Outline for research paper

Introduction

Immigration needs to be reformed for illegal immigrants that are already living in the United States.

Those already in the United States have built their entire lives here and for most cases the only law they have broken is coming in or staying illegally.


Stay united with their families


Get a proper education and health care


Keep their jobs


Younger workforce


Boost the nation’s economy

Body paragraphs

Stay united with their families

Topic sentence: 1 in every 4 children in the United States today live with undocumented parents or guardians.

18.4 million Children are living in fear of being separated from their loved ones due to deportations.




1. In 2014 there were 315,943 deportations. That is 315,943 families being torn apart and devastated. (http://www.statisticbrain.com/number-of-u-s-deportations/)

Get a proper education and health care

Topic sentence: The absence of a social security number prevents illegal immigrants from getting proper health care.

1. Every individual trying to buy health insurance needs to present a SSN, without a SSN an individual is not able to purchase a major medical insurance. (http://www.bernardhealth.com/woofstreetjournal/bid/199561/Need-healthcare-but-don-t-have-a-social-security-number)


Unable to apply for any government assistance like Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, etc..

Keep their jobs

Topic sentence: Those who have come in illegally or have stayed illegally in the United States have built their entire lives here, including the jobs they obtain.

1. In 2010, 41.5% of the workforce in the United States was held by foreign-born people. But that is the majority of labor work jobs. (http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/03/15-immigrant-workers-singer)


Most immigrants say they come to the United States to provide a better living for their families. By keeping their jobs the illegal immigrants would be able to keep providing for their families.

Younger workforce

Topic sentence: 　The population pyramid in the United States is slightly unbalanced. Having the larger portion of population in the age ranges of 20-24 years old.

1. In the future the ratio of the people in the retirement stage of their lives compared to the people young enough to be in the workforce is going to increase creating problems with social security benefits. (http://benefitof.net/benefits-of-immigration/)

2. Technology is now taking over most old fashioned methods, making young people highly qualified for most jobs. Younger people have grown up with technology around them and have not had to adapt to it like older generations due to the fact that they were born around the same era as technology was.

E. Boost the nation’s economy

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1. Having more people means there are going to be people with high education backgrounds and those with lower education backgrounds dividing jobs like cooks, architects, and accountants with those with higher education backgrounds. And food preps, construction workers, and housekeepers with those with lower education backgrounds. Creating more jobs. 　(http://clas.berkeley.edu/research/immigration-economic-benefits-immigration)




2. Immigrants are 30% more likely to start a small business here in the United States than citizens. Small business like restaurants, creating more jobs and contributing to the economy. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/07/12/ten-ways-immigrants-help-build-and-strengthen-our-economy) 　　　

III. Conclusion

Immigration needs to be reformed for illegal immigrants that are already living in the United States in order for them to continue the lives they have worked hard to build for the past couple of years.

　　　

-Yazmin Olvera