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-Negative: labor economists have concluded that undocumented workers have lowered the wages of u.S adults  from 0.1 - 7.4% (New York Times, 2013)
-Undocumented workers are not evenly distributed (especially in Texas and Arizona) which will cause a substantial net cost to local and state government (New York Times, 2013)

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(Los Angeles Times, 2017)
Negative: "Alabama's Legislature has made children the chief victims of the nation's harshest anti-immigrant law."

Evidence:   "The 14th Amendment guarantees that all school-age children, including undocumented ones, are protected from discrimination."

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-Without the undocumented population, Texas’ work force would decrease by 6.3 percent” and Texas’ gross state product would decrease by 2.1 percent (Goodman, 2014).
-The prices of milk would increase 61% if the immigrant work force were eliminated (Goodman,2014).

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(Lopez, Morin, and Taylor 2010)
Thesis Statement:  The national political backlash against illegal immigration has created new divisions among Latinos and heightened their concerns about discrimination against members of their ethnic group-including those who were born in the United States or who immigrated legally.
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More than 61% of the Hispanic population feels like there is an increase in discrimination

36% say that this discrimination is based on immigration status

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86% agree that if one Latinos pass the background checks, have jobs, and pay fines, they can get legalization

No significant increase in deportation

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The Contributions of Immigrants to the American Culture

Thesis:  The presence of large numbers of talented immigrants in Hollywood, academia, and the high-tech industries has pushed American institutions to be more meritocratic and open to innovation than they would be otherwise. ( Hirschman, 2013)

Negative Evidence

The presence of large numbers of talented immigrants in Hollywood, academia, and the high-tech industries has pushed American institutions to be more meritocratic and open to innovation than they would be otherwise.

Asa Yoelson boring in 1886 in Russia was torn between becoming a singer or following his family's values however with hesitation he chose t follow his dream and ended up becoming the most highly paid entertainer in the country.

Positive Evidence

Immigrant communities generally find comfort in familiar religious traditions and rituals, seek out newspapers and literature from the homeland, and celebrate holidays and special occasions with traditional music, dance, cuisine, and leisure-time pursuits.

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Constantini, 2013
Negative: anti-Latino hate crimes rose disproportionally to other hate crimes between 2004 and 2008.

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Thesis:  By force of numbers alone, the kinds of adults these young Latinos become will help shape the kind of society America becomes in the 21st century.

Positive: The data paint a mixed picture. Young Latinos are satisfied with their lives, optimistic about their futures and place a high value on education, hard work and career success.
- native born latinos/as are much more behaving than their foreign born counter

Negative: Yet they are much more likely than other American youths to drop out of school and to become teenage parents. They are more likely than white and Asian youths to live in poverty. And they have high levels of exposure to gangs."
-foreign born latinos/as are more likely to be in gangs,  drop out of high school, be teenage parents

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-Undocumented workers do not compete with skilled workers, they compliment them (New York Times, 2013)
-nearly all economists agree that immigrants have a positive on the economy (the incomes of families slightly increase by a small positive amount because of immigrant workers) (New York Times, 2013)

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-Immigrants spend most of the money they make allowing the U.S. economy to keep on growing (Davidson, 2013).
-Undocumented immigrants have contributed about 10% of of the Social Security Trust Fund (Davidson, 2013).
-All immigrants, whether documented or not, benefit the overall economy (Davidson, 2013).

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“Any immigration bill must have enforceable border-security measures as a key national security element in protecting our country” (Lyons, 2013, p. 1).

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Illegal Immigrants hurt the U.S. Economy

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Illegal Immigrants hurt the U.S. Economy

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- Illegal Immigrants use social programs, like hospitals and schools, that cost taxpayers and add to our $16 trillion national debt (Davidson, 2013).

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“Under the Obama administration, Homeland Security issued new priorities to focus deportations on convicted criminals, people who pose threats to national security and repeated border-crossers” (Gomez & Johnson, 2011).

“The threat from extremists and criminals who wish to do harm to Americans is real and concern is justified. However, the level of fear being expressed is leading to proposals for extreme “fixes” that can do more harm than good” (McElmurry, 2016, p. 4).

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- As long as there are thousands of undocumented workers competing for low-end jobs, salaries are more likely to fall than rise (Davidson, 2013)

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Immigrants bring more economic solutions to the U.S. economy than they do harm.

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Positive Thesis: The United States should improve legal immigration procedures and crack down on human smuggling in order to decrease illegal immigration (Walser & Zuckeman, 2011).
While this thesis is positive, it is anti illegal immigration.

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"Safeguards in the current application process are not only violated, but ignored under this accelerated process with an obvious adverse impact on national security" (Lyons 2013, p.1).