Immigration

2. CAUSES
 There are approximately 8.3 million illegal
immigrants in the U.S. workforce (2008)
 47%of those 8.3 million illegal immigrants have
children ( 73% of the children are U.S. citizens).
 The children of those 8.3 million illegal immigrants
make up 6.8% of all elementary and secondary
school-going children.

3. Immigration-Legal and Illegal
 The majority of immigrants who come to the United
States are looking for a better future for their family
and themselves. They are looking for the “American
Dream”
 Employment opportunities are the most common
reason that people decide to imigrate.
 Another cause of immigration is education
opportunities.

4.  In 1986, the U.S gevernment created the Immigration
Reform and Control Act (IRCA).
 It has two main purpose: its first purpose was to
penalize US employers who “knowingly” hire
undocumented immigrants and its second purpose was
to create an “amnesty program that would legalize
illegal immigrants living the U.S.

5. CONSEQUENCES
 OVERPOPULATION:
 DEMOGRAPHICS:
 ECONOMIC:
 SOCIAL:
 POLITICAL:
 ENVIRONMENT

6. EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION