Illegal Immigration into the United States

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This paper discusses the problem of illegal immigration from Mexico into the U.S. and argues that since the immigrants leave Mexico because of poor economic conditions there, the U.S. government needs to implement a policy focusing on Mexico's economy. The writer describes the current U.S. strategy to keep out illegal immigrants and plans for afuture strategy and then explains why these will not work and need to be changed. The writer argues that the money currently allotted to immigration could be far better used to create jobs and an incentive for Mexicans to stay in their own country. The paper concludes that setting such a precedent could lead to other nations helping out less fortunate third world countries in a similar way and make the entire world a better place to live.

From the Paper:

"There are many dangers in protecting our borders and near the beginning of the year 2007 there was an incident on the United States side of the U.S.-Mexico border. Two American border agents apprehended a drug smuggler carrying about 700lbs of marijuana in his cargo. The drug smuggler would not stop, and so they had to subdue him by firing one bullet into his buttocks. The drug smuggler has since fully recovered and has no permanent damage, but gave a testimony that put the two border agents in prison for eleven and twelve years. In the meantime, he got full immunity from his crimes and free medical treatment, in exchange for his testimony."

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