Changes

Illegal immigration is the act of immigrating to a country without the right to. The amount of people immigrating to the United States illegally is at epidemic levels.

Illegal immigration is the act of immigrating to a country without having the right to do so.  

Conservatives oppose illegal immigration because it allows for immigrants to fall between the cracks of society and they are thus more likely to commit crime or experience poverty. Illegal immigration is also damaging to countries because "illegals" will work illegally for below minimum wage, resulting in job loss for legal citizens.

Conservatives oppose illegal immigration because it allows for immigrants to fall between the cracks of society thus making them more likely to commit crime or experience poverty. Illegal immigration is also damaging to countries because "illegals" will often work illegally for below minimum wage, resulting in job loss for legal citizens.

==Statistics==

==Statistics==

The estimated number of illegal immigrants in the United States in 2005 was 11.1 million.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0603/charts.immigration/frameset.exclude.html?eref=yahoo</ref>

The amount of people immigrating to the United States illegally is at epidemic levels: The estimated number of illegal immigrants in the United States in 2005 was 11.1 million. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0603/charts.immigration/frameset.exclude.html?eref=yahoo</ref>

$397 billion dollars have been paid to illegal immigrants through social services since 1996.<ref>http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecentersf134</ref>

$397 billion dollars have been paid to illegal immigrants through social services since 1996.<ref>http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecentersf134</ref>