Description
- Research: Find four articles on this subject, two making the case against and two making the case for. Choose only from reputable websites.
- Brainstorming: Based on your experience and what you’ve read in those sources, make a list of reasons for and against illegal immigration, then decide where you stand on the issue and formulate your thesis statement.
- Writing the essay: In a well-organized essay discuss this issue and support your claims with quotes and information from your sources. Devote a good part of your paper to presenting the opposite point of view and respond to it. Avoid fallacies and emotional or vulgar language.
Explanation & Answer
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Illegal Immigrants have the Rights to Stay in the Country - Outline
Thesis statement: For a country that works hard through legislation to ensure exploitation of any
kind is not a norm within their society, that the rights of their employees are not infringed upon,
illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country.
I.
Arguments for
A. Illegal immigrants contribute to economic growth
B. Deportation is not written in the law
C. Denying illegal immigrants the chance to stay in the country is downright cruel
D. Staying in the country provides illegal immigrants an easier way to access money
than crime
II.
Arguments against
A. Negatively affects the economy
B. Removes the incentives necessary for change
C. Leads to socio-economic disparity
III.
What can be done
A. Use fines instead of deportation
B. Maintaining control of who is in the country
C. Citizenship for those serving in the military
Running head: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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Illegal Immigrants have the Rights to Stay in the Country
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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Illegal Immigrants have the Rights to Stay in the Country
While illegal immigration is ill of society, illegal immigrants are not the hardened
criminals' people portray them to be. In their way, they are seeking out better opportunities for
themselves. The problem is that they infringe upon the sovereignty of a nation, which might be a
nation of immigrants, but is a nation of legal immigrants ("Fairness for All - The Work of the
Immigrants' Rights Project", 2019). While one cannot deny that illegal immigrants work
extremely hard and face a tremendous amount of hardship, the problem lies with people who try
to profit from th...