Illegal Immigrants A Problem By Many Americans - 2237 Words

Illegal immigrants are leered as a problem by many Americans. They are believed to be taking jobs,homes, bringing crime, etc. However, what most don’t know is that they come escaping the corruption of the people and the government back in their home country. Most Illegal immigrants come to America for a better life. They don’t want to live the same life they did in their home country. Their population has gradually increased over time since the 1800’s. Each year about 2.5 million Illegal immigrants attempt to cross the border, but not all of them make it through. Illegal immigrants can come from all parts of the world, but most immigrants come from spanish speaking countries located in South and Central America. Most Americans believe†¦show more content†¦During this survey 51% of Americans believe they are competing over jobs against the undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. with job permits. Less than 40% didn t believe this was an issue, others w eren t sure about it.The common methods of traveling are by land, sea, and air (airplane). Every method, even the easiest one (airplane), contains an unlawful doing, for example coming by air needs FAKE identification. Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and other countries, come to America escaping the high amount of crimes and poverty, like homicide, gang activity, robbery, rape, homelessness, lack of jobs, corruption of the government, etc. Homicide is common in central american countries. El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras have the highest amount of homicides, each day about 43 to 45 people die from these occurrences. According to studies done by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, more than half of the children of Central America cross the border because of safety concerns back home. Most of the children s home countries are full of gang violence, drug dealing. Research done by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection state that Central American children prefer to risk their liv es in the border than back in their home countries. Although most of them come from dangerous countries doesn’t mean all of them are the same. Most of these countries don’t have available jobs, and if they do, their pay doesn’t prevail for a whole week.