Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Part 3: Brief

Illegal immigration into the United States should be stopped. Illegal immigrants are either those who came into the United States without ever getting a visa, or those who did obtain a visa but have overstayed the time period of the visa. In many ways illegal immigration has a negative effect on the U.S.
Money is being sent back to the illegal immigrants’ countries, without being accounted for by the U.S. This is causing the U.S. to lose significant amounts of money every month.
Illegal immigrants are also taking away American’s job opportunities, causing the American unemployment rate to go up. This causes the amount of money the U.S. has to pay to unemployed Americans go up, and again causes the U.S. to lose significant amounts of money.
It also costs the government extra money when illegal immigrant children are enrolled in our schools from grades K-12. Each year, states have to pay for these illegal immigrant children to go to school. They also have to fund the programs for the non-English speaking students and the free lunch programs that most of the illegal immigrant children in schools receive.
It is also found that many illegal immigrants who come to the United States end up in jail. They have high crime rates, and the more of them that are in jail means the more money the government has to pay to keep them there. Not only does this cause more money loss, but it endangers the lives of America’s citizens and legal immigrants.
The splurge of illegal immigrants making it into the United States every day is costing the people of the United States, and the government greatly. Illegal immigration is not acceptable and should be stopped.

3 comments:

MR. MILLION said...

I would have liked to have seen more--read the comment I wrote on Bradley's post. While your argument is to the point, think about why this issues is such a hotly debated argument. What about this issue appeals to the public? Anger? Sympathy? If you can figure out how to eliminate this rhetorical device from the issue, then it might get somewhere.

Bradley Johns said...

Points of disagreement:

1. The money issue
While it may be true that illegal immigrants cost the U.S. money in some regards, they have an overall effect of stimulating the economy.

2. Programs for non-English speaking children and the free lunch programs serve far more legal U.S. citizens than illegal ones. The programs aren't there only to help children living illegally in the United States.

3. Research over the past 20 years has shown that illegal immigrants are just as likely or even less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.

4. I'm not exactly sure how imprisoned illegal immigrants are a threat to legal citizens.

MR. MILLION said...

The negotiation process will be interesting between the two of you. It should produce some interesting dialogue. Even though your fourth statement is more of an inquiry (or question), it will give you a starting point to begin the negotiation process.