VeronicaKruthoff

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Tuesday/Thursday

IllegalImmigration?IllegalAliens?

InthisyearcurrentelectiononeofTrump'sargumentsisbasedpredominantlyonillegal
immigration,oratleastaheatedsubjectinhisarguments.Histheorytostopillegalimmigration
istobuildawalltomakeAmericagreatagain.Wouldawallactuallybeeffective?Howwould
ithelp,orhowwillitcreatebiggerproblems?WhycometotheUSillegallyinsteadwithpapers?
HowwouldtheUSbeaffectediftherewerenomoreimmigrants?Immigrationdoesnothavea
blackandwhiteansweronhowitshouldbesolvedlikemostissues,attheendimmigrationis
verycomplexandhavemanysidesandstoriesonwhyitshouldbesolved.
MymomalongwithmostofmyauntsandunclesfrommymomsidedidcometotheUS
illegally.Theywouldtellusstoriesonthedifficultyontheirvoyagetobetteropportunities,and
everythingtheywerechallengesettlingdownoncetheygothere.Howdifferenttheoneswho
cameherewithoutpapersversusmyauntwhodidcomeherewithpapers.
AccordingtotheIRSanillegalalienisdefinedby
alsoknownasan"Undocumented
Alien,"isanalienwhohasenteredtheUnitedStatesillegallyandisdeportableifapprehended,
oranalienwhoenteredtheUnitedStateslegallybutwhohasfallen"outofstatus"andis
deportable.(IRSImmigrationtermsanddefinitioninvolvingaliens)Anillegalimmigrant
livingintheUnitedStatesin2013were
approximately41.3millionmakingitonly13percent
of

theU.Spopulation.(JieZong)

TheU.S.populationisgrowingbynetgainofonepersonevery13seconds.(TheUnitedState
Census)AstheU.S.gainsmorepeoplethismakesrecourseshardertogetandtheU.S.less
affordabletolivein.WhiletheUnitedStatescantcontrolhowmanykidsarebornintheU.S.,
theU.S.canpreventthe
illegalimmigrantscoming
intothecountryby
keepingthetensionwith
thetopicaboutillegal
immigrationawayand
hopefullythepopulation
morecontrollablebynot
havingtheillegalsin
thecountry.Withahigh
populationitisaffecting
ourcountry.Havingmore
carbondioxide,lesswaterresource,makingithardertogetintocollege/universityandgetting
financialhelp,andmakingitdifficulttofindajob.Accordingto

GeorgeTsiattalos
,thegraphon
theleftshowstheamountofcarbondioxideeachcountryproduces.AsyouseetheUnited

StateisbehindfromChina.BylettingtheimmigrantsstayitscausingtheUnitedStatesbe
secondunlikemexicowhichisoneofthelastcountries.

Californiapopulationiscurrently39,144,818onJuly1,201538.6percentarehispanicand27
percentareillegal.(Census)Whenthepopulationishigh,moreandmorepeoplearedriving
releasingtoxinstoouratmosphere.Whilewecantcontrolwhoisbornherewecancontrolwho
comeshere.
OneofthemostconcernedintheU.S.citizensarethattheillegalimmigrantsarestealing
theirjobs.Theyretakingourjobs.Theyretakingourmanufacturingjobs.Theyretakingour
money.Theyrekillingus.Trump(
LloydGreen)

Whentalkingtomymomonesubjectthat
isnotreallybroughtupisherwork.Mymomworksatfactoryfollowedbyfourothersiblingsof
hers.Ialwaysaskher,whyhasntshechangedjobs,nowthatshehaspapers.Shealways
responsewithesdondeyoempezeyesdondevoyaterminartranslatingtoiswhereIbegan
anditswhereImgoingtoend.ShethenaddsonhowshesnotveryfluentintheEnglish

languageandshescomfortablethere.Theunemploymentrateisat5percentintheUnited

Stateswhiteshaveapercentageof4.3percentwhilehispanichas5.6percent.(U.Sdepartment
oflabor).WhenimmigrantsarecomingtotheUnitedStatestheyarehopingforbetter
opportunitiesandabetterlifefornotonlythembutfortheirfamilyorfuturefamilyinreality
mostimmigrantsareworkinginamoredangerousandheavybasedjobs.
Tobeeligibletoapplyforanimmigrantvisa(permanentresident),aforeigncitizenmust
besponsoredbyaU.S.citizenrelative,U.S.lawfulpermanentresident,oraprospective
employer,withafewexceptions,explainedbelow.Thesponsorbeginstheimmigrationprocess
byfilingapetitionontheforeigncitizensbehalfwithU.S.CitizenshipandImmigration
Services(USCIS).(U.S.Visas)


WhenmyauntLivo,wastheonlyonewhodidnothaveavisaorpapers.Hersonmoved5years
beforeshewasabletoseehimagain.Myauntwastellingusallthetimesshekepthavingto
applyforavisa,eitherthegovernmentdidnotapprove,theylostherapplication,ortheydenied

herinterviewprocess,shespentthousandsofdollarstofinallybeingreconnectedwithherson.
Whiletheprocessofgettingofvisamaynotbetheeasiest,itshouldatleastgrantsthosewho
showgreatbackground,proofoffamilyovertheUnitedStates,proofofreturningifitisvacation
purposeonly,oreducationalorworkpurpose.
WhenbuildingawallmayseemlikeawonderfulideatosomeU.S.citizens,ifonewants
togettotheU.S.theywillfindaway.Ifwedobuildawalltheyshouldreformtheprocessofthe
visassomorewillcometotheU.S.legallyandmakingthiscountrysaferyetlettingthosewho
deservetobeheretocome,lettingthemfulfilltheirdreamsbydoingtheprocesstherightand
thesafestway.CreatinglesstensionbetweentheU.S.citizensandtheillegalsandbothofthe
countries.

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