Immigration

Since we live in Texas, we should all be well informed about the issues regarding immigration. The fact that stood out in my mind is the number of illegal immigrants residing in the United States (eight to ten million). I had no idea illegal immigrants would account for so many residents, continuing to increase hundreds of thousands each year. I also thought the way immigrants are treated in the United States is completely unfair. These immigrants come to America from undeveloped countries in order to find a job. The income they would receive would then be used to provide for their children so that they may experience opportunities they would not have had if they had not immigrated to America. Yet these immigrants are treated the same way they would be treated working for a big corporation at home. They work under dangerous conditions and are paid very little. America is considered the land of opportunity. After reading chapter four in Global Issues, Local Arguments, I wonder if these opportunities are really only limited to natural born citizens.