Immigration Laws: Stricter or No?
They come into our country. They take American jobs and money. What do we do to prevent this? Legal and illegal immigrants come into our country. Legal immigrants came into the country with a passport and illegal immigrants typically cross the border where they are not supposed to. The U.S has been accepting immigrants since the birth of the country, but now citizens feel we need to start being stricter on who can come into the country. Everyday, the U.S. is gaining more and more people with a population of already over 300 million (worldometers)! Some people say that immigrants take jobs that Americans don't want, but they take the jobs nonetheless (Szumski 24). Also, illegal immigrants get unemployment benefits (Bonnie Szumski 25) .Americans have to pay taxes that end up going to illegal immigrants. The U.S needs stricter immigration laws so less of our jobs are taken, we pay less to illegal immigrants, and to keep the American citizens safe. How would you feel if an immigrant, that wasn’t originally from America, beat you out for a job? Doesn’t seem fair, because if they had a harder time coming into the country they wouldn’t have taken that job. Cristina
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Americans would feel much safer and secure from illegal immigrants if the United States had stricter/ better border patrol (Becker). Cynthia S. Becker said, “Many illegal immigrants cross the border that could be terrorist.” She is saying that every immigrant that illegally crosses the border has the potential of being a terrorist( Becker). One way we can make Americans feel safer is to make a plan to allow illegal immigrants, who are already in the country, to become citizens if they are committed to becoming a U.S citizen and to make border security tighter (Pew Research center).Although, some people say immigrants don’t make them feel unsafe, take their jobs or