f land and have to move to another place to survive (Andryszewski, 19). How can this go on? Immigration is effecting the environment of the United States. The government needs to find a better way to control these developments. They can start by making the immigration laws stricter.Most immigrants from other countries of poverty have very large families to help out with labor to be able to survive. When they come to the United States, do they keep doing this or do they change their lifestyle due to a better life? Some argue immigrants are inclined to adopt a more consumption-oriented lifestyle as their economic lifestyle improves (Squyres). If this is not true, then these larger immigrant families are going to become a problem with the environment – if it has not already. This can bring even more harm to the environment, not just due to the immigration, but the size of families that these immigrants will have soon after they are in the United States.Crime has also been a large issue with many people and has a physical and social effect on the environment. From 1970 – 1997, there has been a harsh immigration impact on crime. Some immigrants come here illegally, smuggling drugs or other illegal products to make a good living. Legal or not, some immigrants are not exactly “good” citizens. They take advantage of what the United States has to offer them and get into the “bad” crowd, knowing they can make some good money working with the mafia or some other crime group. “The FBI estimates that seventy-five percent of all drugs entering the United States come from Mexico via illegal aliens who carry the drugs in return for assistance in entering” (Gotcher). The Immigration Naturalization Service (INS) has reported that people smuggling is another large crime committed. Asian organized crime gangs bring in around three billion dollars a year by smuggling in ethnic Chinese into the U...
