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'''Illegal immigration''' is the act of [[immigration|immigrating]] to a country without having the right to do so. A person who migrates without the legal right to do so illegally into another country is known as an illegal alien. In other English-speaking countries, illegal aliens are often referred to as "illegal immigrants". Synonyms used in the United States are “undocumented,” “unauthorized,” “without status,” “unlawfully present,” and “non-citizens.” In [[political correctness]], the [[Biden Administration]] ordered the federal government to stop using the terms “illegal alien” and “assimilation,” and instead to use “undocumented noncitizen” and “integration.”<ref>https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/988789487/immigration-agencies-ordered-not-to-use-term-illegal-alien-under-new-biden-polic</ref>

[[Ann Coulter]] observed:* Employers like hiring non-Americans because they can pay illegal aliens less and ignore state and federal [[employment]] laws. [httphttps://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2011/12/28/only_one_candidate_is_right_on_the_two_most_important_issues/page/2 Ann Coulter]

Large-scale illegal immigration – along with legal immigration – helps the Left gain political power.<ref>Krikorian, Mark (December 27, 2019). [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/immigration-and-political-power/ Immigration and Political Power]. ''National Review''. Retrieved December 27, 2019.</ref> Illegal immigrants oftentimes often have a better standard of living and are treated better than even American citizensin multiple aspects.<ref>Multiple references:*Binder, John (June 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/16/child-border-crossers-have-higher-standard-of-living-than-13m-impoverished-american-children/ Child Border Crossers Have Higher Standard of Living than 13M Impoverished American Children]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref><ref>*Pollak, Joel B. (June 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/06/15/photos-inside-shelter-for-illegal-alien-children-separated-from-parents/ PHOTOS: Inside Shelter for Illegal Alien Children Separated from Parents]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2018.</ref><ref>*Binder, John (June 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/19/child-border-crossers-enjoy-nearly-3x-higher-standard-of-living-than-average-middle-class-american-children/ Child Border Crossers Enjoy Nearly 3X Higher Standard of Living than Average Middle Class American Children]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 19, 2018.*Medvin, Marina (December 11, 2018). [https://townhall.com/columnists/marinamedvin/2018/12/11/us-courts-treat-illegal-immigrants-better-than-american-citizens-n2537212?1114 US Courts Treat Illegal Immigrants BETTER Than American Citizens]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved November 12, 2019.</ref> They are oftentimes able to freely roam the U.S. when they should be prosecuted and deported due to the policy of "[[catch and release]],"when they should be prosecuted and deported. The [[mainstream media]] is heavily biased in favor of illegal immigration even to the point of favoring illegals over American citizens.<ref>Nolte, John (June 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/06/19/nolte-never-trump-media-admit-goal-is-to-replace-trump-voters-with-foreign-illegals/ Nolte: Media Admit Goal Is to Replace Trump Voters with Illegal Aliens]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 19, 2018.</ref> While the political [[establishment]] estimates that only 11 million illegals live in the U.S., the actual number is most likely closer to 22 million.<ref>Multiple references:

*Casiano, Louis (September 23, 2018). [httphttps://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/23/number-illegal-immigrants-in-us-may-be-twice-whats-reported-yale-mit-study.html Number of illegal immigrants in US may be twice what's reported: Yale-MIT study]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 23, 2018.*Dinan, Stephen (September 24, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/24/yale-study-finds-us-illegal-immigrant-population-s/ Yale study: Illegal immigrant population likely double, possibly triple previous estimates]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved September 24, 2018.</ref> Illegals are known to engage in [[voter fraud]].<ref>O'Connell, Ford (April 23, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/440136-if-you-dont-think-illegal-immigrants-are-voting-for-president-think-again If you don't think illegal immigrants are voting for president, think again]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 23, 2019.</ref> [[Liberal]]s , who are increasingly supportive of illegal and mass migration,<ref>Garry, Patrick (November 21, 2019). [https://humanevents.com/2019/11/21/the-real-purpose-behind-the-immigration-debate/ The Real Purpose Behind the Immigration Debate.] ''Human Events''. Retrieved November 21, 2019.</ref> count illegals them as part of their electorate, despite not holding legal voting rights,<ref>Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (October 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/georgia-dem-gubernatorial-nominee-says-blue-wave-will-include-undocumented-immigrants Georgia Dem gubernatorial nominee says 'blue wave' will include undocumented immigrants]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 15, 2018.<br>See also:*Munro, Neil (July 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/30/democrats-promise-to-welcome-migrants-like-one-of-our-own/ Democrats Promise to Welcome Illegal Migrants ‘Like One of Our Own’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 31, 2019.</ref> and they support having illegals vote in elections.<ref>Multiple references:

*Kirkwood, R. Cort (March 11, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31696-dems-back-illegal-alien-voting-for-good-reason-illegals-vote-democrat Dems Back Illegal-alien Voting for Good Reason: Illegals Vote Democrat]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 11, 2019.</ref> – illegals support Democrats in elections.<ref>Multiple references:*Duke, Selwyn (January 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31080-l-a-times-admits-illegals-foreigners-influenced-election-to-help-democrats L.A. Times Admits Illegals/Foreigners Influenced Election — to Help Democrats]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.*Duke, Selwyn (April 17, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/32045-illegal-migrants-come-here-as-ready-made-democrats-here-s-why Illegal Migrants Come Here as Ready-made Democrats — Here’s Why]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 17, 2019.</ref> Accordingly, left-wingers have accordingly pursued policies that result in putting illegals above the law.<ref>Multiple references:*Duke, Selwyn (July 23, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/32929-democrats-no-one-above-the-law-except-illegal-aliens-and-our-pals Democrats: No One “Above the Law” — Except Illegal Aliens and Our Pals]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 23, 2019.*Carlson, Tucker (July 23, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-dems-say-no-one-is-above-the-law-except-illegal-immigrants-and-that-could-cost-them-in-2020 Tucker Carlson: Dems say no one is above the law - except illegal immigrants. And that could cost them in 2020]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 23, 2019.</ref> Similar to how the Southern states used imported slaves to increase their representation in Congress, liberals do the same with illegal migrants and low-wage workers.<ref>https://twitter.com/swizze_gfrank/status/1124665220411088896</ref> Liberals also support illegal immigration as it will increase the size of government.<ref>Munro, Neil (April 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/22/immigration-funds-big-government-says-2020-democrat-buttigieg/ Immigration Funds Bigger Government, Says 2020 Democrat Buttigieg]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 23, 2019.</ref> Rather than acknowledge the numerous other problems created by mass illegal immigration, open borders activists often claim that the single only problem is ensuring proper care of the children migrating.<ref>Munro, Neil (March 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/23/border-emergency-care-children-crisis-progressives-claim/ Border Emergency Is ‘Care of Children Crisis,’ Progressives Claim]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2019.</ref> [[Establishment]], globalist Republicans also support mass migration, even if illegal, because of the cheap labor it provides.<ref>Winters, Natalie (July 27, 2019). [https://humanevents.com/2019/07/27/pro-mass-migration-republicans-equally-to-blame-for-border-crisis-say-experts/ Pro Mass Migration Republicans ‘Equally to Blame’ for Border Crisis, Say Experts]. ''Human Events''. Retrieved July 27, 2019.</ref> Some left-wing activists justify illegal immigration by saying illegal aliens are "reclaiming" land the U.S. "stole," thus admitting the term "invasion" is a justifiable description.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (December 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/01/pete-buttigieg-nods-as-pastor-says-illegal-aliens-just-reclaiming-stolen-land/ Pete Buttigieg Nods as Pastor Says Mexican Illegal Aliens Just Reclaiming Stolen Land]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 2, 2019.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (December 3, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/34215-pete-buttigieg-gives-the-nod-to-the-destruction-of-america Pete Buttigieg Gives the Nod to the Destruction of America]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 3, 2019.</ref>

The economic and financial cost of illegal immigration to the U.S. falls on American citizens,<ref>Binder, John (February 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/fact-check-yes-americans-burdened-with-cost-of-mass-illegal-immigration/ Fact Check: Yes, Americans Burdened with Cost of Mass Illegal Immigration]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 5, 2019.<br>See also:*Binder, John (July 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/12/study-deporting-illegal-aliens-saves-americans-billions-in-tax-dollars/ Study: Deporting Illegal Aliens Saves Americans Billions in Tax Dollars]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 12, 2019.*Dinan, Stephen (January 9, 2020). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/9/lower-wage-workers-harmed-by-immigration-congressi/ Lower-wage workers harmed by immigration, Congressional Budget Office report finds]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 9, 2020.*Munro, Neil (January 9, 2020). [https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/01/09/congressional-report-more-immigration-cuts-more-wages/ Congress: More Migration Cuts More Wages]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 10, 2020.*Vadum, Matthew (January 13, 2020). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/immigration-hurts-low-skilled-workers-congressional-budget-office-says_3201871.html Immigration Hurts Low-Skilled Workers, Congressional Budget Office Says]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved January 13, 2020.</ref> and it hurts black Americans particularly hard.<ref>Morrison, Spencer P. (August 13, 2019). [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/illegal_immigration_hurts_black_workers_most.html Illegal Immigration Hurts Black Workers Most]. ''American Thinker''. Retrieved August 25, 2019.</ref> Most illegals in the U.S. receive welfare and other benefits.<ref>La Jeunesse, William (April 22, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/the-cost-of-illegal-immigration-migrants-cost-us-taxpayers-billions-a-year Most illegal immigrants in US receive government benefits, costing taxpayers billions: experts]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 22, 2019.</ref> Additionally, an unacceptably large number of Americans are killed by illegal migrants annually.<ref>Binder, John (February 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/fact-check-trump-is-right-americans-are-killed-every-year-by-illegal-aliens/ Fact Check: Trump Is Right, Americans Are Killed Every Year by Illegal Aliens]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 5, 2019.</ref><ref>Casiano, Louis (March 22, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/killings-involving-undocumented-immigrants-draw-attention-to-immigration-debate Communities struggle to cope after killings that authorities have linked to illegal immigrants]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 22, 2019.</ref> Data from the U.S. government's State Criminal Alien Assistance Program indicates that illegals have a significantly higher crime rate than U.S. citizens and legal migrants.<ref>O'Brien, Matt; Raley, Spencer; Ryan, Casey (February 3, 2019). [https://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/scaap-data-suggest-illegal-aliens-commit-crime-much-higher-rate-citizens SCAAP Data Suggest Illegal Aliens Commit Crime at a Much Higher Rate Than Citizens and Lawful Immigrants]. ''Federation for American Immigration Reform''. Retrieved February 7, 2019.</ref> Illegal immigration also increases income inequality.<ref>North, David (September 13, 2019). [https://cis.org/North/If-You-Want-Less-Income-Inequality-then-Enforce-Immigration-Law If You Want Less Income Inequality, then Enforce Immigration Law]. ''Center for Immigration Studies''. Retrieved September 13, 2019.</ref> Liberals and Democrats typically show greater concern for the well-being of illegals over that of American citizens.<ref>Munro, Neil (May 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/02/democrats-on-border-crisis-help-migrants-not-americans/ Democrats on Border Crisis: Help Migrants, Not American Wage-Earners]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 2, 2019.</ref> Liberals also falsely inflate the wealth and education level of illegals.<ref>Horowitz, Daniel (September 17, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/theyre-valedictorians-entrepreneurs-illegal-aliens-amnestied-obama-sue-right-welfare/ But they’re all valedictorians and entrepreneurs: Illegal aliens amnestied by Obama sue for right to welfare]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved September 17, 2019.</ref>

Illegal immigrants pay sales taxes and gasoline taxes; most are too poor to pay income taxes. Many use fake Social Security numbers and pay Social Security taxes but are not eligible for any benefits. Many use taxtaxpayer-payer funded services such as health care and schools.

Pew estimates that about 12 million illegal immigrants lived in the U.S. in 2004.<ref>Higher estimates run to 20 million; [http://immigrationcounters.com/ see high estimate]</ref> However, many are afraid to use available services, such as domestic violence shelters, out of fear of deportation. Many illegals cannot speak English.

====They need [[political asylum]]====[[File:Photo 2025-08-15 17-42-31.jpg|right|300px|thumb|120k Ukrainians who moved to US under [[Biden]]'s 'Uniting for Ukraine' program are losing legal status as [[Trump]] ends renewals.]]A small percentage come illegally to escape political oppression, as legal channels are not open to them.<ref>http://www.immigration-usa.com/george_weissinger.html immigration Usa</ref><ref>http://www.uscis.gov Immigration and Naturalization Services</ref><ref>http://www.dhs.gov Department of Homeland Security</ref> Marriage to a U.S. citizen does not automatically gain one citizenship. When Army Spc. Alex Jimenez was captured by terrorists in [[Iraq]], and his wife was almost deported by the government. Strong public opinion allowed her to stay.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/20/national/main2956093.shtml Missing Soldier's Wife Faces Deportation]</ref>

[[Mexico]] is the source of the about half of the recent illegal immigrants to the United States. Most arrive legally and over-stay overstay their visas. Others cross the border mostly through the desert southwest or less often by swimming across the [[Rio Grande]]. [[Canada]] is another large source. Currently , estimates show around 70,000 undocumented Canadian workers work in the U.S. They come over from the border with [[Canada]] along the northern part of the United States , which is not nearly as secure as the southern border with [[Mexico]].

Many Mexicans have to come to the United States to work because , for many years , the Mexican government was [[socialist]], being under the control of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]], which limited [[economic opportunity]] and [[economic growth|growth]]. Before 2001 , there was frequent movement across the border. It was common to work in summer jobs in the U.S. and spend the winter in Mexico. Border security since then has become much stricter, and it is far more difficult to cross repeatedly. Therefore, the tendency was to remain in the U.S.

Most Mexicans who come are religious and culturally conservative , although they tend to vote [[Democrat]]. Their communities do not encourage [[homosexuality]], [[abortion]] or [[teenage promiscuity]].

Like other immigrant groups, many illegals send money to their families remaining in the old country. In Mexico , this funding is the second largest source of [[foreign income]], after [[crude oil]] sales. It represents as much as 2.5 percent of the nation's Gross Domestic Product <ref>[http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20724214~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html] World Bank Report on Migration and Welfare</ref>

Currently estimates show around 600,000<ref>[http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/61.pdf Pew Hispanic Center report]</ref> undocumented Canadian workers work in the U.S. They do not contribute to the U.S. economy in any way , shape , or form. Canadian citizens are not required to obtain Visas Unlike Mexican citizens, instead they have Visa waivers which last for six months. They take jobs from U.S. citizens primarily because they would be paid significantly less for the same jobs in Canada. (mainly in the construction industry.) The border with Canada is significantly easier to cross, due to several factors such as less Border Patrol personnel and a significantly greater border a 5,525 -mile border with Canada compared (with 1,538 miles being added from [[Alaska]] 's border) to the 1,951 mile long border with [[Mexico]]. Along the border with [[Canada]] , we have around 1,000 Border Patrol agents to cover the entire border, whilst on our border in [[Mexico]] we have around 11,000 agents.

The Amnesty was first given out by the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan Administration]] gave amnesty to all under the illegals present in the country in 1986. The "Immigration Control and Reform Act" of 1986 , which legalized the status of about 3 million immigrants , which created a lot of [[Democrat]] voters. Other laws legalized the status of immigrants from Cuba and Haiti. In 2006 President [[George W. Bush]] and Senator [[John McCain]] proposed legislation to legalize the status of most of the illegals. The business and religious communities supported the idea, but grass roots grassroots opposition blocked passage in Congress and denounced the notion of "amnesty."

Some conservatives oppose illegal immigration because it allows for immigrants to fall between the cracks of society , thus making them more likely to commit a crime or experience poverty. Other conservatives view illegal immigration as an exercise in a basic [[individualism|individual]] [[human rights|human right]] to pursue happiness. Illegal immigration is also economically damaging to countries because illegal immigrants will often work illegally for below [[minimum wage]], resulting in job loss for legal citizens.

Advocates have long put a priority on gaining legal status for the children of illegal immigrants under the reasoning that most did not make the choice to enter the country illegally and have spent most of their lives here... [but] "we will not allow lawmakers to condemn our parents to second-class status,” Cristina Jimenez, managing director of United We Dream, said . , “Our parents’ dreams enabled our dreams, and we owe our success to them and the sacrifices they made.” [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-flashpoint-legal-status-for-children-of-illegal-immigrants/2013/08/12/a8d69612-fea4-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html?hpid=z3]

*2002 - Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran in the United States, is currently serving a ten-year prison term for assaulting two joggers in Washington D.C. is now suspected of killing [[Chandra Levy]]. The Levy case is famous because during the initial investigation , her relationship with California congressman [[Gary Condit]] was revealed, ending his career.<ref>http://michellemalkin.com/2009/02/23/return-of-the-chandra-levy-case-and-illegal-alien-sex-offender-ingmar-guandique/</ref>

*2005 - Raul Garcia-Gomez, shot two Denver police officers in the back, killing one. He fled to Mexico and was captured. However, the Mexican government sheltered Gomez until the American prosecutor agreed to not seek the death penalty against him.<ref>[httphttps://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,337719,00.html Illegal Immigrant Worker Sentenced in Slaying of Actress Adrienne Shelly], ''[[Associated Press]]'', March 13, 2008</ref>

*2008 - Diego Pillco, a 20-year-old from Ecuador, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter of actress Adrienne Shelly. Pillco was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Pillco admitted strangling Shelly and then hanging her body to make it look like a suicide. The judge said Pillco would be subject to immediate deportation upon release from prison.<ref>[httphttps://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,337719,00.html Illegal Immigrant Worker Sentenced in Slaying of Actress Adrienne Shelly], ''[[Associated Press]]'', March 13, 2008</ref>

*2008 - Edwin Ramos, killed three people on their way home from a family picnic. Ramos had been arrested multiple times before the killings (once for mugging a pregnant woman), but the city of [[San Francisco values|San Francisco]] shielded him from deportation.<ref>httphttps://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/20/MNK011MAFR.DTL</ref>

The amount number of people immigrating to the United States illegally has declined since 2001. People who formerly moved back and forth across the border (working the agricultural fields in the US in the summer and wintering in a village in the winter) has declined, and instead they remain in the U.S. The estimated number of illegal immigrants in the United States in 2005 was about 12 million.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031174258/https://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0603/charts.immigration/frameset.exclude.html?eref=yahoo]</ref><ref>[http://www.house.gov/mccaul/pdf/Investigaions-Border-Report.pdf A Line In The Sand] House Committee on Homeland Security</ref>

$397 billion have has been paid to families containing illegal immigrants through social services since 1996. Most of the money goes to schooling for U.S. citizens and for children.<ref>http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecentersf134</ref>

Sex offenders comprised 2% of illegals who have been arrested. Nearly one million sex crimes were committed by illegal immigrants in the United States, in the seven years 1999-20061999–2006. Each sex offender averaged 4 victims.<ref>[http://www.drdsk.com/articles.html#Illegals The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration] Violent Crimes Institute, 2006</ref>

Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than $26.3 billion in costs on the federal government in 2002 and paid only $16 billion in taxes, creating a net fiscal deficit of almost $10.4 billion, or $2,700 per illegal household. Most of the costs were incurred by U.S. citizens, however, not by the illegals. On average, the costs that illegal households impose are less than half that those of other households. In terms of [[welfare state|welfare]] use, receipt of cash assistance programs by illegals tends to be very low, while Medicaid use, though significant, is still less than for other households.<ref>[httphttps://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html The High Cost of Cheap Labor] Center For Immigration Studies</ref>

While many European countries , such as [[Germany]] , gave amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, other countries such as [[Hungary]] restricted illegal immigration and took steps against it.<ref>Savitsky, Shane (February 1, 2017). [https://www.axios.com/border-fences-and-refugee-bans-been-there-done-that-for-hungary-2226465858.html Border fences and refugee bans: Hungary did it — fast]. ''Axios''. Retrieved October 6, 2017.</ref>

[[Israel]] has successfully fought against illegal immigration by enacting strong measures against the practice, such as through building [[Border wall|border barriers]], deporting illegal immigrants, and cracking down on businesses that hire illegals.<ref>Klein, Aaron (January 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/01/09/successfully-stop-illegal-immigration-follow-israels-model/ How to Successfully Stop Illegal Immigration: Follow Israel’s Model]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 9, 2018.<br>See also:

*[httphttps://www.theblaze.com/stories/day-one-gop-congressman-introduces-bill-to-end-birthright-citizenship/ Congressman Introduces Bill to End ‘Birthright Citizenship’]