Immigration Policies of the United States

Immigration is not always favorable for the host country or the homeland of the immigrant. In 2011 an estimate stated that there were 11.5 million undocumented immigrants residing in the United States (CNN 1). Immigration generates complications for the United States and the immigrant's motherland. The economy of the United States is greatly threatened by immense fluctuations of world populations. The United States' border with Mexico should be guarded with greater security and imports into the United States should be required to be with greater scrutiny. The United States' government needs to authorize more powerful policies that crack down on illegal immigration and limit legal immigration without completely restricting it. Immigration creates a vast deal of problems for both the United States and the mother country of immigrants. The crime rates have skyrocketed from the increase in gangs formed by immigrants. In a 2006 study Deborah Schurman-Kauflin estimated that between January of 1999 and April of 2006 roughly 240,000 illegal immigrants had committed approximately 960,000 sex offenses In the United States (Illegal Immigration 1). Crime is one of the numerous