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Throughout many years, the topic of immigration has been a substantial issue in America that has been overlooked. The issue regarding immigration is important to U.S. citizens because it can either make us or break us. Some positive things that amnesty could bring to America is diversity, manual labor and investment on things such as cars and houses. Immigrants also bring potential to America by contributing to the community, and providing potential dreamers in different fields. On the other hand, amnesty can bring negative consequences to the United States. The solution to the illegal immigrants population in the United States should be that amnesty should not be given to illegal immigrants because it would cost American taxpayers a fortune, it rewards bad behavior as well as overpopulate the United States.

Amnesty should not be given to illegal immigrants living in the United States because it would cost American taxpayers a fortune. In the Article “We Cannot Afford Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants” by Ed Butowsky he states, “Each illegal immigrant costs our country $24,000 a year. But, on average, each pays $10,000 in taxes, so it is reasonable to say that each illegal really adds $14,000 a year to our country’s debt burden” Our nation is already in debt, so granting amnesty to 5 million illegal immigrants which will total out to a least 70 billion each year to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants which is not a good way to spend money (Butowsky). Granting amnesty to 5 million illegal immigrants is not the best way to spend our money.

Secondly, granting amnesty to over 5 million illegal immigrants is rewarding bad behavior. law to enter this country illegally. In the article by John Hawkins he states, “It's against the law to buy fake documents or steal someone's social security number. It's against the law not to pay your taxes” If we are granting amnesty for illegal immigrants for committing such crime, we are hurting America as well as punishing the citizens that live America because we as citizens then have to deal with overpopulation, competitions, and higher taxes if we grant amnesty.

Lastly, granting amnesty to illegal immigrants will overpopulate the United States, thus having to spend more money to accommodate the U.S. citizens. If America grants amnesty to illegal immigrants, the citizens would potentially lose out on job opportunities, room for living and money. Decreasing the way of living to U.S. citizens to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants is wrong. We as Americans should not encourage this issue of amnesty for illegal immigrants because it will not serve any purpose toward our country.

Granting amnesty to over 5 million illegal immigrants would bring positive change for our country. Immigrants could bring a lot of good potential to our country such as intelligence, labor work and diversity. Illegal Immigrants can also help with the flow of currency by purchasing houses, cars, and other goods that will help better their lives. But logically speaking America is not financially nor physically ready to take on such challenge as to granting over 5 million illegal immigrants amnesty.     
Overall granting amnesty for immigrants is not the best way to spend our money because we as Americans would just be wasting money to help encourage someone who committed a crime.  In the article by Butowsky he states, “No matter how good you may feel about lifting our lamp beside the golden door, there's only one answer: No” (Butowsky 2). When speaking on the topic of amnesty we as Americans should not think emotionally about the topic, but logically.