60,000 people are belived to have died between 2006 and 2012 as a result of drug war cartels, vigilante groups and the mexican army and poilice have battled each