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Tim Kane and Kirk A. Johnson. "Illegal Immigration Threatens U.S. Security." //Immigration//. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2010. Current Controversies. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 26 Apr. 2011.

The authors of this article, whom both have promising credentials, offer credible information that help me to support my thesis. Tim Kane is a fellow in labor policy and Kirk A. Johnson is a senior policy analyst in the Center for Data Analysis at the Heritage Foundation. This article serves as an informative report to United States citizens on just how much of a threat illegal immigrants pose on our country. The authors believe that along with the mass influx of illegal immigrants to our country, which is more than 10 million undocumented aliens, pose a huge threat to our societies security is imposed. The authors, although they do not stand for illegal immigration, display their understanding for illegal immigrants trying to gain access to our country of opportunities. The authors state that although illegal immigrants do not all pose a direct security affect, when "three out of every hundred people living in America" are undocumented it can leave doors open for terrorism, criminal behavior, and distortion of the law. The authors also believe that illegal immigrants pose more of a threat to security than they do on the economy. They believe that peoples efforts to change the "illegal immigrant economy" is what triggers security issues because people tend to hide and become more "underground" from our society. The authors argue that immigrants boost national output in essences providing an economic boost. The authors state that according to "The 2005 Economic Report of the President, "A comprehensive accounting of the benefits and costs of immigration shows the benefits of immigration exceed the costs." The purpose this article served was to inform people that our countries secuirty is more affected by illegal immigration that our economy. I believe that the work is very clear and logical. I do feel that the authors could have inserted a little more outside research into their informational report to help prove their points, however they did a few times.

"Illegal Immigrants Are Dangerous for America." //Illegal Immigration//. Ed. Paul Hina. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Contemporary Issues Companion. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 28 Apr. 2011.

The author of this informational report, R. Cort Kirkwood, is the managing editor of the //Daily News-Record//, out of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Kirkwood also is a contributor to many scholarly journals, such as the magazine the //New American//, which “advocates for limited government.” The author believes that the influx of illegal immigrants has created a new “reign of terror” throughout the United States that almost compares to war. The authors states that these illegal immigrants take up a lot of room in our federal prison system in which, “in 2003, according to the Government Accountability Office, illegal  aliens composed 27 percent of the federal prison population” ( Kirkwood 1). The article also states that illegal aliens are the reason for many of the sex crimes that occur. Debra Kauflin, whom is the head of the Violent Crimes Institute, stated that when translating the population of illegal immigrant sexual criminals it is estimated that “93 sex offenders and 12 serial sex offenders coming across U.S. borders illegally per day." Kauflin states that many of the crimes with illegal immigrants are not taken seriously unless they are in a bulk group. Federal agencies do not do much about the crimes, mostly due to the fact that most cases are not reported to them, leaving these illegal immigrants to continue living in our country. The author covers the topics of crime data, sex crimes, the police involvement, the freedom of these illegal immigrants, and lastly the outlook for the future. The author provides a lot of factual information from government agencies to back up her arguments. A lot of the evidence that this author displays about the harmful effects of illegal immigration helps me to support my argument.