Thesis: With the recent outcry from citizens at home and abroad over the Arizona bill, it is clear that a solution must be found to prevent new illegal immigrants from invading our country. There are more than 11 million illegal immigrants. living in the United States. With the recent outcry from citizens at home and abroad regarding the Arizona bill, it is clear that a solution must be found to prevent new illegal immigrants from invading our country. We also need mandates to tackle the more than 11 million illegal immigrants who are stealing our precious resources here. Although we are all descendants of immigrants except Native Americans, immigration has been a major source of population growth throughout U.S. history. As it stands, this represents a huge burden on our declining economy, particularly in our southern states where the majority of immigrants are fleeing. Illegal immigrants pose collateral damage to the well-being of our society and our infrastructure. This includes overwhelming population growth for an already overcrowded public school system, rising welfare costs and overburdened emergency rooms delivering babies, and a host of other medical issues that are putting strain on our wards. emergency. » Immigration hardliners describe a wave of migrants. crossing the border late in pregnancy to have what are disdainfully called anchor babies (p. 2, paragraph 8). "...Since the mid-1960s, America has welcomed nearly 30 million legal immigrants and perhaps 15 million more illegal immigrants, numbers unprecedented in our history. These immigrants have picked our fruits, cleaned our homes, cut our grass, worked in our factories, and washed our cars But they also crowd... middle of paper... which uses our resources and tax dollars that are intended for Americans,. the real beneficiaries of illegal immigrants are companies that profit from their willingness to work cheaply and often under the table. Cheap labor is a gigantic price to pay for job stability in the United States. Will this become counterproductive for our economy and our entire infrastructure for immigrants? Works cited “Immigration and Emigration”, The New York Times, January 27, 2011. Web, March 8, 2011. Malanga, Steven. “How Unskilled Immigrants Are Hurting Our Economy” by Steven Malanga, City Journal Summer. 2006." City Journal. City Journal. Summer 2006. Web. March 8. 2011. .