Why and How to Stop Illegal Immigration

Immigration issues are in the news more and more and everyone is forming an opinion about immigration. I feel illegal immigration should be stopped immediately.

Many people argue illegal immigrants don't hurt the country and even that they help the United States. I would like to point out that just by entering the US they have committed a crime, they are illegal immigrants. There are ways to enter the country legally but some people choose to run across the border. They are criminals and should be treated as such. Instead of taking them back to the other side where they will undoubtedly run right back, illegal immigrants should be imprisoned. It may seem that locking them up would be more costly than just sending them back, but they would have to be sent back many times until they eventually got past the border patrol.

The idea of a giant wall has been discussed, and I am in favor of this plan. If we can put them on the other side and they will be kept there that is the best solution. The great wall of America would make it much harder for illegal immigrants to cross the border undetected. While at first the wall sounds like it would be too expensive you must consider where money would be saved. The one time cost of building a wall would be replacing the constant costs of employing border patrol and removing illegal immigrants from the country.

Before we can effectively determine a solution, it must be accepted that there is a problem. Immigrants are taking American jobs. Some say the jobs they take are jobs that wouldn't be done by anyone else because the pay is so low, but it is because of the immigrants that the wages are as low as they are. If the immigrants weren't taking the jobs at the lowest wages the companies would have to raise their wages to get employees to work there. When they increased the wages there would be more Americans who would take the jobs, resulting in less unemployed Americans.

It is obvious that something must be done to put an end to problems like these. There are ways for immigrants to legally enter the country that protect jobs for Americans, and because of this there is no reason for illegal entry into this country. Violators should be treated as the criminals they are and more extensive measures are necessary to keep them from entering at all. Everyone needs to be aware illegal immigration is illegal; there is no room for questioning on that point.