In this text I am going to write about illegal immigration in United States. First I will talk about what illegal immigration is and give you some facts about it in U.S. I will also discuss for and against illegal immigration. I will give you some of mine point of view in the end. When you go to a country without permission and stay there for a long time, that´s illegal immigration. Many of these people search for visa and as an answer they get no, but still they stay in the country anyway.
“Illegal immigration to the United States refers to the act of foreign nationals violating U.S. immigration policies and national laws by entering or remaining in the United States without proper permission from the United States government.”1 An illegal immigrant is an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed her to long so the visa has expired.2
In 2009 62 % of illegal immigrants were from Mexico, 5 % from El Salvador, 4 % from Guatemala, 3 % from Honduras, 2 % from Philippines, 2 % from India, 2 % from Korea, 2 % from Ecuador, 1 % from Brazil, 1 % from China and 15 % from other countries.3 Based on this we can see that almost everybody are from Mexico, one reason may be that there is a short distance between Mexico and the United States. If we look further into these numbers, then we can see that Europe it is not mention. Maybe people emigrate from countries with low economy and high unemployment?
Illegal immigration happens all over the world. A good thing with immigrants is that they are necessary because they do jobs that most Americans don´t want. In U.S. there is several jobs with minimal wage.4 If people from America don’t take jobs like that, then they need workers and it is good that immigrants can do the jobs. Immigrants do these kinds of jobs because they will start a new life and earn more money so they can support their families. They also may send some money to