to $4,000 each” (Beck 7). This is an astonishing amount for these taxpayers. They should not have to pay so much in taxes for immigration. The government needs to find a better way to fund these new immigrants, or they can just make it easier by saying “no” to more immigration. It is affecting many people from looking at these statistics. The polls even say there needs to be less immigration but it does not seem as though the government is doing anything about it. The people are afraid that immigration will bring the economy down, taking away their jobs and using their tax money to pay for immigration services. Economic migrants, people who leave home for a more prosperous life, can become a problem to the current people of the United States - not to mention the illegal immigrants. They are also effecting the economy. “Illegal immigration has stripped America of their jobs and the country of its respect for law” (Barrett). These illegal aliens come to the United States, thinking that they will have a better life. They cross borders illegally and go search for a job. If they are qualified for it, they will get the job. This hurts other United States citizens though. This keeps them from having this job because an illegal immigrant will work for less pay. This is not fair to citizens because the only people that benefit are the illegal immigrants. It is hard for a company to know whether or not the illegal alien is able to work in the United States. The government needs to find a way to control this. Maybe it could try to use some type of identification system for all United States citizens and legal immigrants. Right now, the system is just not working. Illegal immigrants are taking perfectly good jobs away from Americans and the more these immigrants find their way into this country, the worse the economy is going to get. Each year Congress endorses immigration numbers that force the Uni...
