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The Pros And Cons Of Immigration

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We define ourselves as a nation of immigrants. That’s who we are in our bones.” Said President Barack Obama. Immigration has become a big discussion for everyone. Many argue that immigration is a negative issue and others argue that it is a positive. Today I will be discussing the main foundations of immigration. The beginning of immigration, becoming legal, and how much immigration has evolved since the 1990’s are all the main topics that contribute with my main idea. Immigration began a long time ago, but in the United States after the Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act in 1996, things got hard for immigrants. These Acts authorized funds for more border patrols, increased punishments for those who smuggled immigrants in, …show more content…

They just came here to make money, and have a good future with their family, in other words, they wanted the American Dream, and rather they are being tossed out the country for a false conviction. Immigrants had to be careful when they went out or even if they were working because the government looked for them under rocks if they had to. In the event that you were pulled over and you didn’t have a driver’s license you would be sent to jail, then processed to deportation. It was not easy for anyone because people were either hiding or on the look out. Another thing that made it hard was that the immigrants could not do anything to become legal. Before being sent to deportation they got a chance to see a lawyer, but when these Acts was passed there were some convictions that didn’t even let you go into the courtroom and immigrants didn’t get a chance to fight their …show more content…

Some believe that having immigrants is a negative thing. People believe that all they are doing here is taking citizens money and jobs. They also think that they are bringing drugs and violence to there home. Since immigrants started to cross over the border, taxes have rose and citizens are mad because they are the ones that have to pay the taxes. For many years there have been politicians that are against immigration and now that the US has someone running for president that is fore immigration, those citizens are

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