ICE Agent states, "Your marriage is considered fraudulent." DENIED!

Finding a solution on how to deal with immigration is important for our government. On the other hand, trying to become legalized in this country is an immigrant's main concern. The government should be stricter or at least conduct well in-depth investigations on marriages where a green card is trying to be obtained. It is not right for immigrants to evade the immigration laws and kind of get away with it if their marriage is not detected. You may ask why? Well, it affects our economy and society. Terrorism, which our country fears and has experienced, is correlated to fraudulent marriages. There is a relationship because the way terrorists make it inside this country is by marrying someone just to gain legal status in the United States. The Center of Immigration Studies states, "Half of the 36 suspected 9/11 terrorists gained legal status by marrying Americans, 10 through sham marriages." If the government is truly trying to prevent terrorism than their first step should be to look and determine if the marriage is valid. Do you not think our economic recession and the war in Iraq could have been prevented if we focused on fraudulent marriages more instead of deporting illegal immigrants who just come here to do our so called "dirty" work?

I understand that every immigrant comes here to live the "American Dream", but it would be right if they were here with a legal status. Most illegal immigrants work for the most minimum wages, which in a way throws other businesses out of business, causing professional and certified people to be unemployed. So, they are basically like a competition in our society. I do not agree with the Dream Act because it is not being fair to its own American citizens who are trying to go to school or find a job. Another point that I mentioned in class was being legal or illegal you may still become a burden to our government. If the legal immigrant cannot find a job, they will obviously turn to the government services for support. For the illegal immigrant, most of them do not file taxes, which is not right because they too are part of this country. If they have a children that was born in the United States, they can qualify for a lot of types of government services which they benefit too. Who is paying for WIC, Medicare, etc.? We are! It is not fair that American citizens who work hard are being taken advantage by illegal immigrants. What do you think should we keep on putting this issue to the side or do something about it?