Immigration Expo Analysis - 1949 Words

Molly Morin Expo Analysis Due: Tuesday, November 10,2015 Immigration Immigration originates way back in the nineteenth century when people started coming from western and northern Europe to the Americas. Immigrants were trying to get to America where they could be free and not have a King or a Queen ruling over them. This was before coming over to America was illegal for people in other countries unless he/she had a work permit to work in the United States or were brought over the the Americas legally. In 1808 the Foreign Slave Trade became illegal so the migrants became illegal aliens according to the Historical Timeline of legal and illegal immigrants in the United States by ProCon.org. The other country should pay to bring the†¦show more content†¦According to Alex Swoyer a journalist from Breitbart News Network in his article â€Å"Mark Huckabee: Fair Tax Changes† ‘Whole Idea of Illegal Immigration† Huckabee said â€Å" One thing does, it change the whole idea of illegal immigration because it’s economically advantageous to pay the illegal because they can pay them less†, Mark Huckabee is an employer who hires immigrants instead of having Americans work for him. Immigration takes up more population than most people would think. According to Jens Manuel Krogstad and Jeffrey S. Passel’s article â€Å"5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S.†. In 2014 in the United States we had 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants which makes up 3.5 % of the nation s population. But our highest unauthorized immigration was in 2007, when we had 12.2 million which is 4 % of the population. Krogstad and Passel also said that Mexicans are about half of the unauthorized immigrants in the country they made up 52 % but the numbers have been declining in 2012 which was 5.9 % which was the smallest. Krogstad and Passel also said that six states make up about 60% of the unauthorized migrants, which are California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois. In 2009-2012 in several East Coast states the population increased but in many western states population decreased. In the following states Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Idaho, Virginia, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania have had unauthorized immigration