Illegal Immigration Pros

Document URL: http://www.balancedpolitics.org/immigration.htm


Pros:

1. Some of the most intelligent and ambitious individuals, who are unsatisfied with their own countries, bring their skills to America.
2. It increases the diversity and expands the culture of the country.
3. Immigrants often taken the low-paying jobs (like food service & hotel cleaning) that most Americans don't want to do at such low wages.
4. Decreasing or eliminating legal immigration will inevitably create more incentive to come to the country illegally, which leads to less assimilation and fewer taxpaying, law-abiding citizens.
5. It improves the overall image of America internationally, as it is seen as an open, welcoming country; and immigrants who return home or maintain contact with family back home have a true image of America, not the one propagandized in much of the international media.
6. Adding an additional group of cheap labor adds to the flexibility of business, leading to cheaper prices, better quality products, and higher profits.
7. It gives struggling people all over the world an opportunity for a better life. This country was built on immigrants who sought opportunity, political & religious freedom, etc.

This article gives a few of the pros of illegal immigration. It states that illegal immigration gives the United States a better look because we look more diverse and welcoming to immigrants, but in reality, living in the United States is a privilege and the article states, "The national identity and language is disappearing. The great "melting pot" is being replaced by divisive multi-culturism."  We should not be more concerned about how our country looks as oppose to the safety and rights of legal United States citizens. Our country's culture can be expanded through immigrants who enter our country legally. Illegal immigration is costing citizens money and jobs, and immigrants use a high amount of government resources without paying taxes and this costs legal citizens money. Why should legal citizens of this country have to pay for people who are going against the law and entering our country illegally?