Our culture and society may have been founded on immigration in the United States, but today our country cannot handle the thousands of people daily coming into the United States illegally. The need for jobs and housing is decreasing along with our economy. We cannot even supply our own citizens with jobs and shelter without worrying about the illegal citizens coming to the U.S. looking for the same thing. Although there are people that want to come to the United States and make a difference and they do, that is not enough for us to generalize all of the immigrants into that same group. Most of the times they are just looking for a way out of their own country and for a better life. Illegal immigration is a definite problem in America and
Immigration is also starting to affect our schooling systems. They come to school not knowing English, therefore they need special classes. They should require that the children be able to speak English before they enter the schooling systems. Placing them in special classes and programs is costing more than regular schooling. The money spent on these programs is less money spent on the children that are native born.
Overcrowding in America is a problem anyway and illegal immigration only adds to it. It is hard enough for us to support our own people that are on the streets without worrying about illegal immigrants that are taking over jobs that could be put in use to the natives. If the problem continues our country is going