Incentives for Immigration

Immigrants from the 16th to 18th centuries dominated the world stage. Many immigrants from Europe moved to the New World in pursuit of personal freedom in their respective countries, but the majority of people moved to colonial America by forcing the expulsion of their hometown It was. The quest for new religious freedom, the inflow of Africans into the new world, and the need for more slaves to nurture crops have contributed to the main overseas living in the new world.

Due to stricter immigration rules and economic incentives for immigrants, illegal entry and trafficking are rapidly increasing. According to estimates by the World Bank, there are about 300,000 illegal workers per year in the United States alone (World Bank, 2001e). More people temporarily enter the United States. In 1999, the US authorities arrested 1.5 million illegal immigrants at the border with Mexico. Most of the people sent back to Mexico tried to cross Mexico again within 24 hours. In the 1990s, the number of illegal immigrants entering the EU has increased rapidly, reaching an estimated 50 thousand. In 1993, it reached 500,000 in 1999 (World Bank, 2001e).

Among those who criticize illegal immigrants, the US "unique citizenship" is an incentive for illegal immigration to visit the country to lay their children so that their children can become American citizens To argue. The most illegal immigrant children in the United States are citizens, and this number is increasing. Pew-America Center reported that, compared to 63% in 2003, an estimated 73% of illegal immigrant children in 2008 were citizens. A total of 3.8 million illegal immigrants have children who are at least one American citizen. PolitiFact has found evidence to support that it encourages citizenship as a result of investigating US Senator Lindsay Graham's claim. PolitiFact concluded that "his data suggests that the motive for illegal immigration is not the rapid citizenship of infants born in the United States, but long-term job hunting and better economic status" It was.