Illegal Immigration Essays - Human Migration, Illegal Immigration

America is facing a kind of terrorism that isn?t making it on the 10 o?clock news casts or even grabbing the attention of the government. This act of terrorism is walking across our borders everyday and we aren?t doing anything about it. The United States was founded based on people coming over from Europe who wanted a better life and a fresh start. It didn?t matter if they were coming over for religious freedom or leaving their country to get away from the potato famine; they came over with a purpose and blended in with the American culture even though it took some groups longer than others. Today millions of people are immigrating to the United States from Mexico and they are bringing more problems than they are solutions. P.F. Wagner wrote a comprehensive report on the danger of illegal immigration and how it is affecting us as a nation called ?The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration?. Wagner is a political science professor for the University of Virginia. Post 9/11 America has done a good job cracking down on national security, but eight years later we are still getting attacked. It?s not a matter of terrorism but instead the well being of the United States. In the United States alone crime rates are dramatically higher among illegal immigrants than they are the legal citizens. In Los Angeles alone, 95% of some 1,500 outstanding warrants for homicides are for illegal aliens (Wagner, ?Crime?). California is one of the States that has been hit hard by illegal immigration via Mexico and with Los Angeles having a very high Hispanic population it has created problems for law enforcement (Wagner, ?Crime?). It?s no surprise that a lot for warrants are out for illegal immigrants since LA has an over whelming amount of Hispanics, but 95% of about 1,500 (which is about 1,425 warrants) seems to be a growing problem that law enforcement can?t seem to handle. Just about 1/4th of over 400,000 unaccounted illegal immigrates are considered hard core criminals (Wagner, ?Crime?). The keywords are ?unaccounted for?, you mean that over 400,000 illegal immigrates are hard core criminals and we don?t even know who or where they are? We?re not talking about yo ur 13 year old shoplifter who just wanted a pack of gum and was 10 cents short; no we?re talking about killers who to this day are still getting away with it. 80,000 to 100,000 illegal aliens who have been convicted of serious crimes are walking the streets (Wagner, ?Crime?). Again the keyword in this last stat is ?serious?; these are people who aren?t suppose to be in our country and now they have been convicted of a serious crime and now are walking the streets. This is a scary stat if you are living in a state where there is a good amount of illegal?s. In a study of 55,322 illegal aliens, researchers found that they were arrested a total of 459,614 times, averaging about 8 arrests per illegal alien; They were arrested for a total of about 700,000 criminal offenses, averaging about 13 offenses per illegal alien; 49% had previously been convicted of a felony, 20% of a drug offense; 18% a violent offense, and 11%, other felony offenses (Wagner, ?Crime?). These stats show that the Am erican law enforcement are fighting a war with the immigrants that they can?t win. It seems like that once they commit a crime they are back on the streets. The streets are dangerous as it is and letting criminals walk after murder or drug possession makes them even worse. The education system here in the United States has been on downfall for years know and to have illegal immigrants take advantage of the system is costing hard-working Americans their money. the average cost of educating children, including the children of illegal aliens, in the nation's public schools is about $7,524 per child per year. The direct cost of educating the children of illegal aliens is somewhere between $29 and $35 BILLION dollars a year (Wagner, ?Education?). It?s incredible to see that as a nation we are spending just about $33 Billion on educating students who should not even be in this country. This is something that