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    Illegal immigration is a very controversial topic in America today. There is a controversy over whether or not America should be allowing these illegal people in, and whether or not they should receive privileges reserved for American citizens. The humanitarian argument is to let everyone who needs help in and to allow them to establish residency and be afforded all of the privileges of a citizen, which would include welfare, public schools, etc. However, the overall state of the country must be

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    The mistreatment of the illegal immigrants has become a serious issue among the United States. There are tons of debates on the issue, which causes a lot of unrest among the citizens of the country. With the political debates constanly going back and forth, I well reveal the many insecurities and injustices that many of the immigrants have faced. Many have complained that because of the illegal immigrants, the competition for jobs have been fierce making it impossible to obtain a job. However, by

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    Employment of Illegal Immigrants Employment of illegal immigrants in the United States, as well as other countries has been a highly controversial subject for many years now. There are many people living in various countries around the world that are unhappy with the way they are living, and want something more out of life than what their country can offer. Due to their unhappiness, they decide to immigrate to another country, and this is usually done illegally. Once they are in their preferred

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    Trump wrongly says the number of illegal immigrants is 30 million or higher” Donald Trump made several claims recently that the population of illegal immigrants in the U.S. has risen to thirty million or more. He claimed that the government had no grasp on the population of illegal immigrants, and that he’s seen those estimates in several papers and other sources. The Department of Homeland Security disagreed, saying that their calculations of illegal immigrants took a lot of factors into account

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    Should illegal immigrants be allowed to become U.S. citizens? Should they be deported and not be allowed to pursue a better way of life in America? Immigrants did want, in fact, to become Americans in every sense of the word, not just in terms of the ability to achieve a measure of economic prosperity. Immigrants and refugees are entrepreneurs, job creators, taxpayers, and consumers. According to Center for American Progress “They add trillions of dollars to the U.S. gross domestic product, or GDP

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    Illegal Immigrants Cons

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    discrimination when someone is fired because of personal grudges or non work related issues. Many groups of people don’t have equal opportunities in the American workplace. Including illegal immigrants, ex convicts, children under fourteen and gays. Illegal immigrants will be denied jobs because businesses just don’t hire illegal immigrants. That can be because of policy, they don’t want to get in trouble for hiring someone who is here illegally. Ex convicts aren’t always trusted in the workplace. Many businesses

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    ’m an immigrant, I moved to this country three years ago, but since I was born here I’m considered a legal immigrant, as many legal and illegal immigrants I believe that we help the economy of this country. There are many immigrants in this country, they all come from all over the world. By no means I want to assume that they have all had my experiences. In my case I’m here on the pursuit of new opportunities, in my mind, or in the way I was raised by my parents, and how am I supposed to achieve

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    highly debate and criticize illegal immigration, arguing that illegal immigrants are drug addicted thieves who thrive off of stealing American’s jobs and harming the United States labor force and the economy. As the immigration rate progressively rise’s it simultaneously concerns those who favor strict immigration laws and believe that illegal immigrants are harming the United States. However, these assumptions are hardly fact based and people fail to acknowledge that immigrants are human beings who only

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    Illegal Immigrant Count

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    Did you know in 2007 illegal immigrant count was at an all time high up to 12.2 million illegal immigrants living in the United States, now in 2012 the illegal immigrant count has gone from 12.2 to 11.2 million in a span of 5 years(Study find most illegal immigrants earn little). What is a illegal immigrant you may ask. Well an illegal immigrant is a person that illegally crossed a country's borders without proper papers and has not gone through an immigration checkpoint to authenticate their papers

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    Many years ago immigrants have come to this country for a better life and more opportunities. Having faced a difficult life in their home country, immigrants want to work for a better future. They will risk their lives to go to a place where they can get more opportunities and better their life. Immigrants value the country that allows them to work and improve themselves. Many people think illegal immigrants should get deported. They think this way because they are afraid immigrants are going to take

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