Illegal Immigrants Pros: Are There Really?

67% of likely voters believe illegal immigrants are a “significant strain” on the U.S. budget (Rasmussen, March 2010).

Based on estimates, there are approximately 20 million illegal immigrants in the US, and majority of them cross the US-Mexico border by various illegal and oftentimes inhumane means. Since there is a difficulty in tracking down the number of illegal aliens, the number can be more than what was estimated.

Let us enumerate the illegal immigrants pros:

1. Most illegal immigrants are hard workers and they set a very positive example in terms of effective work ethic for those people who do not want to work and just depend support from social welfare. Also, they are being good role models as they strive hard for the families they have left in their country.
2. Illegal immigrants help a lot in keeping the economy moving, as they are willing to fill up those low-income jobs.
3. It produces a pool of customers and consumers for a mixture of services and goods.
4. Farmers are given the chance to plant and reap in a lot cheaper price.
5. Illegal immigrants also contribute to social security fund and most of the time their contributions go unclaimed.
6. Those who own properties are also required to pay real estate tax.
7. Thousands if not millions of illegal immigrants rent apartments and properties even in depressed locations, producing income to apartment owners.
8. These illegal immigrants open their bank accounts, which generate dividends and interest to bankers.

And the list goes on and on. However, these illegal immigrants pros are not enough to let them enter U.S. and allow them to get the jobs that are supposed to be for the legal citizens of the country. The mere fact that they are called ‘illegal’ immigrants, there are really no pros – only cons. Since they do not have legal documents, they have no insurance and if they cause any accident, they do not have insurance policies.

66% of Americans believe that the U.S. “should not make it easier for illegal immigrants to become citizens” (CNN, April 2010).

Most communities with a lot of illegal immigrants have to deal with problems such as drugs and crimes. According to statistics, a large percentage of crimes all over the United States are caused by illegal immigrants – and this percentage continues to increase each year.

Illegal immigrants bring down the system of education and they also cause the value of properties to decrease. Today, the news is all about crimes, illegal transactions and drug smuggling – and most of these incidents are related to illegal immigrants. Additionally, ‘anchor babies’ even have the opportunity to have free education, which overburdens the school system. We cannot deny the fact that illegal immigration has positive effects but just as the same, its negative implications are a serious fact and if the United States will continue to be lax regarding this issue, there will be an uncontrolled increase in population, crime rate and spread of disease.

If an American talks about illegal immigrants in a negative way, most immigrants will probably bring up ‘racism’. Racial discrimination or not, we are just talking about the facts – that illegal immigrants are ILLEGAL and the government has got to do something about it. We wouldn’t want to wake up one day and be the ones to be kicked out by these illegal aliens, would we?