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= How do illegal immigrants affect America's economy? =

Illegal immigrants have both negative and positive affects on America's economy. Wages for low-skilled workers decrease, but the rest of America benefits by paying lower prices construction and restaurant meals, to name a few. Illegal immigrants are seen as a strain on government spending because they generally don't pay income taxes but use schools and government services. Illegal immigrants track popular anxiety and a fear of displacement by strangers. Even though illegal immigrants may seem harmful to America's economy, they do not injure it to the extremes that people anticipate. Illegal immigrants are essential to America's food supply. The Department of Labor calculates that more than half the crop pickers in the United States are undocumented. Illegal immigrants seem to have very little impact on unemployment rates because they create demands for new jobs. Also, the economic impact of illegal immigration is far smaller than other trends in the economy. Harvard's George Borjas states that the average American's wealth is increased by less than one percent due to illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants may seem harmful to America's economy, but in reality, there are various ways in which they are beneficial.

= How do illegal immigrants raise their family and lay low from the government? =

The hardest part of an illegal immigrant's life is supplying for their family. In order for their families to live in America and lay low from the government, they must find jobs that do not have a contract or do not require citizenship. A lot of illegal immigrants employ in "low skilled jobs." Usually the jobs the immigrants get are labor intensive and attracts few employees. These jobs also allow a person to not fluently speak English. Some of these jobs include landscaping, construction, prostitution, restaurants, agriculture and etc. According to the U.S. immigration support website, some employers take advantage of an employee's "undocumented status." The employers pay below minimum wage and allow the workers to work in unsafe conditions. The government can easily see what is going on in the country and President Obama does not like it. According to the New York Times, President Obama went in a private meeting with El Salvador's president, Mauricio Funes. Obama remained committed to seeking an immigration law that both enhances American security and provides a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who have lived for years in the United States and have jobs and families. The president of El Salvador promised that he will cooperate with America and try to create jobs in the country of El Salvador so people in South America were not forced to migrate to North America.So the illegal immigrants raise their families as best as they can be maintaining jobs and laying low from the government.

= In general, where do illegal immigrants travel from and how do they enter the United States when there is such high security? =

From the consensus of our survey, most people believed that most illegal immigrants come from Mexico. A high percentage of illegals do in fact come from Mexico. South Americans that wish to cross the boarder normally fly into Mexico to do so. From there they can illicit the assistance of a "coyote", or a smuggler, who will help them attempt to illegally cross the border into the United States through a number of ways. Through cramming into shipping containers, trucks, or boxcars, illegals are coming in rapidly from Mexico. A source said that some may be able to pay off corrupt authority figures to gain entry into the country. Immigrants from the Caribbean cross the Atlantic Ocean to reach the United States, often in a homemade boat or tube. Once arriving in the United States, illegal immigrants are normally welcomed into cultural enclaves for support to get started in the country.

Most illegal immigrants that we know are ones that want to come to a foreign country, but there are several illegals who are forced to enter countries illegally. The sex slave trade, which is the smuggling of young girls and women into prostitution, is yet another way that people will cross the boarder illegally. Gils are approached and offered a job in a foreign country, while being deceived into thinking that this "job" promises great financial opportunities. This proposal seems very attractive as these job offers are targeted to women in countries that have bad economic situations. After arriving in the foreign country, they shortly discover that the "job" they were looking forward to was prostitution. They are many miles away from home, and are the most vulnerable in this foreign county and have no where to go for help, and often decide to stick with this "job" to make money for themselves.

With more security on the United States boarders, it is making it harder for immigrants to avoid detection by federal officers. They try numerous times before successfully crossing the boarder. Political figures have been trying to reduce illegal immigration by passing multiple types of legislations. In June of 2011, 11 foreign countries--including Mexico-- sued the state of Georgia over their illegal immigration law, saying that it is considered racial profiling. The law that they were hoping to be put into effect would require many employers to verify newly hired employees are eligible to work in the United States and authorizes state and local police to verify immigration statuses of certain suspects. There now becoming big debates in multiple different states, trying to make the lives of illegal immigrants tougher than getting in to the United States.