There were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States in 2014. Illegal immigrants break the law by crossing the border without the correct documentation. Since this is the case, deportation would be a suitable response. They viewed illegal immigrants as criminals, potential terrorists, and social and economic burdens. Legal immigrants are unemployed because of illegal immigrants. The United States department of justice documents that in 2014, 19% which is over 12,000 criminal cases filed by prosecutors were for violent crimes, and over 22% or 13,300 cases were for drug related felonies, and the average illegal immigrants household cost $5,692 while legal immigrants household cost $6,378. Illegal immigrants should not be allowed to remain in the United States because they are taking jobs from Americans, there are too many terrorist attacks, and they live on welfare. …show more content…
Illegal immigrants are taking the jobs of legal immigrants and citizens. The United States civilian workforce included 8 million unauthorized immigrants in 2014 accounting for 5% of those who were working or we're unemployed looking for work. Over the years these numbers prove that Americans are becoming unemployed quicker and quicker by illegal immigrants. Mexicans made up 52% of all unauthorized immigrants in 2014 though their numbers had been declining in recent years. Since Mexicans have been the biggest unauthorized immigrants the others saw this and started coming in. A rising share of unauthorized have lived in the United States for at least one decade. These numbers are just reasons why illegal immigrants should be stopped because of the effects it has. Furthermore, the taking of Americans jobs is not the only issue, they also are involved with terrorist