Illegal Immigration Pros And Cons

Through all the struggles and hurdles that the undocumented children and teenagers faced they managed to remain resilient especially through integration into society. Some of the difficulties that they have to deal with includes, fear of deportation, health care, language barrier, housing problem, not finding secure work, not getting access to services, cultural barriers, and difficulty pursuing post secondary school. In recent years, the strong implementation of Legislations like the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), as well as the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act, has profoundly altered the situation of undocumented migrants and mixed-status families …show more content…
According to Kanstroom, “By expanding the ability of the government to deport persons deemed ‘threats to national security’ and allowing for use of ‘secret evidence’ in such cases, the Act further marginalized non-citizens, increasingly labelling them as dangerous threats to the homeland” (quoted in Brabeck, et al., 2011, p. 278). They also quoted Office of Immigration Statistics, US Department of Homeland Security that between the years 2001-2004, about 720,000 individuals were deported where as about 4 million people accepted voluntary departure to their home country and a huge majority of these immigrants were from Mexico and Central America. Similarly, a very large number of illegal immigrants were also deported and some were voluntarily sent to their country in the year 2010 and 2011 (Dreby, 2012, …show more content…
This is because in most colleges and universities, it is required that students be permanent legal residents or citizens in order to obtain in-state tuition and to qualify for student loans and other financial aid (Menjı ́var, 2006). Thus, many young students who don’t have legal status or whose parents are not documented can’t pursue college education. The reason that children who were born here may not pursue a college education is because some do not want to provide detailed information about their parents’ legal status and source of income out of fear of deportation (Menjı ́var, 2006). In this day and age, it is really hard to thrive with out a degree and these kids are left out with just a high school diploma. They are the ones who will be making impacts on the society and they are being stopped from pursuing their dream for something that they have no control over. According to Villenas & Deyhle, one of the factors that contribute to high school drop out rates of undocumented immigrants is college tuition and financial aid unavailability (quoted in Viramontez & Lopez, 2012). Having to pay an out of state tuition will force undocumented immigrants and some mixed-status families to work long hours than permanent residents and US citizens. This will again affect both their physically and psychological

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Pros And Cons Of Illegal Immigration

What Are The Pros And Cons Of Illegal Immigration

The Pros And Cons Of Illegal Immigration