Illegal Immigration

Paper Summary:

This paper provides a review of the relevant literature demonstrating several reasons why illegal immigrants who are already in the United States should be allowed to remain. According to the paper, approximately 12 million illegal aliens are already in the United States.

Outline:
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Positive Economic Contributions of Illegal Immigrants
Exorbitant Costs Associated with Identifying and Deporting Illegal Immigrants
Migration is a Natural Survival Technique
Adverse Impact on Nation's Consciousness
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In reality, though, the vast majority of these jobs are either low-paying and menial jobs that many Americans would be reluctant to accept and even fewer would be willing to keep over the long-term, or the illegals involved have managed to survive in the U.S. sufficiently long to secure decent employment. In either case, these workers are contributing to the local tax base, and all of them are consumers. "Guest worker" programs and other half-measures fail to recognize these economic realities and will inevitably compel policymakers at the state and federal level to come to grips with these issues. In this regard, a recent cover story in Business Week (July 18, 2005) emphasized that, in spite of the growing discontent over illegal immigration, American businesses have continued to hire undocumented workers with little concern for federal regulations designed to stop them. Moreover, while the politicians, business owners and pundits argue about how best to handle the illegal immigrant problem, the same folks are hiring these workers as domestic employees and otherwise ("Embracing Illegals" 3).
More importantly, these same interests are also making money from the illegal immigrants in this country. One authority points out that, "In the past several years, big U.S. consumer companies -- banks, insurers, mortgage lenders, credit-card outfits, phone carriers, and others -- have decided that a market of 11 million or so potential customers is simply too big to ignore. It may be against the law for the [illegals] to be in the U.S. or for an employer to hire them, but there's nothing illegal about selling to them ("Embracing Illegals" 3)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bushnell, David. (2006). Emigration. Encyclopaedia Britannica Premium Service. 24 May 2006 <http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-60830>.
• Edwards, James R. (2002, June 27). Grading the Hill on Illegal Immigration. The Washington Times A21.
• "Embracing Illegals." (2005, July 18). Business Week Online. 23 May 2006 < http://www. businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_29/b3943001_mz001.htm>.
• Gresham, Thomas. (2004, April 13). "Illegal Immigration Will Pose Threat to American Prosperity." Insight on the News 4.
• O'Callaghan, Erin M. (2002). "Expedited Removal and Discrimination in the Asylum Process: The Use of Humanitarian Aid as a Political Tool." William and Mary Law Review 43(4):1747.

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