Parham Baghbanian
English 1B
July 27, 2010
Professor Chaning
Illegal Immigration
Illegal immigrants are people who enter or remain in a country in violation of that
country’s laws. Throughout history, many people have immigrated for different reasons.
They left to escape poverty, wars, or harsh government. They wanted better living
conditions for themselves and their families. They moved to grow spiritually and socially.
Yet, all these incentives could not protect them from feeling immense internal struggles
between their past and present. Many people come into the U.S. illegally in order to
support themselves and their families. The United States has received more immigrants
from more countries than any other nation and a lot of them are illegal immigrants. They
all have the belief that has captivated this regal country is the “American dream,” a dream
that everyone has his or her own freedom, a freedom from oppression and a freedom to
achieve anything, a liberty to create a wonderful life. Immigrants are pushed from their
own countries by economics difficulties and political upheavals and pulled toward
America by the possibility of economic opportunities and political freedom. The issue of
illegal immigration is growing rapidly and needs to be examined from both view points.
There are many people who believe that illegal immigration has positive impacts and
others believe that it has negative impacts in the United States.
Many illegal immigrants live in three large cities in the United Sates: Chicago, Los
Angeles, and New York. In California alone there are said to be 3 million illegal
immigrants. Those supporting illegal immigrants argue that the state of California along
with other states has benefited from the arrival of immigrants due to the lower cost of labor
and their contributions. In particular, California bears a large burden to provide basic
services for the rapidly growing, low-income segment of its population. In hosting
America’s largest population of illegal immigrants, California bears a huge cost to provide
basic human services for this fast growing, low-income segment of its population. A new
study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) examines “the costs
of education, health care and incarceration of illegal aliens, and concludes that the costs to
Californians is nearly $10.5 billion each year”.
The borders of the United States are easily penetrated by illegal immigrations. Thousands
of people enter the United States illegally by simply walking across the border from
Mexico or Canada. People who want to stop illegal immigration argue that the illegal
