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Illegal Immigration in United States
For a long time, illegal immigration has been a concern in the United States. Thousands of illegal immigrants have entered the United States across the Mexican border, the Pacific Ocean, and a variety of other routes. Some persons entered the nation legitimately on a visit visa, but then stayed and worked illegally in various locations. Illegal immigration is a two-edged sword: on the one hand, it saves money for the local economy since illegal immigrants are paid less and are more productive.
These illegal immigrants, on the other hand, do not pay taxes, and neither do their employers. Illegal immigration has both advantages and disadvantages, and this essay will examine some facts about illegal immigration in the United States.
"Thousands of illegals cross the 2,500-mile border with Mexico every day. According to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, or INS, the overall number of illegal immigrants in the United States from this source rises by 275,000 per year. Already, the United States has a population of 7 to 12 million illegal immigrants, the great majority of whom are Mexican or Hispanic in origin. These unwelcome visitors assist themselves to jobs, schooling, welfare, and unemployment benefits. Many people whose earnings are paid illegally pay little or no taxes. They're also easy target for unethical employers and politicians."
(Hayes 2000)
Births in minority and immigrant populations account for the majority of population growth in the United States. We don't want to think about it because it's a political correctness issue, but there is labor stratification, mostly along educational lines, where the challenging occupations in agriculture, industry, and services are chosen by people who have no other options. Immigrants have often pounced at these low-paying occupations as a method to get their foot in the door, especially when these professions do not require language skills.
Unemployed Americans born in
the United States do not consider any employment to assist them get back on their feet. They
begin by considering their earnings. You certainly have a competitive edge if you are here illegally.
(Howell 2006).
Illegal immigration, according to the majority of Americans and American leaders, is detrimental for the country and should be stopped totally. The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) is a statute that governs employment practices and regulations in the United States of America.
This rule was passed in 1986 for a variety of reasons, including the fact that many illegal workers labor in the US. "(1) to hire only those permitted to work in the United States, and (2) not to discriminate based on citizenship status or national origin," the IRCA states (LMD 1992).
Workers must complete an I-9 form and be able to show their authorization to work in the
United States to their employers in order to be authorized to work in the United States. "Employers must evaluate all competent people with work authorization, whether citizens or non-citizens." Employers must accept any document mentioned in the INS Handbook for Employers and may not request additional papers or designate an INS document arbitrarily. Employers cannot refuse to recruit a competent worker whose work authorization will expire in the future. Employers who engage in immigration-related employment discrimination face back pay and harsh fines under the IRCA" (LMD 1992).
I support immigration reform because I feel that illegal work is a drain on the US economy.
In the United States, there are more than 10 million illegal workers (excluding their families) (White). Although their presence may be felt across the country, the majority of these illegal laborers are located in California and Texas. Around three-quarters of these illegal immigrants enter the US after crossing the border from Mexico. Because they may be recruited for less than minimum wage, many of these illegal immigrants are hired as undocumented labor by US firms. The majority of these people are employed in backroom positions or in the agriculture, industrial,
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and construction industries.
No health care or other benefits are provided to these workers (White). Most of these positions are created unlawfully by US firms in order to save money on taxes and labor costs by paying workers less than the minimum wage. It is for this reason that I feel immigration reform is necessary, since it makes it more difficult for companies to defraud the government of taxes and other revenue.
Another effect of the IRCA is the reduction of societal expenses associated with illegal immigration into the United States. Illegal immigrants enter the United States without any documentation or authorization. This implies that no one knows where they came from or what kind of background they have. They might be infected with a variety of illnesses, including polio, TB, and others. These illnesses have the potential to spread and pose significant difficulties for Americans. Aside from that, there are additional expenditures to a state since it must pay for illegal immigrants' schooling and other expenses.
"They put an additional pressure on these services in an already underfunded program." Republican lawmakers have struck an agreement on legislation to tackle illegal immigration (Carney 1996). They concluded the week of September 2 unsure of their next step, as their package faced delaying tactics from Senate Democrats and a veto from the president."
(Website).
The disadvantages of enforcing severe immigration regulations should be considered. These positions would have to be filled by someone else if illegal immigrants crossing the Mexican border were not filling them. If we were to regularize the process of bringing more agricultural and service workers into the United States, the ensuing population would be less Mexican and more Arab, Muslim, South Asian, and African. Take a look at Europe for an example of how this
would affect American society. This is a cultural, linguistic, and religious dilemma.
According to
author Samuel Huntington (Who Are We?) and others, Mexican culture is incompatible with the
Anglo-Protestant civilization that has allowed the United States to develop. This might be correct. However, it is far more compatible than Iraqi culture.
(Howell 2006)
We would have to process and keep track of all of the Mexicans if they weren't coming in illegally. What would the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS, the new Department of Homeland Security's successor to the Immigration and Naturalization Service) have to look like to process the 500 workers who enter the nation illegally every day? How much
would it cost? In the United States, there are around 11,000,000,000 illegal immigrants. Any method other than deporting them all will result in a significant expansion in the number of government entities tasked with monitoring them.
(Howell 2006).
By making illegal Mexican immigrants such a point of contention, we are preventing all immigrants from coming to the United States, including those who are sorely needed. The problem is that the immigration system is clogged for candidates with math and science talents. Many people believe that illegal immigrants' children are overburdening the educational system. However, such abilities have not been created by that same system in the previous 20 years, requiring us to import our technical competence from India, East Asia, and elsewhere.
(Howell 2006).
One may argue that immigrants are individuals, and also that they should not be treated unfairly, even if they enter the nation illegally. The debate over affirmative action, which is about job discrimination against immigrants, has created a lot of public debate. The first suggesting a resurgence of controversy in the 1990s leading up to the Supreme Court's ruling in the summer of 2003 sustaining some sorts of affirmative action.
Apart from that, the development, defense, and contestation of preferred affirmative action have followed two pathways. "The first has been legal and administrative, with courts, legislators, and executive
agencies of government creating and enforcing affirmative action regulations. The alternative way has been one of public discussion, where the practice of preferential treatment has created a large body of pro and con literature."
(Fullinwider 2005).
Many individuals claim that immigrants are typically talented workers who contribute to the United States' local output. Others believe that when firms pay employees less than minimum wage, their costs decrease, lowering manufacturing costs and pricing, which benefits US residents. It is also said that immigrants transfer their US dollars to their family outside of America, which boosts the value of the dollar, making it more valuable, and therefore strengthening the US economy.
However, the expenses that illegal immigrants impose on the United States significantly outweigh these benefits. Many immigrants have felt discriminated against in the job as a result of
one or more types of discriminatory behaviors that occur in diverse organizations. Many of these workers are women who think they have been treated unfairly because of their gender. Women were placed among the "protected classes" in the Revised Order of 1972, whose "underutilization" necessitated the establishment of "goals" and "timetables" for "full utilization."
(Graham 1990).
Even if the employee is an illegal immigrant, there are several notions offered in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that apply to employment discrimination. All of those changes with the IRCA. Under the IRCA, an illegal immigrant cannot be deemed an employee, which eliminates the discrimination issue.
Immigration changes, in conclusion, are a beneficial practice for both immigrants and, more crucially, the United States. Illegal immigrants cause a slew of difficulties for our country, and they should not be admitted in the first place. However, because comprehensive security is difficult to achieve, actions should be done to minimize the number of illegal immigrants
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entering our nation, with immigration reform being the first step. Much of what these people make in the United States is transferred back to their home nations, depriving the US economy of
their taxes.
By remaining in the United States, they are committing a criminal act every second, as their very existence within US boundaries is illegal.
Many individuals believe that ending illegal immigration is difficult and impossible to achieve. This is incorrect. If the government takes the necessary steps, illegal immigration can be
ended. While there is no easy magic solution, a few efficient steps can dramatically curb unlawful migration. Some of these initiatives need financial resources; others necessitate political will; and several can be implemented by the President without the need for new laws.
These steps will be effective if they are implemented as part of a holistic strategy. They will fail if adopted selectively. However, present legislation and regulations must be clarified as a first step. When it comes to hiring non-citizens, employers are caught between competing legal mandates; aliens with only a tenuous claim to presence in the United States remain here under the cover of law for years; and some government officials are unsure whether they are required to report information to or withhold it from the INS. Congress and regulators must make legal requirements simpler so that the typical citizen or foreigner can understand them.
(Lempres 1994).
Due to the nature of illegal migration, interdiction can be successful. Over 95% of illegal border crossers enter the country through Mexico, where the geography channels traffic into several crossing locations. The 13 miles around San Diego are by far the busiest crossing site along the roughly 6,000 miles of land border. Over 40% of all Border Patrol interdictions take place in the 13-mile stretch of territory. Furthermore, the Border Patrol believes that just 100 miles of border segments account for approximately 90% of all apprehensions.
Because unlawful
traffic is concentrated, interdiction measures may be concentrated for better efficacy. Along high-traffic crossing sites, physical structures such as lights, fences, and anti-automobile obstacles can be built. The Administration may build these facilities and assign Border Patrol personnel to hotspots without additional legislation.
(Lempres 1994).
Apart from that, there have been several prosecutions for illegal immigration in recent years. However, the government is not just pursuing illegal immigrants for immigration violations; it is also redoubling its investigative and prosecution operations against big business. Various business examples in the United States demonstrate the difficulties that corporate America has in
dealing with federal indictments.
In 1986, Congress deputized corporate America to control the flow of illegal immigration at our country's borders by making it illegal for employers to knowingly hire, or retain after hiring, illegal immigrants, as well as to fail to comply with employment verification requirements, and then subjecting employers to harsh civil and criminal
penalties for noncompliance. In 1996, Congress further empowered corporate America by making some immigration infractions predicate charges in RICO, allowing plaintiffs' attorneys to
sue for triple damages for knowingly hiring at least ten unauthorized workers in a 12-month period.
Given the growing high stakes for businesses, it is critical that companies invest the resources necessary to implement the preventive steps mentioned in this article as soon as possible. Doing less will just prolong avoidable and costly risk exposure.
(Ciobanu and Green 2006).
Work cited
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Ciobanu, Ileana M. and Thomas C. Green. (2006). “Deputizing - and Then Prosecuting - America 's Businesses in the Fight against Illegal Immigration,” American Criminal Law Review
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Fullinwider, Robert, (2005). “Affirmative Action”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2005 Edition)
, Edward N. Zalta (ed.), http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2005/entries/affirmative-action/
Graham, Hugh Davis, (1990), The Civil Rights Era: Origins and Development of National Policy
1960-1972 (New York: Oxford University Press): 413.
Howell, Llewellyn d. (July 2006). “Ironies of Illegal Immigration,” USA Today
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Lempres, Michael T. (1994). “Getting Serious about Illegal Immigration,” National Review
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LMD, (Summer 1992). “How to Avoid Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination,” Labor Management Decisions
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