With the threat of terrorist attacks and the uncertainty of today’s economy, illegal aliens are a huge controversial subject for many American citizens. An illegal alien is a person that resides in another country without the legal permission and paperwork to be in that country. There are hundreds of illegal aliens that sneak into the United States every day and although The United States is known as the land of the plenty; these people take a tremendous toll on the economy.
The most obvious effect they have on the United States economy is that they take away jobs from the legal citizens. Some argue that these are jobs that most people would not want but when a parent is trying to out food the table for their children, sometimes one is not picky about what type of job is available. Just the fact that it is a job is enough. Illegal aliens have no record in our system’s databases; therefore they do not have any health insurance nor is there a way to accurately track their criminal record. Many hospital bills go unpaid and many crimes go unpunished; however, someone ends up paying for these transgressions and it always is the legal taxpaying citizens of the United States.
It is frightening to some to think about the fact that there are untraceable people crossing the borders of a country that has just been the target of the largest terrorist attack in history. The United States used to boast about the fact that it was a country that resembled a huge melting pot and that the country was founded on the principle of having the best of all the cultures that were present in the country. During these untrusting times, maybe an absolute approach in either direction is not called for. Perhaps just having a watchful eye out for clear and present danger from specific illegal aliens is enough.
