ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

BACKGROUND OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

• English settlers arrive in America
• Foreign slave trade become illegal
• Authorizes the US-Mexico Border
• Immigration act of 1917denies
• Arizona's Anti-illegal immigration law

The term "illegal alien"
Pro-..the term illegal alien is broader and more accurate because it includes undocumented aliens and non immigrant visa overstayers...-illegal alien.us

The term illegal alien
Con- ...to avoid 'illegal alien' alternative terms are 'undocumented worker' or 'undocumented immigrant'-NAHJ

Mexican border fence
Pro- we're modernizing the southern border of the U.S. so we can assure the American people we're doing our job of securing the border - President Bush

Mexican border fence
Con- humanity made a huge mistake by building the Berlin Wall and I believe that today the U.S. is committing a grave error in building the wall on our border- Mexico President Calderon

Terrorist threat
Pro- with at least 8 million illegal aliens living in the U.S. and nearly one million new aliens arriving each year, the potential for terrorists entering the U.S. Undetected is high

Terrorist Threat
Con- if there were legal channels for these migrants to use, the government could concentrate on identifying the real terrorists. Instead, the government is wasting money and manpower trying to keep out the immigrant workers the U.S. economy needs