In 2008 there was 11.6 million illegal immigrants in the United States. In 2009 there was 10.8 million which is 800,000 less. About 62% of this number were immigrants coming from Mexico while the other 38% consist of people from Asia, Canada, and other various southern countries. California is the state with the leading number of illegal immigrants with about 24% of the total. The falling numbers of illegal immigrants are said to be due to our countries recession in the past few years.
The falling number of illegal immigrants in the United States is a number that, in my opinion, should continue to fall. I don't like that there are millions of illegal people in our country taking our jobs and eating our food. I have absolutely no problem with anyone coming here legally because it is just the right thing to be allowed but when it is illegal it is not right. I think we need to have better restrictions and security on our borders to reduce the number of incoming illegal immigrants coming into our country. The thing that probably annoys me the most is how these people are taking our jobs. Our country is having major problems with unemployment and our economy lately and I think that any available jobs should be going to those unemployed people that are actually citizens of our country. It does not seem fair at all the people living here illegally can even get a job in this country when we are having problems like we are.
Please read more at:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/10/illegal.immigrants/index.html?npt=NP1
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