Correlation of Immigration and Crime



Correlation of immigration and crime

Introduction

This paper will be looking into the relationship between immigration and crime in the United States of America. The main interest of the United States of America, without any doubt pertains to the national security and the goal of U.S.A's policy is for promoting the national security. The paper will be focusing on ways in which immigration has affected the national security of the United States. The difficulty for determining whether the immigration to the U.S.A constitutes a security threat is defining what causes security threats. National security and national interest do not have a generally agreed meaning.

Since the 80, and with the end of the Cold War, national security concerns expanded from traditional focus on the military threats to governments and borders for including the non-military sources that posed insecurity (Rogers and Copeland, 1993). This notion is considered a 'threat' to the country's security, any events or actions threatening significantly, the government policies available to the government, (Ullman, 1983).

These ideas of security draw up the concept leading to senseless results. A military attack against the United States of America is equals to a regime that refuses to allow a human rights organization based in the states, to operate in its country. The former speaks of a threat to nation's security and calls for a military response. However, the latter does not. Therefore, in our paper we will be treating national security as defined in a very traditional manner. Immigration can be a threat to the ideas of security at a national level.

Discussion

Social policies

Many people have an opinion that current immigration and its policy is a potential threat to American security. Immigration is considered as a potential threat to the culture and the language, as an important factor for destroying nationhood's sense. Others hold a believe that the immigrants are causing an economic threat, taking the American jobs from the citizens and go about imposing costs by the use of the social services. Many believe that there is a relationship between crimes or terrorism and immigration. Some do argue that the immigration strengthens the American national security. It strengthens the American rich resources in the field of science, economics and the humanities. (U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, 1995).

There has been a rising concern regarding the presence of immigrants in the justice system of the criminals of the United States of America, especially illegal immigrants, mostly in prisons. On average the annual expenditures and costs of more than $30,000 per prisoner is occurred. This financial policy and public and concern seem very obvious. This concern is rising as the governments get better informed regarding the status of those offenders who are immigrants and are in their custody. The politicians and the public are eager in finding ways for reducing or transferring these expenses, in responding to the concerns regarding the public safety. Certain responses point towards the efforts used by states of transferring the expenses to the government through demanding for ...