Problems the United States is Facing in 2017
The North Koreans just launched a missile that caused a 6.3 magnitude seismic event to occur, this was ten times more deadly than the missile launched on Hiroshima in World War Two according to the article from CNN “North Korea Nuclear Timeline Fast Facts.” Three issues Americans face in 2017 are the rising tensions with North Korea, illegal immigration, and human trafficking in the United States. The tensions that have continued to build between North Korea and the United States have been a problem for a very long time. In addition, illegal immigration was one of the big issues both candidates who ran for president argued about in 2016; Finally, human trafficking is a danger to women, children
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Michael O’Hanlon has gathered many ideas on how to diffuse the crisis between the United States and North Korea, and possibly how to go about finding a long-term resolution. (Hanlon). One might say that the U.S.'s problems with North Korea aren’t the biggest issue America is facing, but with research one can find that this is a life-threatening issue. While the aggression between the United States and North Korea is an issue, another issue the United States faces is illegal immigration.
The next issue the United States faces is illegal immigration. According to the article, “5 Facts About Illegal Immigration In The U.S..,” in 2015 there were nearly eleven million unlicensed immigrants in the United States (Krogstad). The article, “5 Facts About Illegal Immigration In The U.S..,” explains that although it is commonly mistaken, there have been many investigations that have proven that Mexicans, people from the Southern border, may no longer be the greatest number of unlicensed immigrants in the U.S. (Krogstad). According to the article, “9 Things You Need To Know About Illegal Immigration and Crime,” the amount of illegal immigrants in jail is not proportionate to the amount of U.S. citizens in jail. (“9 Things You Need To Know About Illegal Immigration and Crime”). The article, “Top 10 Solutions to Illegal Immigration in the USA,” tells one that if the United States can find a way to strengthen their border
The issue of illegal immigration has daunted this nation for many years. Currently, there are 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. Immigration reform is necessary, but amnesty is not. Last year, the United States Senate passed the ‘Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act’ by a vote of 68-32. If this bill becomes law, America will still not have fixed it’s illegal immigration issue. There are many flaws to the current immigration bill in Congress, such as the fiscal costs to taxpayers, government spending, and “border triggers”. A few commonsense fixes to improve our nation’s immigration dilemma are
Oscar Cabrera Dr.Meisel English 110 May 3, 2018 Immigration Today, there are about 11.7 million immigrants living in the US illegally, and that number has been at a steady incline over the years. As a desperate escape from their harsh realities at home, many go the illegal route due to our lengthy and expensive citizenship process. Illegal immigrants come to America for numerous reasons, and impact Americans in many ways. The fact that people become illegal immigrants by breaking the law has led some to insist that all illegal immigrants are criminals and should not have rights of any sort but; rather, they should be deported as soon as their legal status is detected.
Undocumented immigration has faced an exception in America but it faces its biggest challenge. Making it easier for terrorism if we don’t face to a solution to compromise. More than 10 million immigrants live in the U.S. because it is open to better jobs (Kane 1). Although, many of these immigrants are not criminals it is affecting America’s security. With several undocumented immigrants in America there is a distortion in our resources that are being used by the several unknown residents. The Heritage Foundation states there are no security threats to us but there are terrorist and criminals out there that we are unaware of. In order to make America more safe an immigration policy needs to be intact with the law. In the other hand, also giving the migrants a life they deserve. This means amending to the document to a more appropriate manner. Numerous solutions have been put into place to focus efforts on improving the border security, identification and establishing a work program.
“I will build a great wall- and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me- and I’ll build them very inexpensively on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words”-Donald Trump. Whether the United States builds a wall, deports hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, or does nothing about it, the so called “uncontrollable problem” of immigration is still present today. America, for the past 100 years, has been faced with this dilemma that immigrants come and pursue the American dream but some doing it illegally. Not only has that been an added contribution to the issue of America’s economic stability but also how America is seen as a nation. Immigration, now more than ever, has become a national crisis that needs to be taken care of immediately.
“In 2014, 5.8 million unauthorized immigrants from Mexico lived in the U.S.,” according to Pew Research Center (Krogstad). Regulating the number of illegal immigrants from entering the United States has become an increasingly significant issue for the federal government’s agenda after, the number of unauthorized immigrants reached a peak in 2007 at 12.2 million, when this group made up 4% of the U.S. population (Krogstad). An abundance of proposed solutions have been offered to limit the steadily increasing number of illegal immigrants from reaching American soil, such as: mandating E-verify, a system that determines whether or a not a person is eligible to work in the United states, strengthening border security, and fortifying interior enforcement measures in the United States (Illegal Immigration and Border Security). Another major plan sources from President Donald Trump, who hopes to build a wall spanning between the United States and Mexico. This idea has ignited numerous opposing arguments that have picked out its irrationalities, and display how Donald Trump’s proposal to erect a wall generates more complications than benefits.
Nevertheless, it is not only imperative to outline that between 2009 and 2014 the number of illegal immigrants decreased in Kansas, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois, South Carolina, California as well as Nevada, but also vital to note that these reductions are alleged to the reduced number of unauthorized Mexican immigrants. As opposed to the small number (41 percent) of immigrants who had lived in America for more than ten years in the US by 2005, the figure had risen significantly to a wobbling 66 percent by 2014. Nevertheless, those who have lived in the country illegally for less than five years are declining in number steadily, having been estimated at barely 14 percent in 2014 (Krogstad and Passel 17). While the illegal immigrants could be considered as both credible and dependable because of the benefits they bring to the US, on the contrary, it is critical to comprehend the unintended consequences that translate into tangible problems like increased competition for the limited unskilled job opportunities, increased pressure on the economy by using free social services including healthcare, social security, and education as well as the growing crime rate perpetuated by unauthorized citizens in the
Illegal immigration is a big problem in the United States of America, and it is beginning to grow into a larger one. In 2014, there were 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in America (“5 Facts about Illegal Immigration in the U.S.”), compared to the population of 318.9 million people in the entire country (Dinan). These immigrants currently take up only 3.5 percent of the nation’s population. The rate of illegal immigration is only rising, according to the Pew Research Center (“5 Facts about Illegal Immigration in the U.S”). The main cause of this is immigrants secretly entering over the border, without getting caught by agents (“5 Facts about Illegal Immigration in the U.S.”). This is because
of America’s prison population. This poses a dangerous situation for the American people. It is estimated that 4.5 million illegal immigrants drive in the US on a regular basis. This means these are unlicensed drivers with no insurance. We don't even know if they have the ability to read road signs. This is a danger for everyone driving on the road. 23% of illegal drivers were stopped of some type of traffic violation and 43,000 of that 23% have warrants or were convicted with drug related crimes or in the violent crime category. Our prisons are filling up with illegal immigrants. Even though illegal immigrants only account for 3.5% of the national population, they account for 36.7% of all federal sentences which lead to jail time or deportation. This basically says one in every three illegal immigrant is a convict or likely to be one. Nationally they are responsible for 74.1% of all drug possession charges. This also leads to violence with the distribution of drugs. Many of these drug cases have to do with gang members from the Mexican Cartel bringing drugs from Mexico to the US. Now not all illegal immigrants are criminals or have bad intentions but they are more likely to be by statistics. Obviously we can't stop all crime but it would be a huge step forward if there were no illegal immigrants here to add to the
Illegal immigration has plagued the United States since immigration laws were created, and has worsened in recent history. Since Ronald Reagan’s Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 provided amnesty for 3 million illegal aliens in exchange for increased border security, millions of people have entered the country illegally. Over the past 30 years, the illegal immigrant population of the country has more than doubled from 5 million in 1986 to over 11.5 million in 2015. It has become one of the most controversial political issues in America. While not every undocumented alien is a bad or dangerous person, illegal immigrants in general are a national security threat, harmful to the economy, and a burden on the social welfare system. The best solution to the illegal alien problem is to secure and enforce the border, purge American territory of every person unlawfully trespassing upon it, and reform the immigration system to make it easier for foreigners to enter the United States legally like people have done for centuries.
This article shows statistics on illegal immigrants and corrects the stereotype that illegal immigrants are involved in crimes and cause incarceration rates to go up. In 1990 this were 3.5 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. by 2010 the number has risen to 11.9 million. Even though immigrant numbers went up, crime rates went down especially in the 19 states that are highly populated by undocumented immigrants. Studies show that immigration does not make crime rate rise, but actually lowers it. This information will help concede
Throughout the history of the United States immigration has become apart of our country’s fabric which, began centuries ago. Only to become a hot topic in the US in recent years with its primary focus being illegal immigrants. Illegal immigration is when people enter a country without government permission. As of 2008 the Center for Immigration Studies estimated that there are 11 million illegal immigrants in the US which is down from 2007‘s 12.5 million people. Although the Center for Immigration Studies estimates are very different from other estimates that range from 7 to 20 million. While the Pew Hispanic Center estimated in March of 2009 there are 11.1 million illegal immigrants and that number is from March 2007’s peak of 12
As more unauthorized immigrants take the opportunity to pursue in jobs, the unemployment rate within the legal population rises as they struggle to support their family. Similarly, crime rates have heightened within cities across the United States, thus causing people to feel anxious about their safety. These problems have done just the opposite of decrease throughout the years, and it is time that everyone took notice. Understanding what needs to be fixed in the general illegal immigration system is not easy, but with the right mindset it will allow for economic stability and overall safety for the people in our
The United States has always been termed as land of opportunity which attracted immigrants to come to country so as to manage better living and to cash in employment opportunities. Immigrants coming to US are either low skilled or high skilled people however they have made their significant respective contribution to enable economic growth for the country (Diana, 2014). The Immigration and Naturalization Act provide permanent immigrants limit of 675,000 and these immigrants could be family based like spouse, unmarried minor children and parents of US citizens or employment based immigrants working on temporary visas (AIC, 2014). Presently there are around twelve million immigrants in the US who even have partial papers or no paper works and considered as illegal immigrant. The largest immigrants are Hispanic-Americans who represent the 16.7% of US population (Aguilar, 2013).
All through the recorded background of the United States immigration has reliably transformed into a bit of our nation 's fabric which began many years earlier. Just to wind up one of the most sizzling subjects in the United States and as of late with its essential center being illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants are individuals who enters a country without the administration 's authorization. In 2008, the Center for Immigration Studies assessed that there are more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States which are somewhat down from 2007 's 12.5 million individuals. Presently in spite of the fact that the Center for Immigration Studies assesses that are altogether different from different appraisals that are extent from 7 to 20 million. While the Pew Hispanic Center evaluated in March of 2009 there are 11.1 million illegal immigrants and those numbers are from March 2007 's top of 12 million. The accurate number of illegal immigrants is obscure in light of the fact that they are illegal immigrants. In 2005 reports from the Pew Hispanic Center expressed that 22% of illegal immigrants were from Latin American Countries, for the most part from Central America, 13% from Asia, 56% from Mexico, with 6% in the middle of Europe and Canada, and 3% were from whatever remains of the world and Africa. In the United States alone every day, there are almost 70,000 foreigners who move here. Inside of those 70,000, more than 60,000 of them are businesswomen and men,
By its nature, illegal immigration is hard to measure and control. But to fully understand the solutions and properly analyze them; the origin, causes, and effects must be clear. Illegal immigration is the act of migrating across a national border without a legalized permission from the target country. Illegal immigration has long been a problem in the USA since the latter half of the 20th century. In spite of all the laws that was issued the door was left open especially for the Mexican immigrants. Throughout time numbers continued to rise and decline, Now the number of illegal immigrants in the United States is huge. And according to American community survey (ACS) data (2015) , The United States immigrant population came to more than