Persuasive Essay On Illegal Immigration

Immigration, whether legal or illegal, has been one of the hot button issues of the last several years. Presidential candidates in this current cycle, such as Donald Trump, have argued for harsher border controls, prioritizing American workers over foreign labor, and deportation for many of the several million illegal immigrants. Others, such as Bernie Sanders, are proponents of legalizing all of the undocumented workers, expanding the DREAM act, and revamping trade acts such as NAFTA.
With a Republican Senate and a Democratic President, change in the immigration status quo is unlikely until one of the parties takes complete control over the government. This leaves many millions of illegal immigrants uncertain of their status and place amongst American society. Many are forced into low paying jobs whose employers skirt the law by hiring them or they choose crime and other illicit ways of paying the rent. The children of illegal immigrants face a country which recognizes them as Americans but refuses to recognize their parents …show more content…
Most likely, it will be Asians coming to the United States legally that will usurp the poorer Central American immigrants in total immigration in short order. Compared to Mexican and Central American immigrants, Asians are coming into the United States with higher median incomes than pre-established whites (Nowrasteh 1). Many come to the United States with college degrees, jobs, and live in suburban communities far away from the ethnic enclaves of many American cities. This middle class head start allows these new immigrants to avoid the ethnic tensions and unease of inner city life that has otherwise been the status quo for immigrants to the United States over the last

Show More