... to stay" (Winter 2). This fact alone is enough to persuade tens of thousands of immigrants to leave their homelands in hopes of the brighter future they were promised in America. Although the rate of illegal immigration has steadily risen over the past twenty years, the U.S. government has taken little to no precaution to stop it. Not only do they flood ... the different types of households showed that "in 2009, 57 percent of households headed by an immigrant with children [under 18] used at least one welfare program, compared to 39 percent for native households with children" (Camarota...

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