What Makes Immigration Reform so Hard

The United States has such a diverse population of people of all races, and ethnic backgrounds, and for that reason, we are a melting pot. Even though we have a variety of different people with a mix of cultures in the united states; immigration reform always comes out as one of the most popular topics in the politics everyday here in the United States of America. Many people assert that immigrants are needed because they take jobs that American citizens do not want to do. Because of that they should be given the opportunity to stay. Still, there are always two different opinions on each topic, good and bad. We have other people who say that immigrants should be sent back to their country right away because what they are doing is illegal and that the immigrants are only trying to take the American citizen's jobs and, steal from the country by getting away from not paying taxes. Although, there are a lot of people who feel the undocumented should not be allowed to stay; there are also many others, myself included; who support the idea of immigrants staying. The scale of the undocumented has stretched immensely in our country that a reform of the immigration is absolutely required for the American society. It really is not sustainable for a vast part of the society's life to have an unbalanced or unlawful component; it is very needed for substantial digits of these people who are here illegally to have their lives and endowments legitimized so that they can be normalized. The first dispute I want to discuss is that the undocumented will take over all the jobs or leave many American citizens unemployed. This is due to the fact that many Americans request better salaries in comparison to the illegal immigrants who just want to be employed. felbab-brown explains that many of the jobs occupied by undocumented workers in the United States that are physically demanding jobs that Americans do not want.

Even though some Americans might be in great need for employment, there are still so many that do not want to take jobs that are hard physical work or low salary; for example, brutal heat condition jobs like plant and harvest fields, or digging canals and waterways in the coldest weathers. Regardless of how physically hard a job can be, illegal immigrants are content as long as they can make a living to support themselves and their family; even if It means long days of low salary jobs. Not only that but, some come into this country with literally nothing. No money, no family or friends, nothing besides the clothes they have on and somehow, they still manage to find jobs and make a living even if it means sweeping fast food places parking lots and sleeping in the bushes just for food instead of waiting or asking someone to give them anything without any effort. This is why it is necessary for them to be permitted to stay so that we have plenty of willing hard-working people in those lines of work. In the absence of the immigrant workers, a lot of the American economic life without a doubt would endure hardship. Another thing that is said about immigrants is that they do not have a positive effect on the economy because they take the benefits that belong to American citizens and that they also do not pay their taxes.

This is big misconception about many immigrants, most immigrants pay taxes for benefits like social security, welfare, and Medicaid and can't even use them. Also, according to the chamber of commerce in 2016, a bastion Reaganite conservatism, released a report concluding that immigrants significantly benefit the U.S economy by creating new jobs and complementing the skills of the U.S native workforce. These undocumented workers are proving that they are here not to steal, but to work and contribute to this country by working hard doing jobs others do not want to do and paying taxes that do not even benefit from. There has been research from The Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, and the most recent IRS data, from 2015 shows that the agency received 4.4 million income tax returns from workers who don't have social security numbers, which includes, a large number of undocumented immigrants. That year they paid $23.6 billion in income taxes. The undocumented deserve equal rights not only because we all human beings but, because we are all descendants of immigrants. another way of indicating the importance of immigration to America is to point out that every American who ever lived, with the exception of one group, was either an immigrant himself or a descendant of immigrants. Besides us all being descendants of immigrants many undocumented people risk their lives everyday leaving their country in pursuit of better opportunities or trying to get away from the poverty and dangers of their own country. For example, the caravan from Honduras has been all over the news.

Many people from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua are fleeing their country due to the poverty and gang threats and poverty. they made the decision to leave their home countries, assessing that the danger was outstripped by the danger of facing gang death threats or feeding a family on $5 per day. It's heartbreaking to think about how some people feel like they can not relate to what these people go through on their journeys here. We are so lucky to be born in a country where we have the right to freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of petition. This is why our country is the land of the free, and the home of the brave because our people had the courage to settle on this land, and that is what these immigrants are doing; they are repeating history. Even though there are so many opinions on why illegal immigrants should be sent back or punished for coming into the United States illegally, there is so much proof that support the undocumented are not here to take jobs or steal from the country they are here to contribute to the country and better their lives, therefore they should have the opportunity to be here legally. Also, because they are working hard and paying taxes they should be granted the same benefits that citizens receive. I believe that the undocumented are not doing any harm by taking the jobs the American citizens do not want. In conclusion so many immigrants come into the United States trying to get away from gang threats, and poverty. These human beings are trying find better opportunities for a better life. I support the legalization of the undocumented for these reasons and because we are all humans that may look different but bleed the same color blood. America is the land of the free and the home of the brave, and these illegal immigrants are brave. .

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