Illegal Immigration And The United States - 1664 Words

According to a new Pew Research Center estimate, there were 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in March 2013 (Pew Research Center, 2014), and there might be even more since many of them decide not to share any personal information to these types of organizations, such as the Census. The main reason for this presumption is that they fear of being deported back to their birth countries. Many other studies have shown that the number of unauthorized immigrants or â€Å"aliens† (as many people labeled them) living in the United States has stabilized since 2013, compared to 12.2 million in 2007 (which was the beginning of the Great Recession) and 3.5 million in 1990. In other words, the illegal immigration rate arriving and†¦show more content†¦This has led to a growth of the nation’s GDP from a decline of national unemployment rate and increase of mass production of goods and services. It is time for the American government to ratify the curren t immigration reform and become more concern about what is best for the future of the United States. The origins of illegal immigration began as many historians describe as the â€Å"four waves of immigration† (Barbour 11). The first wave can be identified as the first colonists who settled in New England in the 1600s and 1700s. The second wave, which occurred between 1820 to 1870, consisted of Chinese, and northern and western Europeans. Then the third wave from 1880 to 1920, also consisted in great numbers from north and western Europe, but as well I small numbers from southern and eastern Europe. The final wave, which began in 1965 and still continues today, is made up from Asia, West Indies, and parts from Latin America. According to Claire Lui, an editorial assistant at American Heritage magazine, the concept of â€Å"illegal immigration† was created in 1882. It was in this year when America began unwelcoming Chinese laborers because they began taking American jobs and lowering wages in California. This was called the Chinese Exclusion Act. During this era, the U. S.-Mexico border was unfenced and vulnerable; so many immigrants from Mexico were freely accepted to cross until the first two decades of the 20th century due to