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Illegal Immigration Arguments

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Jacqueline Garcia
Professor Don Miller
ENG 111
19 November 2017 Should illegal immigrants be able allowed to stay in the U.S.?
Illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in America. According to the dictionary definition, an illegal immigrant also known as an illegal alien is “a foreigner who enters a country without an entry or immigrant visa, especially a person who crosses the border by avoiding inspection or who overstays the period of time allowed as a visitor, tourist, or businessperson”. As Felter and Renwick discuss in their article “ The U.S. immigration debate.” , “Immigration has been a touchstone of the U.S. political debate for decades,” as policymakers must weigh competing for economic, security, and humanitarian concerns. There are many arguments that support allowing illegal immigrants into America, because of this immigration has been a controversial issue for over so many years. There are many issues that can be discussed regarding immigration as Felter and Renwick pointed out in the article: “congress has been unable to reach an agreement on comprehensive immigration reform for years, effectively moving some major policy decisions into the executive and judicial branches of government, and fueling debate in the halls of state and municipal governments. Meanwhile, the fates of an estimated eleven million undocumented immigrants in the country, as well as rules for legal immigration, lie in the balance”(Felter and Renwick). According to SIRS

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