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Immigrant Texts (Document 3: Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on…
Immigrant Texts
Document 3: Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on American Taxpayers
report estimates the annual costs of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local level to be about $113 billion
nearly $29 billion at the federal level and $84 billion at the state and local level
study also estimates tax collections from illegal alien workers, both those in the above-ground economy and those in the underground economy
illegal immigration costs U.S. taxpayers about $113 billion a year at the federal, state and local level
annual outlay that illegal aliens cost U.S. taxpayers is an average amount per native-headed household of $1,117
fiscal impact per household varies
education for the children of illegal aliens constitutes the single largest cost to taxpayers - annual price tag of nearly $52 billion
at the federal level, about one-third of outlays are matched by tax collections from illegal aliens
illegal aliens do not pay income taxes and those who do have their revenues refunded
the new legal status would make immigrants eligible for receiving Social Security retirement benefits that would further jeopardize the future of the already shaky system
an amnesty would result in this large population of illegal aliens becoming eligible for numerous social assistance programs available for low-income populations for which they are not now eligible
studies assessing the impact of illegal aliens begin with estimates of the size of that population
incarceration expenses are based on data collected in the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
estimates for other administration of justice expenditures are based on data collected from the states by the U.S. Department of Justice
pursuing a strategy that discourages future illegal migration and increasingly diminishes the current illegal alien population through denial of job opportunities and deportations would decrease immigration
Document 6: Infographic of Current Pathways to Citizenship
contains nearly all paths leading to a green card
employment-based
family-based
diversity visa
immigration through investment
two methods to obtaining a green card
adjustment of status for people who are already in the United States
consular processing for individuals who are outside the U.S. and must go through visa interviews at U.S. Embassy or consulate abroad
U.S. government agencies in charge of issuing a green card
people wait 5 - 15 years for a green card
fast track involves people with immediate family members of U.S. citizens, world famous scientists and NBA stars
Document 5: Stories of the American Poor
families living on 50k per year near a small town
living on health insurance and reduced lunch
little money to spend
hard finding jobs with good pay
husband got a job that is 8 hours away
house was put up for rent
hoping that with Obama as president they would recover affordable health insurance and enjoy a sort of New Deal Federal Arts Program
program would allow family to show best work and most valuable talents to make sculpture for public art
believe they have so much to offer and only ask for so little
would pay taxes
Document 1: The Economic Impacts of Mass Immigration into the United States And the Proper Progressive Response
policy brief on the current immigration policy
Steve was a construction worker that the man felt he could trust
Steve was hired to build a fence
Steve expressed his concern about being a construction worker
he struggled to make ends meet and had a back problem
no health insurrance
Steve believes that two immigrants can be hired for the work he does
any immigration policy will have winners and losers
winners
immigrants want greater wealth and economic opportunities
opportunities are much greater in America for average people without connections
employers and business owners benefit from immigration
immigration allows landscapers to lower their labor costs and pocket more profit per job
lower labor costs lead to lower costs for customers, which makes the business grow and the profits increase
losers
first working class Americans
Meatpackers, supermarket checkout clerks, and janitors, construction workers, secretaries, and nurses aides, backhoe operators, waiters, and garbage men, mechanics, roofers, and day laborers
immigrations have lowered wages
African Americans
less educated and less skilled than their white counterparts
African-Americans are more likely to suffer unemployment than the average citizen, partly because unemployment tends to be higher among the poor
previous immigrants
once established, immigrants have a strong interest in limiting further immigration and the wage depression that goes along with it
with two-thirds of his workers immigrants, the benefits of the crackdown on illegal workers go to other legal immigrants
Document 2: The Global Struggle with Illegal Migration: No End in Sight
four types of illegal immigration
Undocumented/unauthorized entrants
nationals of one state who enter another state clandestinely
cross land borders, sea routes, and air routes
Individuals inspected upon entry into another state, but gain admission by using fraudulent documents
may involve the person's identity and/or the documentation in support of admission
Violators of the duration of a visa
include individuals who enter another state properly but 'willfully' overstay their period of legal stay
Violators of the terms and conditions of a visa
most frequent such violation is the acceptance of employment
violation is when persons with special visa privileges
Document 4: Immigrant Stories
stories of immigrants
dad was born in 1968 in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War
randpa was a soldier fighting for the South in the Vietnam War
grandfather was taken to a camp that was owned by the communists and was kept as a prisoner of war
when my dad was 24 years old, my dad and his whole family received airplane tickets to America to escape the communist takeover in Vietnam
settled in San Jose
lived in an apartment in Blossom Hill
job was electronic assembling
went to West Valley College for two years to learn English
16 years old in a town full of white people
feels white due to environment
president of debate club
hardest topic to talk about is immigration reform
people are uniformed
people believe immigrants should only enter the country legally
father was deported at a young age
mother is single and in risk of being deported