Books+and+References

Miller, Debra A. "Does Illegal Immigration Threaten American Soicety?". //Illegal// //Immigration//. San Diego: Reference Point Press, 2007. 36-51. Print.

The author of this article, Debra A. Miller, is a writer and a lawyer in Washington D.C where she has worked on legislative, policy, and legal matters for the government. The authors purpose through this informational report, is to inform Americans on just how much illegal immigrants impacts their everyday society. The author states that with the demographic changes and population effects that are caused by the major influx of illegal immigrants, there is increased poverty, crime, and terrorism concerns. The author stated that “a study in 2003 stated that twenty seven percent of adult illegal immigrants and thirty nine percent of illegal immigrant children live below federal poverty guidelines” ( Miller 40). This widespread poverty, which is already an issue with out own citizens, creates this influx of crime. The author states that illegal immigration crime can be resulted in things such as the formation of Latin gangs, which in essence leads to things like rape, drug use, robbery, murder, and assault. This criminal activity by illegal immigrants makes our country more unsafe than it already is. This can rise the countries cost for police forces, incarceration, and health care costs. I feel that this author has written a very logical, clear, well researched informational report on how illegal immigration can threaten America. The author used many examples, and backed up her points with factual information. This article has been very helpful in my research process.

Barbour, Scott. //Does Illegal Immigration Harm Society?// San Diego: Reference Point Press, 2010. Print. The author Scott Barbour has received a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in social work from San Diego State University. He has written several books on social issues, and current events. The purpose of this book was to inform people about the impact illegal immigrants have on our society. Although the authors explains both sides of the story for illegal immigration throughout the book, the author does not created a bias by inserting their own opinion. The author explains the toll that illegal immigration takes on things such as our workforce and taxes and social services. The author also explains how the new found crime waves, especially gang crime, have been linked back to illegal immigrants. The author also explains recent government responses to illegal immigration. The book is written in a very organized, clear manner in which many primary examples are used such as court cases, and facts from the CIS. For example, the author explains how although there are many illegal immigrants living in this country that can be easily located, “ The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement estimates that it would cost about $94 billion to deport the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States” ( Barbour 84).

Giora, Dula. How to Partly Bounce Back the Struggle against Illegal Immigration to the Source Countries Journal of Population Economic. Vol. 19, No. 2 (June 2006), pp. 315-325. JSTOR. 28 May 2011

This article written by, Dula Giora discusses how countries strict policies lead to illegal actions by illegal immigrants. The author suggests that cutting down on strict immigration policies would actually defer less problems from occurring. The author also explains that enforces these illegal immigration policies costs countries an extreme amount of money. The author states that the INS “ nearly tripled its budget from 1991-1999” it went from $1.5 billion to $4.2 billion. The author also suggests that a decrease in illegal immigration can occur when there is less differences in living standards and employment wages, and also an increase in security. The author does not seem to have a bias, instead facts are stated and the author backs it up with a theory. I think the article is well written, and everything is very clear. However, there are some economical models that are displayed in the article, which are difficult for me to understand due to the fact I do not have a background in economics. I think this article will be very helpful to research process because it includes the most information on U.S. immigration policy out of any of my other articles. This information from this article will be very helpful to me to support my thesis.