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What Kinds Of Problems Do Illegal Immigrants Cause
Illegal immigrants can cause a lot of problems for a country. Besides, security related issues, illegal immigration can also cause an obstacle in a country’s prosperity. Most countries, especially the developed countries, are constantly battling illegal immigration and cross border migration, and the U.S. is one such country. |
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According to statistics, approximately 800,000 foreigners migrate legally in the U.S. and out of these around 200,000 immigrants resettle in the country as illegal immigrants. The biggest problem that the U.S. faces on account of illegal immigrants is unemployment. Illegal immigrants compete with other American for jobs. These immigrants are ready to do undesirable and hard jobs at very low wages. As a result the illegal immigrants are in great demand by employers who are looking for cheap labor.
Another problem because of illegal immigrants is the burden on the U.S. economy. Annually the country spends millions of thousands of dollars to rehabilitate illegal immigrants. The government gets this money from the taxes it collects. Apart from this the U.S. spends money on deploying additional patrolmen to guard its borders so that illegal immigration reduces to a certain extent.
Illegal immigration causes over population and as a result there is shortage of basic amenities like potable drinking water, food, energy resources and residential land. Other problems caused by illegal immigration include racial violence, increased crime rate, corruption and promotion of terrorism. Many times it has been seen that security officials exchange sensitive and confidential information in exchange for sex, money or expensive gifts. Many illegal immigrants indulging in securing this type of confidential information are employed by foreign governments. So, illegal immigrants can also pose a risk for national security. Healthcare is also affected by illegal immigration. Diseases like SARS, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Ebola are wide spread across the world because of illegal immigration.
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