Solution+Research


 * Solution 1- A fence along the US-Mexico border.**

Bowden, Charles. "U.S. - Mexico Border." //National Geographic Magazine//. May 2007. Web. 09 Nov. 2011. .
 * 1) There is currently no one wall going across the entire border.
 * 2) Many different stretches of walls and fences cover miles of the border, but some is still left unprotected.
 * 3) The idea of putting up a wall is offensive to many people.
 * 4) Those living near either side of the border don't want a wall to be put up, many times because they feel it will simply be ugly.
 * 5) No matter what type of wall we put up, or how complex it is, immigrants will always find a way over.
 * 6) Many feel that in order to reduce the amount of immigrants coming across the border we need not only a barrier but increased border patrol.
 * 7) Building a wall damages local economy on both sides of the border. US and Mexican citizens depend on business from each other to keep their businesses open.
 * 8) In Arizona there is already 64 miles of fence.
 * 9) Many times a fence separates families from one another. People living that close to the border often cross back and forth regularly.
 * 10) Even in places with a fence many Americans report Mexicans jumping the fence to come into town, doing whatever they needed and then returning home.
 * 11) Nothing will stop the illegal immigration completely, its just a matter of getting it under control.
 * 12) Small sections of fencing and walls do nothing, immigrants need only walk a few miles before coming to the walls end.
 * 13) People living in Naco, Sonora report even more immigrants trying to leave Mexico since the wall was built.
 * 14) Walls built in California forced migrants into the Arizona desert, sometime to there deaths.
 * 15) Many believe that jobs must be created in Mexico in order to slow the immigration.


 * Solution 2- Grant illegal immigrants amnesty.**

Elbel, Fred. "Amnesty for Illegal Aliens - THE AMERICAN RESISTANCE FOUNDATION." //THE AMERICAN RESISTANCE FOUNDATION - a Coalition of Immigration Crime Fighters Opposing Illegal and Undocumented Immigration, Founded by D.A. King//. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. .
 * 1) Amnesty is giving an illegal immigrant citizenship after they get into the country and live here illegally for a certain amount of time.
 * 2) Amnesty forgives all crimes, including illegal immigration, using false documents, and other crimes associated with illegally entering the country.
 * 3) In 1986, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act which gave amnesty to all illegal aliens who had hidden from law enforcement for at least four years.
 * 4) Up until 1986 amnesty had only been granted on a case by case basis.
 * 5) The average amnestied illegal alien has only a seventh grade education and earns less than $9,000 a year
 * 6) President Bush's 2004 guest worker plan announcement directly caused a 15% to 25% increase in illegals entering the United States.
 * 7) 70% of Americans oppose amnesty for all illegal aliens.
 * 8) In the ten years after the 1986 amnesty taxpayers payed $78 billion to help the immigrants.
 * 9) Amnesty allows millions of people to become citizens without going through any of the usual screening.
 * 10) Amnestied illegal aliens have no way support themselves financially.

"Immigration Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants." //United States Immigration: Green Card, Visas and U.S. Citizenship//. 2011. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. .
 * 1) Each amnesty has been on a different scale, some granting amnesty to as little as 125,000 illegal immigrants while others have granted amnesty to almost 1 million illegal immigrants.
 * 2) Amnestied illegal immigrants are given a green card, which after ten years can be used to gain citizenship.
 * 3) Many believe that amnesty rewards those who have broken the law.
 * 4) Critics of amnesty say that it will only invoke more immigrants into coming into the country illegally, in hopes of gaining citizenship.
 * 5) Recently, there were plans to have another amnesty that would have affected approximately 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States.