ANTI AMNESTYFOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Period 2Emilie Hercreg

Melanie Eichhorn

FACTS

More than 65 million immigrants have come to the United States legally or illegally.

Since 2000, more than 1 million immigrants a year have entered the United States legally or illegally.

More than 1/3 of immigrants do not have a high school diploma.

About 350,000 illegal aliens came to the United States in the 1990s alone.

9-11 million illegal immigrants live in the US. Majority of illegal aliens live in California, Texas, New

York, Florida, and Illinois. If current trends continue, our population will double

to over half-a-billion by the end of the century.

2000* Population 2005 Population 2006 Population 2008 Population

% change

from 2000

All States 8,460,000 All States 10,500,000 All States 11,550,000 All States 11,600,00037%

1. California 2,510,000 California 2,770,000 California 2,830,000 California 2,850,00014%

2. Texas 1,090,000 Texas 1,360,000 Texas 1.64 M Texas 1.68 M 54%

3. Florida 800,000 Florida 850,000 Florida 980,000 Florida 840,0005%

4. New York 540,000 New York 560,000 Illinois 550,000 New York 640,00019%

5. Illinois 440,000 Illinois 520,000 New York 540,000 Arizona 560,00070%

6. New Jersey

350,000 New Jersey 480,000 Arizona 500,000 Illinois 550,00025%

7. Arizona 330,000 Arizona 470,000 Georgia 490,000 Georgia 460,000109%

8. North Carolina

260,000 North Carolina

380,000 New Jersey 430,000 New Jersey 400,00014%

9. Georgia 220,000 Georgia 360,000 North Carolina

370,000 North Carolina

380,00046%

10. Nevada 170,000 Nevada 240,000 Washington 280,000 Nevada 280,00065%

40 other states

1,750,000 40 other states

2,510,000 40 other states

2,950,000 40 other states

2,950,00069%

Unauthorized Immigrant PopulationStates of Residence in US

2000-2008

http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000845

IMMIGRATION LAWS

The 1924 National Origins Act limited the amount of immigrants allowed to enter the United States.

The Refugee Act of 1980 allowed more refugees to come to the United States.

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of punished companies that knowingly hired illegal immigrants and allowed illegal immigrants already living in the US to become citizens.

IMMIGRATION LAWS (CONT.)

The Immigration Act of 1990 raised the number of immigrants allowed to emigrate to the US by 385,000 people.

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 allowed deportation for illegal immigrants and rejection for asylum claims.

2000* Population 2005 Population 2006 Population 2008 Population% change

from 2000**

All Countries

8,460,000All Countries

10,500,000All Countries

11,500,000All Countries

11,600,000 37%

1. Mexico 4,680,000 Mexico 5,970,000 Mexico 6,570,000 Mexico 7,030,000 50%

2. El Salvador

430,000 El Salvador 470,000 El Salvador 510,000 El Salvador 570,000 33%

3. Guatemala

290,000 Guatemala 370,000 Guatemala 430,000 Guatemala 430,000 48%

4. Philippines

200,000 India 280,000 Philippines 280,000 Philippines 300,000 50%

5. China 190,000 China 230,000 Honduras 280,000 Honduras 300,000 88%

6. Korea 180,000 Philippines 210,000 India 270,000 Korea 240,000 33%

7. Honduras

160,000 Korea 210,000 Korea 250,000 China 220,000 16%

8. India 120,000 Honduras 180,000 Brazil 210,000 Brazil 180,000 80%

9. Ecuador 110,000 Brazil 170,000 China 190,000 Ecuador 170,000 55%

10. Brazil 100,000 Vietnam 160,000 Vietnam 160,000 India 160,000 33%

Unauthorized Immigrant PopulationCountries of Origin

2000-2008

http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000845

DEPORTATION

Since the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, deportation had doubled.

Some feel that if we do not start enforcing immigration laws and using deportation, then we are rewarding illegal immigrants for coming to the United States illegally by giving those jobs and care.

FENCE ON MEXICAN BORDER CONTROVERSY

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/12072227#12072227

“Because people intuitively understand that, if you grant amnesty to the 10, or 11 or 12 million, whatever they are, illegal immigrants already in this country you will draw tens of millions more from Latin America and around the world, because the message you'll be sending is come here illegally and we don't care.  We'll make you a citizen anyway.  So—but if you put that fence up and prevent anybody else from coming in illegally, then you have more latitude to extend citizenship to the people already here.”-Carlson

EDUCATION

The Supreme Court ruled that illegal immigrants must be granted education by their state. This is costing the state of California nearly $7 million a year which does not help our economy.

If 90% of the ESL students are children of illegal aliens then the education costs for children of illegal aliens is about $34.5 billion per year.

JOBS

Illegal immigrants take millions of jobs away from American workers which hurts our economy.

http://vodpod.com/watch/2577440-lou-dobbs-on-illegal-immigrants

Top 20 Occupations*% of Unauthorized

Immigrants in Total Work Force

# of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers Total # of All

Workers

1. Brickmasons, blockmasons and stonemasons

40% 131,000 325,000

2. Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers and tapers 37% 94,000 255,000

3. Roofers 31% 76,000 246,0004. Miscellaneous agricultural

workers30% 269,000 910,000

5. Helpers, construction trades 28% 52,000 184,0006. Dishwashers 28% 101,000 364,000

7. Construction laborers 27% 556,000 2,055,0008. Maids and housekeeping

cleaners27% 417,000 1,555,000

9. Cement masons, concrete finishers and terazzo workers

27% 29,000 109,000

10. Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

26% 96,000 369,000

11. Grounds maintenance workers 25% 356,000 1,413,00012. Packers and packagers, hand 24% 119,000 504,000

13. Butchers, poultry and fish processing workers

23% 71,000 305,000

14. Carpet, floor, and tile installlers and finishers

22% 68,000 306,000

15. Painters, constuction and maintenance

22% 173,000 791,000

16. Parking lot attendants 21% 21,000 100,00017. Chefs and head cooks 20% 75,000 377,000

18. Sewing machine operators 20% 49,000 248,00019. Refuse and recyclable material

collectors19% 22,000 112,000

20. Cooks 19% 427,000 2,219,000Other "unauthorized" occupations** 9% 3,120,000 34,979,000

All other occupations 2% 1,928,000 106,407,000Total, Civilian Labor Force (with an

occupation)5% 8,258,000 154,135,000

http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000845

JOBS (CONT.)

They used to work jobs such as farm labor and cleaning hotel rooms now they are spreading to jobs formally worked by Americans such as construction, fast food, and retail.

They’re taking summer jobs from high school and collage students who are American citizens.

There are 13 million illegal aliens in our country and millions of them illegally working our jobs

ECONOMIC BURDEN

If an illegal immigrant gets seriously injured, they would probably go to a hospital to get treated. Even though they are illegal, hospitals are required to provide care to any person that walks through the hospital doors. When the illegal immigrant has no insurance or money to pay, the United States taxpayers pay for this illegal immigrants injury. Is this fair?

AMERICAN SAFTEY

Many illegal immigrants obtain a drivers license by using fake documentation. Some states require that drivers pay for car insurance. However, some illegal aliens cancel their car insurance because they cannot afford it. Most illegal aliens are paid minimum wage and cannot afford car insurance and a well working car. This causes these illegal immigrants to be more prone to car accidents.

Since the terrorist attack on 9/11, many Americans have been worried that our border is too open and that it is very easy for people to just enter the United States.

“The national security demands that we know who is living within our borders, especially since 9/11.”

- Senator John Cornyn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WuOvCKC9Qs&feature=related

DRUGS

Federal investigators believe that as much as 2.2 million kilograms of cocaine and 11.6 kilograms of marijuana were smuggled into the United States via the Mexican border in 2005.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reports that the Mexican drug syndicates operating today along our Nation’s Southwest border are far more sophisticated and dangerous than any of the other organized criminal groups in America’s law enforcement history.

In North Carolina the DEA reports “a significant increase in drug-trafficking activity”.

Mexican drug trafficking organizations usually use illegal immigrants in the U.S. to transport cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, and heroin into and throughout the country.

Mexican criminal groups are also increasing their involvement in retail drug distribution.

ANCHOR BABIES

An anchor baby, as known as “a jackpot baby” is a child born in the U.S. by illegal immigrants. This child automatically becomes a U.S. citizen. Their illegal families are suddenly able to ‘anchor’ onto the benefits of that child and get approved for public housing, free rent, food stamps, Medicaid, unemployment, Earned Income Credit, and a lot of other benefits, including the automatic citizenship of the parents once the child becomes an adult. The reason anchor babies get to become U.S citizens is because of the 14th amendment which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction there of, are citizens of the United States and of the State where in they reside.“

ANCHOR BABIES CONT.

It’s not fair that a legal American family with a sick child and can’t afford the medical bills it needs to keep their child healthy. But at the same time isn’t eligible for Medicaid because they make $1.00 an hour. But, if their baby had been born an immigrant, they would have automatically been eligible for Medicaid. What kind of message is this? Law-abiding parents cannot get medical help for their children who desperately need it but all an immigrant child has to do is be blessed with illegal immigrant parents.

GOVERNMENT

“to the president: if you want to deliver on your unwavering commitment to immigration reform, write a bill,” the senator said “You write the bill, send it to the House. See what happens, because I don’t think you have much of a chance of getting it through the Senate.”