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Botched Immigration System Spawns Alien Menace

The idea of Sanctuary City is very complex for the fact that people

have such strong opinions concerning it. While some are accepting of

Chicago being a Sanctuary City, others tend to believe undocumented

immigrants should be deported for causing such negativity in our society. For

instance, in the article Botched Immigration System Spawns Alien Menace,

Bill O Reilly harshly criticizes the American government for having such

lenient laws concerning immigration. He suggests that such lenience towards

the issue is apparently threatening the safety and rights of the American

citizens (OReilly). Although the situation in which five immigrants in New

York raped a mother was devastating, OReilly portrayed himself as

unreliable for committing a logical fallacy. Based on the situation and

OReillys interpretation, the belief that most immigrants are criminals was

implied. While others have argued that undocumented immigrants have done

nothing but negatively affect our country, many cases have shown that the

majority of undocumented immigrants are solely trying to make a better life

and find opportunities to support their family.


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The fact that immigrants come to the United States to cause harm has

become a stereotype in the most recent years. However, that stereotype has

proven to be untrue. The majority of undocumented immigrants come to the

United States to fulfill their dreams and to be opened to new opportunities.

Undocumented immigrants risk their lives, their families lives and

everything they have worked for in their home country to come to the United

States. This suggests that because so much is at stake, undocumented

immigrants would not risk or ruin their opportunities in America by

committing senseless crimes. For instance, Harvard sociologist Robert J.

Sampson, claims that there has been a correlation between immigrants and

the amount of crime in a city. He ultimately suggests that in certain

neighborhoods where immigrant populations have increased, homicide rates

have decreased (Sampson 1).

For some time, undocumented immigrants have held a negative

reputation. For instance, many suggest that undocumented immigrants are

taking the jobs of American citizens. Although it might be true that

undocumented immigrants will work for a lower pay, the fact that they are

actually taking the jobs of citizens is untrue. Because the majority of

undocumented immigrants come to the United States for a better life, they


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work extremely hard. Undocumented immigrants earn their jobs.

Additionally, several undocumented immigrants take jobs that others would

not. For instance, many immigrants work tough, long hours in factories, do

yard work, are janitors, housekeepers and so on. In many instances, the

statement that undocumented immigrants take the jobs of American citizens

is false. Instead, undocumented immigrants often times have jobs that many

do not want.

Furthermore, many undocumented immigrants are hard workers. As

previously mentioned, they settle for extremely difficult jobs, less pay and

not the best conditions in the workplace. They deal with such difficult jobs in

order to provide for themselves and their families. Aside from that,

undocumented immigrants have to work harder in terms of school in order to

maintain high grades. Because undocumented immigrants arrive to the

United States for better opportunities, their dreams are to go to college.

However, most of the time money is tight and therefore they must maintain a

high grade point average, be involved with the community and have several

extra curricular activities in order to receive scholarship money. Scholarship

money, in many instances, is the only was undocumented students can afford

to go to college.


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Overall, Bill OReillys statement about undocumented immigrants is

unfair. Suggesting that stricter immigration laws are needed ultimately puts

undocumented immigrants in such a negative light when in actuality they are

aiming for a better life. Furthermore, undocumented immigrants have the

right to the city. They hold the right to be treated as any other citizen

because they are productive members of our society.


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Works Citied

O'Reilly, Bill. "Botched Immigration System Spawns Alien Menace."Human

Events 20 Jan. 2003: 21. Print.

Sampson, Robert J. "Rethinking Crime and Immigration." (n.d.): 28-33.

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