The Pros And Cons Of Immigration And Customs Enforcement

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The border is in dire crisis, with millions of immigrants flooding into America illegally. This is causing many adverse side effects on people, the physical well being, and the economy of America. Illegal immigration is a serious issue, but with political and physical means, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can be fixed. How much is enough for Americans? Over 4 million immigrants have illegally crossed the border with zero documentation (Hoar, 2022, p. 18). That is only as of 2022 of course, even more have crossed by the current year of 2024, and 800,000 of those were getaways from ICE or border security. This means that 3.2 million people illegally crossed the American border, were apprehended, but let through despite the fact …show more content…
249). ICE recently though has been overwhelmed majorly and has been backlogged by millions, only 1.5% of the illegals are even being detained (Remarks, 2019, p. 1). As stated in the text, they “have begun to throw out tens of thousands of the two million backlogged cases in immigration court,” (Hoar, 2022, p. 2). If ICE were not defunded and attacked by the government they would do more, and right now they estimate at least a decade just to fix the backlog under new circumstances (Remarks, 2019, p. 1). Maybe ICE could be the best way to fix the issue unfolding on the border, but an alternative approach using ICE might work better. The enactment of another directive for ICE could result in many illegals being deported, helping clear immigration orders that are years overdue (Raffington, 2020, p. 250). Loads of illegal immigrants are being taken into the United States from buses, planes, and more to be distributed, many are applying for asylum with no cause (Hoar, 2022, p. …show more content…
20). Illegal immigration is a major issue, however if the immigration were illegal the effects would be positive. Immigration into the United States is a very important form of economic improvement, and culturally. Immigrants bring long-term economic gains and can contribute up to $20,000 to taxes, boosting America further (Burns, 2019, p. 7). Illegal immigration effectively does the opposite by hurting the people with drug dealing, is a large social gamble, and has the risk of lowering wages (Burns, 2019, p. 17). Immigration must be fixed to a balance that should not cut out all possibility of immigration due to the many more things they contribute to. Immigrants in about 50% of cases are in billion dollar startups for many famously large companies, have founded 25% of large tech companies, and lastly have even founded 20% of Fortune 500 companies in the past (Burns, 2019, p. 16). Trump’s border policy attacked illegal immigration heavily, however, allowing for zero tolerance on illegals and most immigrants didn’t have any issues traveling through (Raffington, 2020, p.