Illegal Immigration Thesis

Today one of the biggest issues in America is illegal immigration; these people travel from all over the world, and illegally cross national borders onto U.S soil in desperation to find a better life. Immigrants come to America in hopes of fulfilling the American dream, being free and safe from their original home lands. Most immigrants are illegal and come by the millions each year, which lead to many controversial disputes. The overflow of immigrants caused many citizens to question if these illegal immigrants are damaging America in various way and also by bringing in crime, drugs, and terrorists. Others state that immigrants truly aids the economy “Indeed, some sectors of the economy might have a hard time functioning without illegal workers. (Katel 395) Many citizens believe illegal immigrants are taking jobs, and abusing government benefits, however many argue that these immigrants in fact contribute to a stronger economic stimulus, take unwanted jobs, and some even create jobs for Americans.

Americans believe that illegal immigrants are freeloaders they come to the United States to use our Social Services. Let’s define Social Services, “organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel (dictionary.com, 2011, para.1).” Examples of Social Services are Housing which is Government subsidized and public housing, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Food Stamps/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid and Medicare, and Social Security Payments for the elderly, disabled, qualifying children of the deceased, etc. Illegal immigrants do not qualify for these social services, because they do not have a social security number. Illegal immigrants contribute to the economy of

Although most immigrants are stereotyped, all immigrants are not taking advantage of the system. According to the Urban Institute, illegal immigrant families pay 70.3 billion dollars annually in taxes. This is only a third of the 227 billion dollars total spent overall on education. Not all illegal immigrants receive welfare from the U.S. government. Only the families that consist of children that were born in the United States receive Government assistance.

Solving the immigration problem in 300 words is going to be extremely hard, considering it has been 140 years since the United States created its first immigration stance with the removal of the open-door policy, and we still have problems with the laws surrounding immigration. I am going to focus specifically on changing the major flaws in our system and am going to leave the details vague. My first target would be in changing the laws regarding the guest worker program. If we want to hire workers from other countries to come and work for US companies, I feel like the workers should be considered American citizens. The book highlights poor working conditions and lack of workers' representation if they are injured on the job. If citizens of

Undocumented immigrants put back nearly a majority of their income into local businesses, these immigrants also contribute nearly $15 billion every year into the Social Security fund(Davidson). However, they only use about $1 billion every year through government benefits (Davidson). These immigrants are responsible for many economic benefits, and allowing a path to citizenship for them would result in an influx in tax payments, thereby helping the government and paying for the benefits they would theoretically use (Davidson). Attempts to deport these immigrants would have great costs to the government, this can be illustrated through current budget proposals which designate billions of dollars in attempts to prevent future immigration. Therefore, providing these undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship would relieve the government of costs to deport them, and would result in an influx of tax dollars for the government to help unskilled natural-born workers that are affected by the undocumented

In “Illegal Immigration Creates Large Fiscal Costs for US Taxpayers” by Robert Rector he analyzes this point. One of his points being that “In 2010, the average unlawful immigrant household received around $24,721 in government benefits and services while paying some $10,334 in taxes” This data is accurate but where are the government benefits going if legally non-citizens can’t receive government funds. Most likely the majority benefits are given to the American children of this illegal immigrants in the form of Medicaid and food stamps, and therefore benefit Americans. In Lynch’s argument he cancels this argument, “Over the 10-year period they would earn $392 billion more and pay an additional $109 billion in taxes,” now it’s billion they would contribute to the economy instead of taking money. Another argument is that with better jobs and a legal status immigrants would actually pay more taxes to the government. Many of them don’t currently do so because they have no social security card, hints why they only pay “$10,334” in taxes. On the other hand many do pay a lot on taxes and since they cant receive any benefits in reality they pay for many benefits they do not qualify for. If people oppose legalization because it would mean tax cost and instead support deportation one of the statements in Ann Garcia’s “The Facts Support Immigration Reform with a Path to Citizenship” could change their

not only benefits the U.S., but it benefits the immigrants themselves. In continuation, Davidson states that over the years, “undocumented workers have contributed up to $300 billion, or nearly 10%, of the $2.7 trillion Social Security Trust Fund.” Just these numbers alone show how much immigrants are contributing to the U.S. To support this conclusion, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) concludes that immigrants contribute more in taxes and social contributions than they actually receive in benefits. (OECD 2014) In other findings by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), undocumented immigrants contribute in state and local taxes. ITEP estimates $11.74 billion are collect per year and, shockingly,

Several illegal immigrants buy a fake identification that they get from people who are selling it for a few hundred dollars. “They get on the payroll by using fake or fraudulent social security numbers or social security numbers of the deceased”(Germano). Another way for an illegal immigrant to get on the payroll is by getting an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. According to Roy Germano “Immigrants now file their income taxes using Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs)”. Even though they have a number that they use to pay taxes, illegal immigrants also have to pay taxes for everything they buy including food, house rent, and other items. “Immigrants—legal and undocumented—all buy things, and thus pay these taxes as part of their purchase”. Immigrants are consumers just like everyone else in America. They have things that they have to buy to survive in this country, so they should be treated with respect regardless of their status.

In “Illegal Immigrants Do Not Harm America’s Economy,” Brian Grow and his colleagues, reporters for Business Week, argue that rather than damaging it, illegal immigrants actually help the economy by paying taxes and advancing general economic growth. The writers are responding to claims that illegal immigrants receive unwarranted negative attention for supposed drains on public services. They also address the fact that, despite possible legal ramifications, companies hire undocumented workers in higher numbers than ever before while the government seems to turn a blind eye. They speak of depressed wages, increased spending, and ambivalent government policies. Grow and the other writers try to

“The economy consists of the free flow of money, goods and services as well as the production of such goods and services. Illegal immigration has a direct economic impact, though the details are a little more complicated than the storyline of they 're taking our jobs.” (Hirby). In discussions of illegal immigration strictly through only an economic perspective, a controversial issue is whether undocumented immigrants in the United States of America ultimately represent a taxation liability or prosperity. While some argue that undocumented immigrants take more out of government funded programs than they pay to the economic interests of America, specifically they don’t pay taxes that legal American citizens do and essentially are an economic burden. Others contend that undocumented immigrants consistently pay billions in taxes, and contribute much more than they are costing the government.

“Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than 26.3 billion dollars in costs on the federal government…and paid only 16 billion dollars in taxes, creating a net fiscal deficit of almost 10.4 billion dollars, or two thousand seven hundred dollars per illegal household” (Miller 1). Some people would argue that immigrants come to America to take jobs that no one else will do, but the illegal immigrants are in fact draining social services and stealing free health care benefits. In addition, immigrants pay little or no taxes to benefit the social services and health care providers that they drain. By doing so, the American tax payers must take on the high price of the American

Many illegal immigrants in the U.S pay taxes annually, but there still not granted to become citizen or given a chance to become one. Many start working low skill jobs primary in picking fruits and vegetables or in construction staring anywhere from one dollar to three dollars a day many immigrants earn well under the poverty line. Illegal immigrants work countless hours a week struggling to make ends meet and to provide a better future for them self’s and their family. Many immigrants 87% out of the 11.5 million pay taxes the U.S. The taxes are deducted in their paycheck like a U.S citizen does but the U.S government does not grant their hard work. The illegal immigrants pay Medicare and social security and are estimated 11 billion dollars annual, where there not granted citizenship nor benefits but there still contribute in the country like if they were citizens.

Here in the Rio Grande Valley immigration has become the hit. An immigrant in my own words is someone from a different country that travels to an alternative country permanently for a better life. I belief they are many unlike reasons why people live in their country but cross to another country. Actually, I’m not in immigrant, I’m a US citizen but I have experienced many stories and seen families struggle from this situation. Nevertheless, to my own experience, some people move to the US to find better jobs, but some move to different counties to look forward not only to better their education but their children’s as well. In this research paper I will be pointing out the important factors and expectations of illegal immigrants in the US,

An analysis of all fifty states in 2012 revealed that undocumented immigrants actually paid between $90 and $140 billion in federal, state, and local taxes (Anchondo, 2010), therefore, it cannot be assumed with

Many people are against Illegals having public education because they think that they don't pay taxes. Although that’s inaccurate because “immigrant labor force is consistently higher than native-born, and they make up a much larger share of the u.s labor