Illegal Immigration in America

Immigration in America has been a huge conflict and issue for the past couple of decades. To this day in the United States there are over 11 million illegal immigrants that call the U.S. home (FOX News). Some of these people are taking some jobs from fellow Americans and some are even gaining citizenship. This is what the Republican Party is trying to tackle and it will not come easy to as time goes on.

                Paul Ryan is a head spokesperson for this movement to secure the nation’s borders from illegal immigrants. He has said that the United States needs to worry about, “Security first, no amnesty, then we might be able to get somewhere” (FOX News). He is exactly right until we actually bring up our control on the borders we will never get anywhere with this problem. Border Patrol needs to be heightened to strengthen the border running along Mexico and even up on the American-Canadian border. Once we start controlling those aspects of America we can start looking at and solving problems inside of our nation.

                No matter how you look at the situation illegal immigration is a huge problem in America. People from other countries are trying to get into the United States to make a better life for themselves, but they will never really live the “American Dream” unless they do it the right way. Becoming a citizen might be a difficult thing to do but it is definitely possible. After a couple years a person can apply to become a citizen and after a test they will become a United States citizen. This makes their lives even better because they never have to hide behind a curtain and be scared of being deported ever again. It just makes life easier for them and for our government.

                Another thing we need to stop doing is giving these illegal immigrants chances to come to the United States. Just last year our own government was giving young illegal immigrants who were going to college free tuition to attend their school. If the United States government cannot even give money to legal residents of this country for schooling why in the heck would they give it to someone who isn’t even here on a visa? Maybe if we can start limiting their opportunities this would not be such a big problem.

                This country has the technology and resources to fight this problem. With a little time and effort we can finally start tracking down and eliminating the number of people crossing our borders illegally. If we can do this we should be able to restore the United States back to where it was beforehand. There will always illegal immigrants crossing the border some way or another. But if we can reduce the number drastically over the next decade or so it will help America out tremendously.