Illegal Immigrants

Illegal Immigrants

Introduction

An illegal immigrant is considered to be an individual who enters a country without the permission of the government. In the United States, even if a person stays over the period of the termination date of the visa, it would be considered as an illegal immigrant. This person would be in the violation of that particular country's law. For example, the nationality law in the US. The Centre of Immigration Studies' 2008 estimation of the illegal immigrants living within the United States was shown be around eleven million, where as in 2007 it was noted to be 12.5 million (Preston, J. 2008). In 2005, a report by Pew Hispanic Center showed the illegal immigrants from Mexico to be 56%; Latin Americans were 22%, 13% were Asians, 3% were Africans and the rest of the 6% belonged to Canada and Europe (Passel, J. 2005).

Discussion

The United States has always had a problem of dealing with the illegal immigrants within the country. This issue is debated at the economical, political as well as national security level. The figures of 2012 showed an illegal population of over 12 million. Over half of these people belong to Mexico alone and a substantial percentage consists of Latin Americans. These people migrate illegally because it is not easy for them to migrate legally. They come to United States as it is considered as the land of opportunity as offers quite a lot of economical opportunities. However, this approach is known to be a federal crime. Even providing assistance to people to migrate illegally is a federal crime too. However, the immigrants who reside inside the country are considered to be in the violation of the civil laws of the United States. Often these individuals are known to be illegal aliens. The Illegal Immigration Law of the United States highlights that any individual who harbors an illegal immigrant would be fined up to 3,000 US dollars under Sec. 273. [8 U.S.C. 1323]. The illegal immigrants should not be given jobs according to the law. This may put serious chargers on the employers and put it away for at least a period of twelve months. However, if there is any employer who has hired 10 or more illegal immigrants would be applicable to a sentence of five years or a fine of a substantial amount. This is clearly stated in the 18th title of the code of the ...