Millions of illegal immigrants in the united States

1. Millions of illegal immigrants in the united States What should we do?

2. **Note** • The hyperlinked articles are designed for students to access, read, and attain information to answer the guiding questions for that section of the PPA.

3. Step 1: Define the Problem • Introduce next slide Statistic about undocumented Immigration • There is a great number of illegal immigrants in the population of the USA. • They come from different places of the world. • The majority of these people come from Latin America and Mexico.

4. Immigrant population in the USA

5. What are some issues of Illegal Immigration? • Within this County’s health care delivery system, illegals are being treated at a cost of nearly $500 million dollars a year. The cost alone to our Criminal Justice system for the 25 percent of the illegals that up the jail population exceeds 550 million dollars a year. Additionally, illegals collect over $260million in CALWORKS payments and $360 million in food stamp allocations These costs alone exceed one billion dollars annually – excluding the cost of education

6. What are some issues of Illegal Immigration? • Nearly 100,000 children of 60,000 undocumented parents receive aid – for a total of 160,000 If incorporated into a city, it would be the 6th largest city in Los Angeles county Also, one in fifteen people in California is an illegal immigrant – costing our State $3 billion dollars annually

7. Step 2: Gather Evidence • You will split into two groups to discuss the following issues: • What problems can arise because of Illegal immigration in the following areas; • -Health • -employment opportunities

8. Topics to Discuss • Public Health • http://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration-and-public-health • Jobs • http://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-aliens-taking-u-s-jobs

9. Guiding Questions-Employment • Employment: • -Do you think that US citizens will be deprived of jobs opportunity because of illegal immigrants? • How many jobs are Americans losing because • of Illegal immigration? • What areas of the USA are mostly affected by unemployment due to Illegal Aliens?

10. Guiding Questions-Health • Health: • Why is Illegal Immigration a public issue? • What types of health risks can we be exposed to because of Illegal Immigration? • How can cost for Medical care for Illegal immigrant affect US citizens?

11. Policies on illegal Immigration: • Obamas Policy vs Romney Policy • Which of these policies is more feasible? • Which of these policies is more effective? • How did you base your answer?

12. What are some immigration laws? Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), Pub. In brief the act:[1] required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status. made it illegal to knowingly hire or recruit unauthorized immigrants. legalized certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants. legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously with the penalty of a fine, back taxes due, and admission of guilt. About three million illegal immigrants were granted legal status.

13. Step 3: Causes of Illegal Immigration • http://thoughtdigest.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/the-causes-of-illegal-immigration-part-ii/ • Guiding Questions; • What are some of the basic causes of Illegal Immigration? • What are the cost-benefit of migrating illegally • If part of your family is legally living in the US; how does that affect your decision to immigrate there illegally?

14. Step 4: Evaluate an existing policy Homework • Research an existing policy. • Take notes on the policy. • Bring in a copy of the policy to analyze in class.