disadvantages of illegal immigration

As I have said earlier, immigration is not a topic that affects me directly but I still feel strongly about it. I've grown up hearing negative remarks on the problems of immigration in the US by my parents. I would shrug it off because I had friends, classmates, and authority figures who were Hispanics. Little did I know that these various groups of people could be here illegally. I often think that if I had a closer bonds with Hispanics then maybe I wouldn't feel so opposed to it but in cases like this the big picture is what's most important. Don't confuse my feelings with racism because I have no problems with Hispanics but I feel that if u haven't worked to get here then you shouldn't be allowed to stay. You should not be allowed the same benefits (sometimes more) of every US citizen if you have not become a true resident of this great nation. Ultimately, immigrants, in such a large capacity in such a small demographic area, is a major problem that has to be stopped. At the current time, there are 21,148, 535 illegal immigrants in the United States. This number, over the years, has drastically increased and without immediate proceedings.

It has always been thought that whatever work that Americans don't want to do, Hispanics were the next option. In some cases that would be deemed the truth, with Hispanics taking lower paying jobs. Now these people have the jobs that US citizens could be having. They are taking a free ride on our expense because they don't pay taxes, we're educating their kids and they take the money they make to send to family left back home.

On August 10, 2007 reforms to improve the border security were announced. This is a three step solution to terminating our immigration problem. It starts with the addition of mechanisms to guarantee the prevention of immigration by way of the border. At the end of next year, there will be an increase in border patrol agents, miles of fencing, vehicle barriers, camera radar towers, and uvas. To further help with the immigration problem, local and state enforcement has been trained exclusively. This is another part of the plan entitled interior work and it does what the federal level can't do on its own. Worksite enforcement is to make sure that no illegal immigrants get employment here in the US. If these immigrants do get jobs, they will eventually be punished and if the employer knew that they were illegal, the employer will also.

Legal immigrants or citizens have every right to be here. They've paid their dues to live in this great "melting pot" nation. We all are paying the price for an extreme increase in population numbers. There needs to be better security and issues should be enforced to make this a place that is more suitable for "paying customers."