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Argumentative Essay Lee Julia
Argumentative Essay Lee Julia
Argumentative Essay Lee Julia
Julia Lee
Mr. Droski
Argumentative Essay
29 March 2018
“America was and is the Immigrant’s dreams,” is a quote by Don DeLillo, an American
essayist. Immigration is defined as the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
There are legal immigrants; individuals applying and receiving their visa so they can legally
enter into the United States. There is also illegal immigrants; individuals sneaking into other
countries illegally, hoping to better their lives. If you enter the United States illegally and you’re
Do you want to make the best living situation possible for you and your family? Most
everyone wants this for their families, including the illegal immigrants. There are many
immigrants that come to the United States on a work visa, in search of work. Back home in
Mexico, typically, they do not have the best opportunities for work, therefore they come to the
US (Gale 2017). The Visa is only good for a certain amount of time and then they must return
back to their families. This is where the problem with illegal immigrants come in. There are
many immigrants that do not return back home when their time is up, staying in the US illegally
(Gale 2017). “Immigrants have also been accused of taking away jobs from the US citizen, of
refusing to learn English or otherwise assimilate into US culture,” (Gale 2017). There are over
12.5 million illegal immigrants living in the United States today. If you want to live the the
United States legally, you must apply for a Green Card, this is every but easy (Gale 2010).
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When you hear the word “immigrant” does that make you think of an immigrant from
Mexico? Most people only think of Mexico, but immigrants come to the Unites States from all
around the world. There are many issues that are caused from illegal immigrants, and one of the
biggest is terrorism. Most of the terrorist attacks come from Muslim immigrants. “The
September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and plane hijackers,” (Tsolis). This is
an example of an act of terrorism by Muslim immigrants. If we were able to have a better control
on immigrants and individuals that entered into the United States, there would be a decrease on
the rate of terrorist attacks. There is a USA Patriot Act that is entitled to Uniting and
Terrorism Act (Cothran). By limiting and having a better system on who enters the US, there is a
Although there may be a large amount of immigrants living in the US illegally, they are
not able to vote because they aren’t a US citizen. To be qualified to vote, you must be a US
citizen with proof of your citizenship. The United States and other countries all around the world
have many Laws for immigrants that are in their country. It is illegal for immigrants to get their
driver's license or anything that needs citizenship paperwork. “In 1990 the IRCA was passed.
This allowed the illegal immigrants to bring their relatives into the country. The act was soon cut
back and changed to allow the immigrants to bring talented individuals with the skills for money
to help benefit the United States economy,”(Tsolis 2010). Illegal immigrants are unable to have
public assistance, unless there needed to be help for children, pregnant women, elderly, and
handicapped. With the countless laws the aliens have in the US, it is very hard for them to live a
One very large reason that US citizens do not want illegal immigrants in our country is
because it is believed that they take our jobs. The immigrants don’t have to pay any taxes,
therefore, we must pay more taxes to cover for them. “Legal permanent residents are foreigner
who have obtained so-called green cards and have been granted permanent residency in the
United States,”(Gale 2011). Some other jobs that an immigrant may have besides working in the
fields would be working for families. This may consist of cleaning, building, and construction at
their homes. “Job applicants have to show identification and documentation, including social
security. These documents cannot be verified immediately. Thus, well- meaning businesses may
knowingly hire and train illegal workers who use the fake documentation to obtain their jobs,”
(Gale 2011). While illegal immigrants are working in the US, it’s like a waiting game to be
Some may agree that illegal immigrants should not come into the US, but others argue
that they should be able to. The opposing viewpoint on immigrants is that they want to come
here in hopes of bettering the futures of their families. Many immigrants come here looking for
work. They’re willing to do most work that other American citizens are not willing to do.
Immigrants work long, hard, and hot days out in the fields; day after day, and year after year.
There are many farmers that count on the immigrants to come pick their crops for them.
Immigrants may work from sunup to sundown, and make as much as $0.85 an hour. Immigrants
risk their lives coming here; hey have to leave their families behind, and live every day with the
fear of being deported. It is hard for families that have children who are born in the US because
that makes them a US citizen, but if they got deported, they would leave their children behind
(Gale 2006).
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In conclusion, I believe that illegal immigration should not be allowed. I believe that it is
a serious issue in the United States and I do believe that there is some way to put an end to these
illegal immigrants coming into our country, and staying longer than what their work visas limit
them.
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