ber of boarder guards, made it harder for legal immigrants to bring their families over. The Border Patrol is the most effective and widely used form of prevention. It is an agency of Immigration and Naturalization, that is charged with detecting and preventing illegal passage to the United States between Mexico and America. The new immigration legislation nearly doubles the size of the Border Patrol. In addition, National Guard and active-duty armed forces personnel are used more and more along the border. Local police forces are also being authorized to enforce immigration law, says Roberto Martinez of the American Friends Services Committee’s U.S./Mexico border program.12.The major reason Mexicans tend to illegally immigrate is to find jobs. A bill shown to the House, by California would let the employer enter a job applicant’s social security number over the phone to receive confirmation, of a person’s official citizenship. That would work in conjunction with the need for proper documentation to be shown to the employer for current verification of legal citizenship, limiting their job opportunities. Illegal immigration impacts Mexico in many negative ways, by its economy and leaving Mexico without much needed technically skilled professionals. They cost Mexico heavily in terms of human capital. This decreases the amount of work force, keeping some Mexican communities in poverty. Mexico’s successful professionals tend not to stay in Mexico. Their doctors and multiple others are leaving the country to take lower paying jobs in the United States. When illegal immigrants come to this country they do not get tested for disease that might infect the population, which can cause a health problem. Such as polio, tuberculosis, and other forms of diseases. Illegal immigrants cost the states money, by paying for their education, health care, and other social services. In an already under funded programs th...
