Illegal Immigration

What is Immigration
Immigration refers to the movement of people to another for permanent

residence. Immigrants are of two types, legal and illegal. legal immigrants
are those people who are living in another country as legally recognized and
are lawfully recognized as the permanent residents . Illegal immigrants on the
other hand are those people who migrate across national borders in a way
which is not acceptable and is against the laws of the destined country.
(Illegal Immigration Solutions , 2014)
Problems Faced by modern

immigrants to USA especially those
from Mexico
Every year many immigrants come to USA in hope of making there life
better but things usually don't run as smooth as they predicted.
Mexicans top the list of immigrants in the USA. There are numerous
challanges being encountered by the immigrants to USA especially
those that came from mexico . Discrimination , racism , suspected of
being involved in terrorist activities rage of american citizens towards
them are a few problems being faced by the immigrants.
Discrimination towards immigrants is prevalent in America and is
usually directed towards latin americans ( which also include people of
mexico), african americans and muslims. Military and schools are a
couple of institutions where there is a lot of discrimination in USA .
( Oluoch , 2012)
The immigrants are also exposed to racism and are seen by many
americans with hatred and whenever there is an economic downturn
its the immigrants especially from mexico who are blamed as
according to many american citizens , the immigrants just increase the
supply of labour and take their jobs by offering services at a lower
price. ALong with racism due to these facts the immigrants are
sometimes seen by many americans as enemies and there has been a
growing trend towards increasing security at the border between
america and mexico. After 11 septemper 2011 the immigrants
(especially muslims) have also been arrested on many occasions just
on mere speculation of them being involved in terrorist activities.
Issue of Illegal Immigration a problem

for the US
Illegal immigration is leading to problems of overcrowding , rise in
population , increased crime rate and a burden on the US government
in monetary terms.
According to a report there are as many as 12 million people living in
USA without legal documentation.Illegal immigration has imposed huge
costs (monetary and crime related) on the american society.According
to a study between 1996 and 2006 almost 240000 illegal immigrants
had commited about 960,000 sex offences in the United States.Illegal
immigration also have very high fiscal costs on the US
economy.According to centre for immigration studies illegal immigrant
households in 2002 imposed costs of around $26 billion on the Us
government while paying only $16 billion in taxes creating a deficit of
$10 billion. One of the biggest reason behind this deficit imposed by
illegal immigrants is that almost 60 percent of them do not have a high
school degree. (illegal Immigration , n.d.)
Reasons behind Love/Hate

relationship of US with Immigrants
America's love/hate relationship with the immigrants is generally as old
as the republic and its criteria has not changed since its inception. By
love/hate relationship here it is meant that there are times when
immigrants are treated with animosity and considered bad for the
country while on other occasions they are welcomed in US and people

don't tend to bother much about their entry in US. Reasons such as
increase in crime rate and public support for those immigrants who
donot pay spark hate in reltionship of Us towards the immigrants. The
most important reason behing the love/hate relationship is not the fear
of crime or the public support but it stems more from the feelings of
economic well being. American society closes the door for immigrants
during poor economic conditions and turn against them while when the
employment level is full and cheap labour is required they turn to
immigrants and welcome them in their country.According to the
harvard professor Ben Friedman a fair and tolerant society deopends
on the economic well being of the country. According to him better
economic conditions lead to growing acceptance of immmigrants in
United States and other countires as well. (Macdowell, 2006) After
9/11 the the attitude of american society towards muslim immigrants
has also changed and there are more and more restrictions being
imposed by americans on the muslims due to threat of Taliban and Al
qaeda.
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What is Immigration

Immigration refers to the movement of people to another for permanent

Problems Faced by modern

Issue of Illegal Immigration a problem

Reasons behind Love/Hate

country while on other occasions they are welcomed in US and people

MACDOWELL, M. (2006). America's Love-Hate Relationship with

Oluoch, V. (2012). Racism and other problems that immigrants

http://immigration.procon.org/. Last accessed 20th june 2014.

. ( ). ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: COSTS, CRIMES, & RELATED

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