LOvely
Andrea
September 10, 2013
The Real Controversy
Imagine you are walking through the busy streets of a downtown city during your lunch break. You casually keep walking to your destination passing by people of all ages, genders, and cultures. Hundreds of people rush by you. You don’t know a single thing about these people and chances are you will never see them again either. Therefore, nothing significant about those people ever crosses your mind. They are regular people leading regular lives. Or so you think. What you don’t know is that these people may be keeping a secret so big that their lives depend on it. What if at least one of these people who you have walked passed today is living in the United States without the verification of citizenship? How would you be able to tell? Often of times, it is hard to tell because illegal aliens look like your average person.
Everyday people come into contact with illegal aliens in some way or form, but they just don’t know it. Illegal immigration is a growing concern in the United States. The Obama Administration argues that the United States should naturalize all illegal immigrants; however, illegal immigration illustrates a negative image on the United States. Unauthorized aliens take jobs away from Americans, bring illegal drugs into the country, and barely pay taxes but still benefit from our country’s free public healthcare. To fix this issue, the United States must take necessary measures to deport illegal aliens back to their residency of origins.
As reported by The Department of Homeland Security, “The unauthorized resident immigration population is defined as all foreign-born non-citizens who are not legal residents. Most unauthorized residents either entered the United States without inspection or were admitted temporarily and stayed past the date they were required to leave…”(Vang, 2012). In 2009, there were over 10 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States (Alan, 2011). In his
September 10, 2013
The Real Controversy
Imagine you are walking through the busy streets of a downtown city during your lunch break. You casually keep walking to your destination passing by people of all ages, genders, and cultures. Hundreds of people rush by you. You don’t know a single thing about these people and chances are you will never see them again either. Therefore, nothing significant about those people ever crosses your mind. They are regular people leading regular lives. Or so you think. What you don’t know is that these people may be keeping a secret so big that their lives depend on it. What if at least one of these people who you have walked passed today is living in the United States without the verification of citizenship? How would you be able to tell? Often of times, it is hard to tell because illegal aliens look like your average person.
Everyday people come into contact with illegal aliens in some way or form, but they just don’t know it. Illegal immigration is a growing concern in the United States. The Obama Administration argues that the United States should naturalize all illegal immigrants; however, illegal immigration illustrates a negative image on the United States. Unauthorized aliens take jobs away from Americans, bring illegal drugs into the country, and barely pay taxes but still benefit from our country’s free public healthcare. To fix this issue, the United States must take necessary measures to deport illegal aliens back to their residency of origins.
As reported by The Department of Homeland Security, “The unauthorized resident immigration population is defined as all foreign-born non-citizens who are not legal residents. Most unauthorized residents either entered the United States without inspection or were admitted temporarily and stayed past the date they were required to leave…”(Vang, 2012). In 2009, there were over 10 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States (Alan, 2011). In his