Brief

Thesis:
Illegal immigrants should not be willingly allowed to take over America, and, therefore, take over the American Dreams of legal American citizens.

Audience:
My argument is pointed towards legal American citizens, who may believe that something needs to be done regarding illegal immigration. My argument will fully convince them that it is wrong for illegal immigrants to be in America, using our tax dollars for their crimes. Yes, America was built on immigration, but not on illegals crossing the border and illegally obtaining money and jobs, therefore prospering off true American citizen’s dreams.

Reasons/Evidence:
1. America should enforce the immigration laws that are already in place to keep this problem under better control. That way, Americans will be able to obtain jobs as opposed to their illegal counterparts.
a. The two "magnets" which attract illegal aliens are jobs and family connections.
b. Securing U.S. borders, enforce the existing laws, punishing employers who violate the laws, and curbing social services for illegal immigrants must be prioritized.
c. Every developed country now has immigration laws. Without them, sovereignty and national identity are both weakened, security is lost, and a perpetual string of problems occur as a result.

2. Illegal immigrants are taking jobs away from legal citizens.

3. Most people don’t know it, but illegal immigrants are actually thriving off American citizen social security numbers and the IRS and other federal organizations know all about it. To cure ID theft, illegal immigrants must be controlled.
a. As victim Melody Millet is fond of saying, U.S. citizens are being forced to share their identities with undocumented immigrants to give corporate America a steady supply of cheap labor.
b. Thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of Americans are right now sharing their identities with immigrants and don't know it. It is the dirty little secret of the immigration issue: By not dealing directly with the undocumented worker situation, the U.S government is actually encouraging identity theft.

Sources

· November 2007. ImmigrationCounters.com. 14 November 2007 .
· "Illegal Immigration." Center for Imigration Sudies. 14 November 2007 .
· Sullivan, Bob. "The Voice of Identity Theft Victims." 31 March 2006. The Red Tape Chronicles. 14 November 2007 .

Against Illegal Immigration

My topic is against illegal immigration. America was brought up as an immigrant nation, but we are now facing max capacities and America can no longer handle huge influxes of foreign immigrants. There are systems in place that are currently controlling the influx of people and keeping the population at a bearable level, but America needs to crack down on the illegal immigrants. They are taking jobs away from legal Americans and they are receiving free health care and aid, when we cannot even keep our own legal Americans off the streets. It is unjust to see American’s lose their dreams all because of illegal immigrants who are coming in undetected. More laws should come into effect against illegal immigration, along with being stricter on the ones that are already in place. This is America, and if we cannot provide the American dream to legal citizens, then how are we allowing thousands of illegal immigrants in, hoping that they too will be able to experience the dream?