The big 2 problems people find in illegal immigration is unemployment and economy, criminal threats and national security. I deter with the negative implications of the encroachment on the economy but cannot seem to ignore the possible threats that arise with the borderline and instate security.
I graduated my high school from El Paso, far west of Texas, and it is a border city with Juarez city in Chihuahua, Mexico. Ciudad (City) Juarez is not a safe place anymore to travel. In 2008, I could drive over the inspection bridge for a visit to the dentist who doesn't require a medical insurance for a discount or to get a bite of chimichanga or menudo on the sidewalk, it was a fairly peaceful and friendly city just few years from now. Before I came to attend college in Austin, I have countless testimonials and side stories of the atrocious affair involving gang activity, claims of organ trafficking, widespread drug dealings, and many violent kidnappings and gunfires in the street even in broad daylight; I attended a few mournings due to that unpleasantry, it is hardly an experience you would want. Nevertheless, while all the happenings in Juarez, the other side of the fence was calm as usual, the city of El Paso seems to be under no threat of security or peace during this shift in social corruption in Juarez over a few years, that's because it's over the fence, it's U.S. not Mexico. It doesn't matter if the population on both sides are 99.9% Mexican (I'm just exaggerating, it's actually 80% Hispanic/ 75% Mexican) the living conditions and domestic and public security contrasts dramatically differ as of now. It has been long known and I could still remember high school teens calling each other "wetbacks" which is a slang to the illegal immigrants who crossed the Rio Grande river to get to U.S. when there were lower levels of security few generations ago. No wonder people drive up every single day to cross the bridge as few aren't authorized and decide to be creative. Time to time you hear about findings of people inside trunks, car seats (ingeniously sewn in after taking the fillings and even more ingeniously found under auspiciousness or scrutiny of the border patrol), compartments where you put your car insurance (yes adult males somehow fit in there, probably a yoga guru), and other outrageous attempts to get in. It also bears the non-comical incidents such as a whole truckload of family found dead in the metal container due to fatigue and lack of vent and air-conditioning as they attempted to gain access to U.S. grounds in the hopes of a better life and employment.
The priority to illegal immigrants include minimum pay labor (employers are usually who are empathetic or lack documentation and law integrity who take in illegal immigrants who works more for less pay) and benefits of security and hopes of American Dream for their children with better status (if they are able to forge one for the parents or pay enough to get one) and more opportunities. But regarding the many concerns of the U.S. citizens who are wary of the economic crisis and unemployment rates in the states right now, the immigrants, not necessarily illegal immigrants but in general, boost gross domestic product, so it is discrepant to say illegal immigrants are hurting the U.S. economy. It is to my opinion that people shouldn't be overly alarmed at the rate of Hispanic growth in America and the affects on economy because they're moving in to this country, for now. (my History professor showed a cartoon a white man shouting "Illegal immigrants should be taken out of this country!" at Hispanic illegal immigrants while a Native American looks with disdain from the side saying, "I'll help you pack.")
The main problem with which I'm concerned is that there is a rise to high security cracks within the current system and situation taking account that the the country is on war. It is overwhelmingly easier for the the malicious terrorists and underground drug dealers and forgers to become active and blend in while there are 3 out of 100 "Americans" who are undocumented aliens. Other than that, to the congressmen's dismay, many of the grassroot mobilization can observed as the Hispanic groups are protesting on the street regarding the Arizona law change. It is no small matter, and consequentially vital to the elections of the seats, that the Hispanic which makes 15% of the representing population in U.S. With this matter at hand, there should be actions taken from the current Congress as an action that might compromise to abate the angry citizens and to inform and provide solutions to the current immigrant problems. I believe some of the listed below have been considered and killed in one the houses in Congress and lobbyists and law reformers and trying to bring it back up again.
1. The passage of the law that would provide immigration process and documents to be facilitated or at least evaluated and confirmed faster. Many people are in hopes of visiting U.S.A. and hoping to stay, but it takes too long for settlement to take place due to procedural complications and tight constraints. But I guess this is understandable since of the War on Terrorism going on.
2. Strengthening the law against the forgery of illegal documentation and encroachment of the border and requests to the abutting countries to keep their citizens in and encourage them to take formal processes to move to other countries.
3. Not segregate, but set apart the current illegal immigrants and grant them a separate status to identify them somehow, provide incentives to find jobs with local, traceable, and applicable employers with official documentation.
If the tensions should rise and the conditions worsen for the Hispanic and other ethnic immigrants, problems of illegal methods would further complicate matters. It would be in better light to understand and empathize or at least feign understanding until the law can be solidified for such the Hispanic population is a fast growing and a necessary demographic for U.S.
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