Continued... The Effects

Ok so I got a little distracted but anyways...

Immigration effects out economy, standard of living and our security, among other things. Because our economy has been struggling lately, the number of illegal immigrants has dropped below that of those entering legally (Associated 1). Even though our economy is bad, these migrants are still taking American jobs. this has depressed the lower-income worker wage by as much as 5 percent in 15 years (Hopkins 1). It has been said that Americans don't want to do these jobs, but who did them before? Americans probably. Also, illegal immigrants are getting free health care, education, food stamps, etc. The cost of border patrol has increased. Where is the money coming from to pay for these things? Our tax dollars. Approximately 20 billion dollars a year is given to illegal immigrants (1). 20 Billion! wow. With this economic damage, out standard of living is lowered. The quantity and quality of goods and services decrease due to the surplus of people living in America.

Our security is also in jeopardy. Three out of every 100 people in America are undocumented. This is not safe. We take pride in out security, yet hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants are arriving each year. How would you know if these people entering our country are mass murderers or molesters? Some are criminals, some are not. I would like to point out the fact that I am not racist. I understand that there is good that comes from illegal immigration. But i also think there should be a solution to this problem or the long-term effects could be damaging.

Here is a video to show the effects of illegal immigration. I'm not sure I agree with what Lou Dobbs has to say but the facts are astounding. This is an older video so its not exactly accurate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY6t2ckpb5g

again having trouble with the whole posting a video. It won't work on my computer.